2023 Brown Bears football team

2023 Brown Bears football
2023 Brown Bears football
Conference	Ivy League
Record	5–5 (3–4 Ivy)
Head coach	James Perry (4th season);
Offensive coordinator	Ryan Mattison (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Air raid
Defensive coordinator	Tim Weaver (4th season)
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	Richard Gouse Field at Brown Stadium
	Seasons ← 2022 2024 →

2023 Ivy League football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
Harvard +	5	–	2	8	–	2
Yale +	5	–	2	7	–	3
Dartmouth +	5	–	2	6	–	4
Princeton	4	–	3	5	–	5
Brown	3	–	4	5	–	5
Penn	3	–	4	6	–	4
Cornell	2	–	5	3	–	7
Columbia	1	–	6	3	–	7

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from STATS Poll

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. Led by fourth-year head coach James Perry, the Bears compiled an overall record of 5–5 with a mark of 3–4 in conference play, tying for fifth place in the Ivy League. Brown played home games at Richard Gouse Field at Brown Stadium in Providence, Rhode Island.

Preseason

Ivy League media poll

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]

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
Ivy League media poll
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

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 16	4:00 p.m.	at Bryant*	Beirne Stadium Smithfield, RI	ESPN+	W 29–25	1,443
September 22	7:00 p.m.	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	ESPN+	L 31–34	15,838
September 30	12:00 p.m.	Central Connecticut*	Richard Gouse Field at Brown Stadium Providence, RI	ESPN+	W 42–20	1,426
October 7	12:00 p.m.	Rhode Island*	Richard Gouse Field at Brown Stadium Providence, RI (rivalry)	ESPN+	L 30–34	4,124
October 14	12:00 p.m.	Princeton	Richard Gouse Field at Brown Stadium Providence, RI	ESPN+	W 28–27 ^OT	5,690
October 21	1:00 p.m.	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	ESPN+	L 14–36	3,612
October 27	7:00 p.m.	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	ESPNU	W 30–26	4,735
November 4	12:00 p.m.	Yale	Richard Gouse Field at Brown Stadium Providence, RI	NESN, ESPN+	L 17–36	4,805
November 11	12:30 p.m.	at Columbia	Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium New York, NY	ESPN+	W 21–14 ^OT	4,007
November 18	12:00 p.m.	Dartmouth	Richard Gouse Field at Brown Stadium Providence, RI	NESN, ESPN+	L 13–38	1,531
*Non-conference game All times are in Eastern time

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Game summaries

At Bryant

	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

	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

	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

	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

	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

	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

	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

Yale

	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

	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

	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

^ "Yale Voted Ivy Football Preseason Favorite". Ivy League. August 7, 2023. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
^ "Brown Bears Schedule 2023". ESPN. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
^ "2023 Football Schedule". Brown University Athletics. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
^ "2023 Brown Football Schedule". FBSchedules. Retrieved March 9, 2023.

[1] "Yale Voted Ivy Football Preseason Favorite". Ivy League. August 7, 2023. Retrieved January 12, 2024.

[2] "Brown Bears Schedule 2023". ESPN. Retrieved August 8, 2023.

[3] "2023 Football Schedule". Brown University Athletics. Retrieved August 8, 2024.

[4] "2023 Brown Football Schedule". FBSchedules. Retrieved March 9, 2023.

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