American college football season
The 2023 Brown Bears football team represented Brown University as a member of the Ivy League during the 2023 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach James Perry and played home games at Richard Gouse Field at Brown Stadium in Providence, Rhode Island.
Preseason[edit]
Ivy League media poll[edit]
The Ivy League's preseason prediction poll was released on August 7, 2023. The Bears were predicted to finish eighth (last) in the conference.[1]
Ivy League media poll |
Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
1 | Yale | 122 (13) |
2 | Princeton | 103 (1) |
3 | Penn | 90 |
4 | Harvard | 84 (1) |
5 | Columbia | 62 (1) |
6 | Dartmouth | 54 |
7 | Cornell | 37 |
8 | Brown | 24 |
Schedule[edit]
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
---|
September 16 | 4:00 p.m. | at Bryant* | | ESPN+ | W 29–25 | 1,443 |
| 7:00 p.m. | at Harvard | | ESPN+ | L 31–34 | 15,838 |
September 30 | 12:00 p.m. | Central Connecticut* | | ESPN+ | W 42–20 | 1,426 |
October 7 | 12:00 p.m. | Rhode Island* | - Brown Stadium
- Providence, RI (rivalry)
| ESPN+ | L 30–34 | 4,124 |
October 14 | 12:00 p.m. | Princeton | - Brown Stadium
- Providence, RI
| ESPN+ | W 28–27 OT | 5,690 |
October 21 | 1:00 p.m. | at Cornell | | ESPN+ | L 14–36 | 3,612 |
| 7:00 p.m. | at Penn | | ESPNU | W 30–26 | 4,735 |
November 4 | 12:00 p.m. | Yale | - Brown Stadium
- Providence, RI
| NESN/ESPN+ | L 17–36 | 4,805 |
November 11 | 12:30 p.m. | at Columbia | | ESPN+ | W 21–14 OT | 4,007 |
November 18 | 12:00 p.m. | Dartmouth | - Brown Stadium
- Providence, RI
| NESN/ESPN+ | L 13–38 | 1,531 |
|
[2][3]
Game summaries[edit]
At Bryant[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bears | 7 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 29 |
Bulldogs | 0 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 25 |
Statistics | BRWN | BRY |
First downs | 27 | 23 |
Total yards | 428 | 435 |
Rushing yards | 73 | 173 |
Passing yards | 355 | 262 |
Turnovers | 0 | 4 |
Time of possession | 34:57 | 25:03 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
Brown | Passing | Jake Wilcox | 36/49, 355 yards, 3 TD |
Rushing | Stockton Owen | 14 rushes, 54 yards, TD |
Receiving | Wes Rockett | 8 receptions, 121 yards, 2 TD |
Bryant | Passing | Zevi Eckhaus | 20/37, 262 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT |
Rushing | Fabrice Mukendi | 14 rushes, 109 yards |
Receiving | Matthew Prochaska | 6 receptions, 112 yards, TD |
At Harvard[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bears | 10 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 31 |
Crimson | 0 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 34 |
Statistics | BRWN | HARV |
First downs | 29 | 24 |
Total yards | 447 | 464 |
Rushing yards | 81 | 261 |
Passing yards | 366 | 203 |
Turnovers | 0 | 1 |
Time of possession | 34:25 | 25:35 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
Brown | Passing | Jake Wilcox | 36/52, 366 yards, TD |
Rushing | Jordan DeLucia | 7 rushes, 26 yards |
Receiving | Wes Rockett | 9 receptions, 149 yards |
Harvard | Passing | Charles DePrima | 15/26, 203 yards, 3 TD, INT |
Rushing | Shane McLaughlin | 16 rushes, 152 yards, TD |
Receiving | Cooper Barkate | 10 receptions, 132 yards, TD |
Central Connecticut[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Blue Devils | 0 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 20 |
Bears | 7 | 14 | 21 | 0 | 42 |
Statistics | CCSU | BRWN |
First downs | 19 | 25 |
Total yards | 368 | 460 |
Rushing yards | 235 | 70 |
Passing yards | 133 | 390 |
Turnovers | 2 | 0 |
Time of possession | 32:24 | 27:36 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
Central Connecticut | Passing | Ricky Ortega | 11/20, 133 yards, TD, INT |
Rushing | Elijah Howard | 16 rushes, 146 yards, TD |
Receiving | Malik Thomas | 1 reception, 41 yards, TD |
Brown | Passing | Jake Wilcox | 26/39, 386 yards, 4 TD |
Rushing | Stockton Owen | 6 rushes, 21 yards |
Receiving | Wes Rockett | 8 receptions, 148 yards, TD |
Rhode Island[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Rams | 6 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 34 |
Bears | 10 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 30 |
Statistics | URI | BRWN |
First downs | 16 | 30 |
Total yards | 389 | 444 |
Rushing yards | 167 | 172 |
Passing yards | 222 | 272 |
Turnovers | 0 | 2 |
Time of possession | 23:29 | 36:31 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
Rhode Island | Passing | Kasim Hill | 16/30, 222 yards, 3 TD |
Rushing | Jaden McKinzie | 12 rushes, 111 yards, TD |
Receiving | Marquis Buchanan | 5 receptions, 84 yards, TD |
Brown | Passing | Jake Wilcox | 31/55, 272 yards, 2 INT |
Rushing | Ian Franzoni | 8 rushes, 55 yards, TD |
