# 2024 Brown Bears football team

The 2024 Brown Bears football team represented Brown University as a member of the Ivy League during the 2024 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bears were led by fifth-year head coach James Perry and played home games at Richard Gouse Field at Brown Stadium in Providence, Rhode Island.

## Preseason
### Ivy League media poll

The Ivy League preseason poll was released on August 5, 2024. The Bears were predicted to finish sixth in the conference.
Media poll :
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
| 1 | Yale | 114 (6) |
| 2 | Harvard | 108 (7) |
| 3 | Penn | 88 (2) |
| T4 | Princeton | 80 (1) |
| T4 | Dartmouth | 80 |
| 6 | Brown | 56 |
| 7 | Cornell | 26 |
| 8 | Columbia | 24 |

## Schedule

The Brown Bears' 2024 football schedule consists of five away and five home games. Brown will host Ivy League opponents Harvard, Cornell, Penn, and Columbia, and will travel to Princeton, Yale, and Dartmouth. Brown's non-conference opponents will be Georgetown of the Patriot League, Bryant of the Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference, and rival Rhode Island, also of the Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference.
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 21 | 1:00 p.m. | at Georgetown* | Cooper FieldWashington, D.C. | ESPN+ | W 26–14 | 2,135 |
| September 28 | 12:00 p.m. | Harvard | Brown StadiumProvidence, RI | ESPN+ | W 31–28 | 10,753 |
| October 5 | 12:00 p.m. | Bryant* | Brown StadiumProvidence, RI | ESPN+ | L 35–42 | 3,735 |
| October 12 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 19 Rhode Island* | Meade StadiumKingstown, RI (rivalry) | FloFootball | L 21–31 | 5,773 |
| October 18 | 7:00 p.m. | at Princeton | Princeton StadiumPrinceton, NJ | ESPNU | L 17–29 | 4,173 |
| October 26 | 12:00 p.m. | Cornell | Brown StadiumProvidence, RI | ESPN+ | W 23–21 | 7,327 |
| November 2 | 12:00 p.m. | Penn | Brown StadiumProvidence, RI | ESPN+ | L 28–38 | 5,071 |
| November 9 | 12:00 p.m. | at Yale | Yale BowlNew Haven, CT | ESPN+ | L 34–56 | 4,742 |
| November 16 | 12:00 p.m. | Columbia | Brown StadiumProvidence, RI | ESPN+ | L 12–21 | 2,976 |
| November 23 | 12:00 p.m. | at Dartmouth | Memorial FieldHanover, NH | ESPN+ | L 28–56 | 2,769 |
| *Non-conference gameRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time |||||||

## Game summaries
### at Georgetown

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bears | 14 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 26 |
| Hoyas | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
at Cooper Field, Washington, D.C.
* Date: September 21
* Game time: 1:00 p.m. EDT
* Game weather: Sunny, 83 °F (28 °C)
* Game attendance: 2,135
* Referee: Alex Parrella
* TV: ESPN+
* Box score, Recap
| Statistics | BRWN | GTWN |
| First downs | 21 | 18 |
| Total yards | 372 | 402 |
| Rushing yards | 104 | 59 |
| Passing yards | 268 | 343 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 3 |
| Time of possession | 31:34 | 28:26 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
| Brown | Passing | Jake Wilcox | 17/33, 268 yards, 2 TD, INT |
| Brown | Rushing | Jordan DeLucia | 12 rushes, 50 yards, TD |
| Brown | Receiving | Solomon Miller | 3 receptions, 99 yards, TD |
| Georgetown | Passing | Danny Lauter | 27/47, 343 yards, TD, 2 INT |
| Georgetown | Rushing | Naieem Kearney | 11 rushes, 52 yards, TD |
| Georgetown | Receiving | Cam Pygatt | 6 receptions, 116 yards, TD |

### Harvard

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Crimson | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
| Bears | 0 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 31 |
at Brown Stadium, Providence, Rhode Island
* Date: September 28
* Game time: 12:00 p.m. EDT
* Game weather: Sunny, 73 °F (23 °C)
* Game attendance: 10,753
* Referee: Tom Zetts
* TV announcers (ESPN+): Scott Cordischi (play-by-play) and John Anderson (analyst)
* Box score, Recap
| Statistics | HARV | BRWN |
| First downs | 20 | 18 |
| Total yards | 299 | 406 |
| Rushing yards | 121 | 118 |
| Passing yards | 178 | 288 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 0 |
| Time of possession | 31:13 | 28:47 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
| Harvard | Passing | Jaden Craig | 12/23, 178 yards, 2 TD, INT |
| Harvard | Rushing | Xaviah Bascon | 13 rushes, 63 yards |
| Harvard | Receiving | Cooper Barkate | 6 receptions, 90 yards, 2 TD |
| Brown | Passing | Jake Wilcox | 21/37, 288 yards, 3 TD |
| Brown | Rushing | Jake Wilcox | 12 rushes, 57 yards |
| Brown | Receiving | Matt Childs | 4 receptions, 101 yards, TD |

