The 2021 Brown Bears football team represented Brown University as a member of the Ivy League during the 2021 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by second-year head coach James Perry, the Bears compiled an overall record of 2–8 with a mark of 1–6 in conference play, placing in a three-way tie for sixth in the Ivy League. Brown played home games at Richard Gouse Field at Brown Stadium in Providence, Rhode Island.
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 The Bears lost to the Rhode Island Rams, 24-45. | |
| Conference | Ivy League |
| Record | 2–8 (1–6 Ivy) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Vinny Marino (2nd season) |
| Offensive scheme | Air raid |
| Defensive coordinator | Tim Weaver (2nd season) |
| Base defense | 3–4 |
| Home stadium | Richard Gouse Field at Brown Stadium |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 20 Dartmouth + | 6 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 24 Princeton + | 6 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Harvard | 5 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yale | 4 | – | 3 | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Columbia | 4 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Penn | 1 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brown | 1 | – | 6 | 2 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cornell | 1 | – | 6 | 2 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Quarterback E. J. Perry was awarded the Ivy League Bushnell Cup in December 2021. He became the fifth Brown player to receive the award since it began in 1970.[1] Perry is the nephew of coach James Perry, who received the Bushnell Cup in 1999.[1]
Schedule
edit| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 18 | 12:30 p.m. | Rhode Island* | ESPN+ | L 24–45 | 5,243 | |
| September 24 | 7:00 p.m. | at Harvard | ESPNU | L 17–49 | 20,748 | |
| October 2 | 4:00 p.m. | at Bryant* | NEC Front Row | L 29–36 | 2,805 | |
| October 9 | 12:30 p.m. | Colgate* |
| ESPN+ | W 31–10 | 2,620 |
| October 16 | 12:30 p.m. | No. 25 Princeton |
| ESPN+ | L 42–56 | 4,880 |
| October 23 | 1:00 p.m. | at Cornell | ESPN+ | W 49-45 | 1,964 | |
| October 30 | 1:00 p.m. | at Penn | ESPN+ | L 17-45 | 3,283 | |
| November 6 | 12:30 p.m. | Yale |
| ESPN+ | L 38-63 | 4,084 |
| November 13 | 1:00 p.m. | at Columbia | ESPN+ | L 17–23 | 3,918 | |
| November 20 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 20 Dartmouth |
| ESPN+ | L 31–52 | 0 |
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References
edit- 1 2 Koch, Bill (December 13, 2021). "Ivy League names Brown QB EJ Perry the winner of the Bushnell Cup as top offensive player". The Providence Journal. Archived from the original on December 14, 2021. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
- ↑ "Brown Bears Schedule 2021". ESPN. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
- ↑ "2021 Football Schedule". Brown University Athletics. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
- ↑ "2021 Brown Bears Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
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