Receiving | Wes Rockett | 7 receptions, 90 yards |
Princeton[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
Tigers | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 27 |
Bears | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 28 |
Statistics | PRIN | BRWN |
First downs | 16 | 26 |
Total yards | 324 | 470 |
Rushing yards | 115 | 100 |
Passing yards | 209 | 370 |
Turnovers | 1 | 3 |
Time of possession | 28:49 | 31:11 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
Princeton | Passing | Blake Stenstrom | 21/40, 209 yards, 2 TD, INT |
Rushing | Ja'Derris Carr | 13 rushes, 76 yards, TD |
Receiving | A. J. Barber | 8 reception, 142 yards, TD |
Brown | Passing | Jake Wilcox | 34/56, 354 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT |
Rushing | Stockton Owen | 18 rushes, 68 yards, TD |
Receiving | Mark Mahoney | 8 receptions, 146 yards, TD |
At Cornell[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bears | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
Big Red | 7 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 36 |
Statistics | BRWN | COR |
First downs | 17 | 24 |
Total yards | 298 | 434 |
Rushing yards | 90 | 104 |
Passing yards | 208 | 330 |
Turnovers | 3 | 1 |
Time of possession | 20:13 | 39:47 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
Brown | Passing | Jake Wilcox | 19/39, 208 yards, 2 TD, 3 INT |
Rushing | Jake Wilcox | 7 rushes, 51 yards |
Receiving | Graham Walker | 2 receptions, 61 yards, TD |
Cornell | Passing | Jameson Wang | 27/39, 330 yards, 2 TD, INT |
Rushing | Ean Pope | 10 rushes, 34 yards, TD |
Receiving | Nicholas Laboy | 7 receptions, 87 yards |
At Penn[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bears | 3 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 30 |
Quakers | 7 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 26 |
Statistics | BRWN | PENN |
First downs | 23 | 26 |
Total yards | 360 | 410 |
Rushing yards | 110 | 88 |
Passing yards | 250 | 322 |
Turnovers | 0 | 3 |
Time of possession | 32:10 | 27:50 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
Brown | Passing | Jake Wilcox | 26/37, 250 yards, 3 TD |
Rushing | Jake Wilcox | 9 rushes, 40 yards |
Receiving | Mark Mahoney | 7 receptions, 62 yards, TD |
Penn | Passing | Aidan Sayin | 32/55, 322 yards, 2 TD, 3 INT |
Rushing | Jonathan Mulatu | 4 rushes, 30 yards |
Receiving | Jared Richardson | 12 receptions, 122 yards, TD |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bulldogs | 6 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 36 |
Bears | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
Statistics | YALE | BRWN |
First downs | 17 | 16 |
Total yards | 410 | 334 |
Rushing yards | 190 | 68 |
Passing yards | 220 | 266 |
Turnovers | 3 | 4 |
Time of possession | 34:13 | 25:47 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
Yale | Passing | Nolan Grooms | 15/27, 220 yards, 4 TD, 3 INT |
Rushing | Nolan Grooms | 21 rushes, 102 yards |
Receiving | Mason Tipton | 7 receptions, 123 yards, 3 TD |
Brown | Passing | Jake Wilcox | 20/38, 245 yards, INT |
Rushing | Jake Wilcox | 6 rushes, 22 yards |
Receiving | Graham Walker | 5 receptions, 87 yards |
At Columbia[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
Bears | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
Lions | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
Statistics | BRWN | COLU |
First downs | 24 | 17 |
Total yards | 369 | 304 |
Rushing yards | 104 | 128 |
Passing yards | 265 | 176 |
Turnovers | 0 | 0 |
Time of possession | 29:13 | 30:47 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
Brown | Passing | Jake Wilcox | 31/48, 265 yards, TD |
Rushing | Stockton Owen | 13 rushes, 59 yards, TD |
Receiving | Mark Mahoney | 4 receptions, 66 yards |
Columbia | Passing | Joe Green | 17/29, 128 yards, TD |
Rushing | Joey Giorgi | 18 rushes, 51 yards |
Receiving | J. J. Jenkins | 4 receptions, 70 yards, 2 TD |
Dartmouth[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Big Green | 7 | 21 | 3 | 7 | 38 |
Bears | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
Statistics | DART | BRWN |
First downs | 18 | 20 |
Total yards | 428 | 347 |
Rushing yards | 386 | 98 |
Passing yards | 42 | 249 |
Turnovers | 1 | 2 |
Time of possession | 35:08 | 24:52 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
Dartmouth | Passing | Jackson Proctor | 6/10, 42 yards, TD, INT |
Rushing | Q. Jones | 16 rushes, 124 yards, 2 TD |
Receiving | Paxton Scott | 4 receptions, 21 yards |
Brown | Passing | Jake Wilcox | 20/37, 193 yards, TD, INT |
Rushing | Stockton Owen | 12 rushes, 49 yards |
Receiving | Graham Walker | 5 receptions, 92 yards, TD |
References[edit]
|
---|
Venues | |
---|
Bowls & rivalries | |
---|
Culture & lore | |
---|
People | |
---|
Seasons | |
---|