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Brown Concludes Its 2017 Season At Columbia
11/15/2017 12:00:00 AM | Football
Providence, R.I. - Brown concludes its 2017 season against Columbia on Saturday, November 18, looking to play the unfamiliar spoiler role against the Lions. Columbia is a game out of first place and needs a win over the Bears and a Yale loss for a share of the Ivy League title. All the action kick-off at 1:00 pm in a game televised by SNY and available on WPRV-AM 790 radio.
The Bears: Brown's (2-7, 0-6 Ivy) long-awaited match-up against Dartmouth at historic Fenway Park went to the Big Green, with the Bears falling by a 33-10 margin. Jay Williams '18 paced the Bears defense with nine tackles, including seven solo hits.
The Lions: Columbia (7-2, 4-2 Ivy) earned a hard-fought 18-8 win over Cornell to remain in second place in the Ivy League standings, one game out of first-place Yale. The victory also gave Columbia its fourth Ivy League win of the year, clinching their first winning season in the league since 1996. The seven wins mark the most victories at Columbia since 1996 when the Lions finished 8-2.
Brown vs. Columbia – 82nd Meeting: Brown and Columbia have met 81 times, dating back to 1902, with the Bears holding a 52-27-2 series advantage over the Lions. Last year, Columbia came away with a 31-13 win over the Bears in Providence. Brown had won the previous four games, including a 2015 win over the Lions, 28-23, in New York City. Among the most memorable games in the series came in 1994 in New York City when Brown rallied from a 27-3 third quarter deficit to score 56 unanswered points and come away with a 59-27 victory. Brown head coach Phil Estes is 10-9 lifetime against Columbia coach Al Bagnoli.
Brown Football: Class of 2018: Brown's 25 seniors will be concluding their careers against the Lions. This extraordinary group has excelled on the gridiron, and has been a major force in the community and classroom. Brown's 25 seniors are: Jalen Broome, Matthew Byer, Adrian Caesar, Connor Coughlin, Gideon Dixon, Brett Estes, Clay Eubank, Richard Jarvis, Thomas Kutschke, Thomas Linta, Zach Marti, James Martino, Christian Montano, Zach Neill, Keegan O'Hern, Jack Palmore, Ben Rosenblatt, Sam Russell, Jared Shimberg, Terrell Smith, Frank Tull, Austin Werkheiser, Isaac Whitney, Jay Williams and Jacob Wilner.
The Big Switch: Brown and Columbia have concluded their respective Ivy League schedules against each other each year since 1964. Next year, Dartmouth will take Columbia's place as Brown's final game, with the Lions facing the Bears in week nine.
Next Game: Brown will fly out to San Luis Obispo, California, to open its 2018 season against Cal Poly on September 15, 2018.
NO-vember: Since Brown Stadium opened in 1925, the Bears have played at least one November home game each year at the stadium on the East Side of Providence. With this year's final home game vs. Dartmouth having been played at Fenway Park, the Bears will not be playing on their home field in the month of November.
Jarvis Seventh In Ivy League Tackles: Senior DE Richard Jarvis (Watertown, MA), a First Team All-Ivy, All-New England and FCS All-Star, leads the Brown team with 63 total tackles, seventh best in the Ivy League. Jarvis ranks second in the Ivy League in sacks (6) and tackles for loss (11.0). He picked up where he left off a year ago with four quarterback sacks for a loss of 28 yards, while forcing a fumble and making eight tackles overall vs. Bryant. Jarvis had eight tackles vs. Harvard, 1.5 for a loss, including a safety in the end zone. Jarvis had a big game vs. Stetson with nine tackles, two for a loss and a QB sack. He made 10 tackles and forced a fumble vs. Penn. Jarvis also leads the Ivy League and ranks second nationally with four forced fumbles. His 15.5 career QB sacks are third in Brown football history. He led the Ivy League with 18.5 tackles for a loss and recorded a team-high 7.5 sacks in 2016.
Brown's All-Time Career Sack Leaders
1. Louis Ames (1998-2000) 19
2. Brett Atkins (1993-94) 16
3. Richard Jarvis (2014-2017) 15.5
4. James Develin (2006-2009) 15
5. John Prassas (1978-1980) 14.5
Linta Earns Starting Role At QB: Senior Thomas Linta (Branford, CT) missed games vs. Cornell and Penn due to injury, but returned to the lineup vs. Yale, completing 12-of-39 passes for 144 yards and a touchdown against the Bulldogs. He threw for 236 yards and a touchdown vs. Dartmouth last week. Linta passed for three fourth quarter TD's and ran for another in Brown's Ivy opener vs. Harvard. Overall, he completed 20-of-35 passes for a career high 253 yards vs. the Crimson. He earned a starting role vs. Rhode Island and passed for 226 yards and a touchdown, completing 18 passes. Linta threw for 143 yards and a touchdown vs. Stetson, completing 14-of-21 passes. He threw for 1,074 yards and six touchdowns on 110 completions last year.
More DL: Senior DE Keegan O'Hern (Syracuse, NY) has 21 total tackles for the season, including six for a loss and four quarterback sacks. He had five tackles vs. Penn, and made two tackles for a loss, including a QB sack vs. Bryant. He made three tackles and a quarterback sack vs. URI and had a QB sack vs. Stetson…Sophomore DT Michael Hoecht (Oakwood, OH) has made 36 tackles on the season, including seven for a loss and two quarterback sacks. Hoecht made seven tackles, including two for a loss vs. Yale. He opened the season with five tackles vs. Bryant, while adding a tackle for a loss and recovering a fumble. Hoecht made five tackles, a QB sack and two tackles for loss vs. Harvard, and added four tackles vs. URI…Junior defensive tackle Daryle Banfield (Bronx, NY) made three tackles for a loss vs. Yale and now has 18 total tackles.