### Bryant

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bulldogs | 7 | 13 | 0 | 22 | 42 |
| Bears | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 35 |
at Brown Stadium, Providence, Rhode Island
* Date: October 5
* Game time: 12:00 p.m. EDT
* Game weather: Cloudy, 72 °F (22 °C)
* Game attendance: 3,735
* Referee: Antonio Marcella
* TV announcers (ESPN+): Scott Cordischi (play-by-play) and John Anderson Jr. (analyst)
* Box score, Recap
| Statistics | BRY | BRWN |
| First downs | 25 | 24 |
| Total yards | 517 | 462 |
| Rushing yards | 180 | 163 |
| Passing yards | 337 | 299 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 1 |
| Time of possession | 33:09 | 26:51 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
| Bryant | Passing | Jarrett Guest | 26/39, 337 yards, 4 TD |
| Bryant | Rushing | Dylan Kedzior | 11 rushes, 93 yards, TD |
| Bryant | Receiving | Landon Ruggieri | 10 receptions, 190 yards, 3 TD |
| Brown | Passing | Jake Wilcox | 21/38, 294 yards, TD |
| Brown | Rushing | Matt Childs | 8 rushes, 58 yards, TD |
| Brown | Receiving | Matt Childs | 5 receptions, 93 yards, TD |

### at No. 19 Rhode Island

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bears | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| No. 19 Rams | 14 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 31 |
at Meade Stadium, Kingstown, Rhode Island
* Date: October 12
* Game time: 1:00 p.m. EDT
* Game weather: Sunny
* Game attendance: 5,773
* Referee: Jeremy DeAngulo
* TV: FloFootball
* Box score, Recap
| Statistics | BRWN | URI |
| First downs | 20 | 22 |
| Total yards | 298 | 434 |
| Rushing yards | 133 | 190 |
| Passing yards | 165 | 244 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 2 |
| Time of possession | 29:20 | 30:40 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
| Brown | Passing | Jake Wilcox | 20/30, 165 yards, INT |
| Brown | Rushing | Matt Childs | 12 rushes, 48 yards |
| Brown | Receiving | Matt Childs | 3 receptions, 52 yards |
| Rhode Island | Passing | Devin Farrell | 21/32, 244 yards, TD, 2 INT |
| Rhode Island | Rushing | Devin Farrell | 8 rushes, 65 yards, TD |
| Rhode Island | Receiving | Marquis Buchanan | 9 receptions, 107 yards, TD |

### at Princeton

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bears | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| Tigers | 12 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 29 |
at Princeton Stadium, Princeton, New Jersey
* Date: October 18
* Game time: 7:00 p.m. EDT
* Game weather: Sunny
* Game attendance: 4,173
* Referee: Anthony Florio
* TV announcers (ESPNU): Eric Frede (play-by-play) and Jack Ford (analyst)
* Box score, Recap
| Statistics | BRWN | PRIN |
| First downs | 25 | 21 |
| Total yards | 443 | 379 |
| Rushing yards | 172 | 179 |
| Passing yards | 271 | 200 |
| Turnovers | 5 | 2 |
| Time of possession | 33:25 | 26:35 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
| Brown | Passing | Jake Wilcox | 32/50, 271 yards, 3 INT |
| Brown | Rushing | Jake Wilcox | 11 rushes, 55 yards |
| Brown | Receiving | Chason Barber | 2 receptions, 43 yards |
| Princeton | Passing | Blaine Hipa | 15/26, 200 yards, TD, 2 INT |
| Princeton | Rushing | John Volker | 4 rushes, 79 yards, 2 TD |
| Princeton | Receiving | Luke Colella | 6 receptions, 96 yards, TD |

### Cornell

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Big Red | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 21 |
| Bears | 0 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 23 |
at Brown Stadium, Providence, Rhode Island
* Date: October 26
* Game time: 12:00 p.m. EDT
* Game weather: Sunny, 66 °F (19 °C)
* Game attendance: 7,327
* Referee: Cory Hanson
* TV: ESPN+
* Box score, Recap
| Statistics | COR | BRWN |
| First downs | 17 | 32 |
| Total yards | 323 | 530 |
| Rushing yards | 58 | 214 |
| Passing yards | 265 | 316 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 3 |
| Time of possession | 23:31 | 36:29 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
| Cornell | Passing | Jameson Wang | 26/49, 265 yards, TD |
| Cornell | Rushing | Jameson Wang | 10 rushes, 41 yards, 2 TD |
| Cornell | Receiving | Doryn Smith | 8 receptions, 99 yards |
| Brown | Passing | Jake Wilcox | 35/49, 316 yards, TD, 3 INT |
| Brown | Rushing | Stockton Owen | 18 rushes, 79 yards |
| Brown | Receiving | Ben Moseley | 8 receptions, 100 yards |

