1978 Brown
6–3 (5–2 Ivy League), coached by John Anderson. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Princeton 44–16Oct 7
By 28 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23 | vs Yale | L 0–21 | 55% |
| Sep 30 | vs Rhode Island | L 3–17 | 92% |
| Oct 7 | at Princeton | W 44–16 | 49% |
| Oct 14 | vs Pennsylvania | W 14–0 | 64% |
| Oct 21 | at Cornell | W 21–13 | 55% |
| Oct 28 | vs Holy Cross | W 31–25 | 62% |
| Nov 4 | at Harvard | W 31–30 | 54% |
| Nov 11 | vs Dartmouth | L 21–31 | 65% |
| Nov 18 | at Columbia | W 24–12 | 70% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Columbia 24–12; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 2nd in the Ivy League.
In program history: The 15th-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 1978.
- Record
- 6–3
- Conference
- 5–2 tied for 2nd in Ivy League
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 189–165
- Coach
- John Anderson
- Elo
- 1544 −22 this season
- SP+ rating
- 6.6 No. 55 of 133; offense No. 50, defense No. 59
- SRS
- −6.2 No. 93 of 138 in Division I-A
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captains
- N. Jacob and M. Whipple
1978 Ivy League standings
Conference page| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dartmouth | 6–1 | 6–3 | |
 Brown | 5–2 | 6–3 | |
| Yale | 4–1–2 | 5–2–2 | |
| Cornell | 3–3–1 | 5–3–1 | |
| Harvard | 2–4–1 | 4–4–1 | |
| Columbia | 2–4–1 | 3–5–1 | |
| Princeton | 1–4–2 | 2–5–2 | |
| Pennsylvania | 1–5–1 | 2–6–1 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.