1974 Brown

5–⁠4 (4–⁠3 Ivy League), coached by John Anderson.

Schedule and results

Brown in 1974, game by game: lost at Holy Cross 10–45; won vs. Rhode Island 45–15; lost vs. Pennsylvania 9–14; lost at Yale 0–24; lost vs. Dartmouth 6–7; won vs. Princeton 17–13; won vs. Cornell 16–8; won at Harvard 10–7; won at Columbia 28–19+30−35Lost 10–45 at Holy Cross-35Holy CrossWon 45–15 vs. Rhode Island+30Rhode IslandLost 9–14 vs. Pennsylvania-5PennsylvaniaLost 0–24 at Yale-24YaleLost 6–7 vs. Dartmouth-1DartmouthWon 17–13 vs. Princeton+4PrincetonWon 16–8 vs. Cornell+8CornellWon 10–7 at Harvard+3HarvardWon 28–19 at Columbia+9Columbia
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Columbia 28–⁠19; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Ivy League.

In program history: The 48th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 120 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1974.

Record
5–⁠4
Conference
4–⁠3 4th in Ivy League
AP final
Unranked
Points
141–⁠152
Coach
John Anderson
Elo
1455 +25 this season
SP+ rating
-7.4 No. 90 of 124; offense No. 118, defense No. 48
SRS
−25.1 No. 125 of 129 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
M. Sokolowski and B. Taylor

1974 Ivy League standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Yale6–⁠18–⁠1
Harvard6–⁠17–⁠2
Pennsylvania4–⁠2–⁠16–⁠2–⁠1
Brown4–⁠35–⁠4
Princeton3–⁠44–⁠4–⁠1
Dartmouth3–⁠43–⁠6
Cornell1–⁠5–⁠13–⁠5–⁠1
Columbia0–⁠71–⁠8

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.