### Penn

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Quakers | 7 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 38 |
| Bears | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
at Brown Stadium, Providence, Rhode Island
* Date: November 2
* Game time: 12:00 p.m. EDT
* Game weather: Sunny, 58 °F (14 °C)
* Game attendance: 5,071
* Referee: Todd Bowman
* TV: ESPN+
* Box score, Recap
| Statistics | PENN | BRWN |
| First downs | 23 | 26 |
| Total yards | 419 | 441 |
| Rushing yards | 172 | 148 |
| Passing yards | 247 | 293 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 1 |
| Time of possession | 29:59 | 30:01 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
| Penn | Passing | Liam O'Brien | 18/24, 247 yards, 2 TD |
| Penn | Rushing | Malachi Hosley | 17 rushes, 102 yards, 2 TD |
| Penn | Receiving | Jared Richardson | 7 receptions, 113 yards, TD |
| Brown | Passing | Jake Wilcox | 24/34, 260 yards, 2 TD |
| Brown | Rushing | Stockton Owen | 11 rushes, 58 yards |
| Brown | Receiving | Mark Mahoney | 7 receptions, 85 yards, TD |

### at Yale

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bears | 7 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 34 |
| Bulldogs | 21 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 56 |
at Yale Bowl, New Haven, Connecticut
* Date: November 9
* Game time: 12:00 p.m. EST
* Game weather: Sunny, 50 °F (10 °C)
* Game attendance: 4,742
* Referee: Tom Zetts
* TV: ESPN+
* Box score, Recap
| Statistics | BRWN | YALE |
| First downs | 33 | 21 |
| Total yards | 459 | 510 |
| Rushing yards | 116 | 138 |
| Passing yards | 343 | 372 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 1 |
| Time of possession | 30:27 | 29:33 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
| Brown | Passing | Jake Wilcox | 32/48, 273 yards, TD, 3 INT |
| Brown | Rushing | Matt Childs | 16 rushes, 64 yards |
| Brown | Receiving | Mark Mahoney | 10 receptions, 115 yards, TD |
| Yale | Passing | Grant Jordan | 29/40, 372 yards, 6 TD |
| Yale | Rushing | Tre Peterson | 7 rushes, 66 yards, TD |
| Yale | Receiving | David Pantelis | 12 receptions, 195 yards, 3 TD |

### Columbia

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Lions | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| Bears | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 12 |
at Brown Stadium, Providence, Rhode Island
* Date: November 16
* Game time: 12:00 p.m. EST
* Game weather: Sunny, 60 °F (16 °C)
* Game attendance: 2,976
* Referee: Bill McKeever
* TV: ESPN+
* Box score, Recap
| Statistics | COLU | BRWN |
| First downs | 19 | 21 |
| Total yards | 478 | 384 |
| Rushing yards | 163 | 94 |
| Passing yards | 315 | 290 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 1 |
| Time of possession | 28:32 | 31:28 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
| Columbia | Passing | Caleb Sanchez | 12/27, 241 yards, 3 TD |
| Columbia | Rushing | Joey Giorgi | 19 rushes, 107 yards |
| Columbia | Receiving | Bryson Canty | 6 receptions, 183 yards, 2 TD |
| Brown | Passing | Jake Wilcox | 29/40, 242 yards, TD, INT |
| Brown | Rushing | Jake Wilcox | 10 rushes, 47 yards |
| Brown | Receiving | Mark Mahoney | 12 receptions, 120 yards |

### at Dartmouth

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bears | 0 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 28 |
| Big Green | 7 | 14 | 21 | 14 | 56 |
at Memorial Field, Hanover, New Hampshire
* Date: November 23
* Game time: 12:00 p.m. EST
* Game weather: Rain, 42 °F (6 °C)
* Game attendance: 2,769
* Referee: Cory Hanson
* TV: ESPN+
* Box score, Recap
| Statistics | BRWN | DART |
| First downs | 23 | 24 |
| Total yards | 435 | 594 |
| Rushing yards | 74 | 286 |
| Passing yards | 361 | 308 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 0 |
| Time of possession | 31:46 | 28:14 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
| Brown | Passing | James Murphy | 25/36, 256 yards, 2 TD, INT |
| Brown | Rushing | Jake Wilcox | 4 rushes, 25 yards, TD |
| Brown | Receiving | Ben Moseley | 4 receptions, 80 yards |
| Dartmouth | Passing | Jackson Proctor | 18/26, 308 yards, 4 TD |
| Dartmouth | Rushing | Jackson Proctor | 13 rushes, 171 yards, 3 TD |
| Dartmouth | Receiving | Grayson O'Bara | 4 receptions, 124 yards, 2 TD |