# 2023 Brown Bears football team

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.
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

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

## 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 |
| Brown | Rushing | Stockton Owen | 14 rushes, 54 yards, TD |
| Brown | Receiving | Wes Rockett | 8 receptions, 121 yards, 2 TD |
| Bryant | Passing | Zevi Eckhaus | 20/37, 262 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT |
| Bryant | Rushing | Fabrice Mukendi | 14 rushes, 109 yards |
| Bryant | 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 |
| Brown | Rushing | Jordan DeLucia | 7 rushes, 26 yards |
| Brown | Receiving | Wes Rockett | 9 receptions, 149 yards |
| Harvard | Passing | Charles DePrima | 15/26, 203 yards, 3 TD, INT |
| Harvard | Rushing | Shane McLaughlin | 16 rushes, 152 yards, TD |
| Harvard | 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 |
| Central Connecticut | Rushing | Elijah Howard | 16 rushes, 146 yards, TD |
| Central Connecticut | Receiving | Malik Thomas | 1 reception, 41 yards, TD |
| Brown | Passing | Jake Wilcox | 26/39, 386 yards, 4 TD |
| Brown | Rushing | Stockton Owen | 6 rushes, 21 yards |
| Brown | 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 |
| Rhode Island | Rushing | Jaden McKinzie | 12 rushes, 111 yards, TD |
| Rhode Island | Receiving | Marquis Buchanan | 5 receptions, 84 yards, TD |
| Brown | Passing | Jake Wilcox | 31/55, 272 yards, 2 INT |
| Brown | Rushing | Ian Franzoni | 8 rushes, 55 yards, TD |
| Brown | 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 |
| Princeton | Rushing | Ja'Derris Carr | 13 rushes, 76 yards, TD |
| Princeton | Receiving | A. J. Barber | 8 reception, 142 yards, TD |
| Brown | Passing | Jake Wilcox | 34/56, 354 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT |
| Brown | Rushing | Stockton Owen | 18 rushes, 68 yards, TD |
| Brown | 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 |
| Brown | Rushing | Jake Wilcox | 7 rushes, 51 yards |
| Brown | Receiving | Graham Walker | 2 receptions, 61 yards, TD |
| Cornell | Passing | Jameson Wang | 27/39, 330 yards, 2 TD, INT |
| Cornell | Rushing | Ean Pope | 10 rushes, 34 yards, TD |
| Cornell | 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 |
| Brown | Rushing | Jake Wilcox | 9 rushes, 40 yards |
| Brown | Receiving | Mark Mahoney | 7 receptions, 62 yards, TD |
| Penn | Passing | Aidan Sayin | 32/55, 322 yards, 2 TD, 3 INT |
| Penn | Rushing | Jonathan Mulatu | 4 rushes, 30 yards |
| Penn | 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 |
| Yale | Rushing | Nolan Grooms | 21 rushes, 102 yards |
| Yale | Receiving | Mason Tipton | 7 receptions, 123 yards, 3 TD |
| Brown | Passing | Jake Wilcox | 20/38, 245 yards, INT |
| Brown | Rushing | Jake Wilcox | 6 rushes, 22 yards |
| Brown | 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 |
| Brown | Rushing | Stockton Owen | 13 rushes, 59 yards, TD |
| Brown | Receiving | Mark Mahoney | 4 receptions, 66 yards |
| Columbia | Passing | Joe Green | 17/29, 128 yards, TD |
| Columbia | Rushing | Joey Giorgi | 18 rushes, 51 yards |
| Columbia | 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 |
| Dartmouth | Rushing | Q. Jones | 16 rushes, 124 yards, 2 TD |
| Dartmouth | Receiving | Paxton Scott | 4 receptions, 21 yards |
| Brown | Passing | Jake Wilcox | 20/37, 193 yards, TD, INT |
| Brown | Rushing | Stockton Owen | 12 rushes, 49 yards |
| Brown | Receiving | Graham Walker | 5 receptions, 92 yards, TD |