Williams On the Outside: Bears' senior outside linebacker Jay Williams (Tucson, AZ) ranks third on the Brown team with 45 total tackles, including 1.5 for a loss. Williams made nine tackles vs. Dartmouth, including seven solo stops. He had eight tackles against Stetson, including one for a loss.
Duncan Returns To Lineup: Junior Nick Duncan (St. Louis, MO), Brown's starting quarterback, was sidelined for the Bears' games against URI, Stetson and Princeton, but returned vs. Cornell in a relief role, throwing for 136 yards and a touchdown. Duncan passed for 89 yards vs. Penn, completing 13-of-25 passes, while scoring on a five-yard run. He made the most of his first collegiate start, running for two touchdowns (50 and 5 yards), while throwing for another (7 yards) in a win over Bryant. Overall, Duncan threw for 152 yards and ran for 73 yards against the Bulldogs. Duncan saw varsity action against Columbia last season and completed 7 of 16 passes for 62 yards, while rushing seven times for 52 yards.
Coughlin Leads Bears' Secondary: Senior FS Connor Coughlin (Medford, NY) ranks second on the Brown team and 13th in the Ivy League with 53 total tackles, including three for a loss. Coughlin, who made a team high seven solo tackles vs. Yale and five tackles vs. Dartmouth, picked off a pass and made five tackles vs. Penn. He made nine tackles vs. Cornell, and made five tackles vs. Bryant. Coughlin paced the Bears with 11 total tackles vs. URI, including two tackles for a loss and three pass break-ups. He broke up third and fourth down passes in URI's final possession of the game, and made three tackles vs. Stetson. He made 53 tackles a year ago, including five for a loss. Senior Terrell Smith (Newtown Square, PA) has made 30 tackles this season and intercepted a pass vs. Yale. He registered five total hits vs. Bryant and had three tackles, including one for a loss vs. Stetson. Smith also registered four tackles vs. Penn. Junior corner Jorquel Condomina (Naples, FL) made his first career interception vs. Dartmouth and has 22 tackles for the season. He made 10 tackles, including 9 solo stops against Bryant, and had five tackles, while forcing a fumble vs. Cornell.
The Kicking Game: Bears' head coach Phil Estes will look to senior Ben Rosenblatt (Newton Center, MA) to handle the place-kicking duties. He booted a 19-yard field goal in Brown's win over Rhode Island, and his deep kick-offs have Brown ranked fourth nationally in kickoff return defense. Rosenblatt also booted a 27-yard field goal vs. Dartmouth at Fenway Park. A transfer from Trinity, who joined the Brown squad for its last three games of 2016, Rosenblatt was named Ivy League Special Teams Player of the Week after games vs. Yale and at Dartmouth. His 52-yard field goal at Dartmouth was the 9th-longest in Ivy League history and 2nd-longest in Brown history. Junior Ryan Kopec (Alpharetta, GA) handles the punting duties and is averaging 39.8 yards per punt, third best in the Ivy league, including a long boot of 69 yards. Kopec punted 10 times for a 41.8 yard average vs. Harvard, including a 69 yard boot. He had a big day vs. Penn, punting for a 47.8 yards per punt average, including a 59 yarder. Kopec took over the punting duties at midseason last year and punted nine times for a 39.6 yards per punt average against Bryant.
Where's Harriott?: Bears' sophomore Livingstone "LJ" Harriott (Central Islip, NY) is one of the most versatile members of the Bears' offense and may line up in a number of positions, including quarterback, running back and wide receiver. Harriott made four catches for 35 yards vs. Dartmouth. He caught a four-yard touchdown pass vs. Yale. Harriott completed his only pass vs. Bryant, rushed for 41 yards and caught two passes for 27 yards. He completed an 11-yard pass vs. URI, rushed for 27 yards on six carries and caught a 15-yard pass. Last year, he rushed for 336 yards and two touchdowns in six games, threw two passes and caught three passes. He was named the Ivy League Rookie of the Week after a career-best game vs. Yale, rushing for 92 yards on 12 carries and recording his first touchdown on a 52-yard run.
Jarvis Named National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete Semifinalist: Brown senior Richard Jarvis (Watertown, MA), a Biology concentrator and All-Ivy defensive end for the Bears, has been named a semifinalist for the National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame (NFF) 2017 William V. Campbell Trophy®. The award recognizes an individual as the absolute best football scholar-athlete in the nation.
Thompkins Sidelined: Junior ILB Isaiah Thompkins (Middletown, CT), who missed Brown's last three games and is sidelined indefinitely, has 30 total tackles on the season. Brown's captain was one of the dominant players on the field against Bryant, making a career high 12 total tackles, two quarterback sacks for a loss of 18 yards and intercepting a pass to end the game. He also picked up a first down on a faked punt, scampering 17 yards. Thompkins made eight tackles vs. Harvard, including a tackle for loss. His nine tackles vs. Stetson paced the Bears, while also registering a quarterback sack and recovering a fumble. Thompkins ranked seventh on last year's team with 34 tackles, including four for a loss and a quarterback sack.
Daies and Moodie at Runningback: Bears' freshman Darius Daies (St. Louis, MO) is Brown's leading rusher for the season with 263 yards. Trailing 14-3 at the half, he stepped up and helped Brown out-score URI 21-0 in the third quarter in the Bears' 24-21 win over URI for the Governor's Cup. Daies rushed for 60 yards in the third quarter alone and scored on touchdown runs of 22 and seven yards. He also ran for 18 yards in Brown's final drive, picking up a key first down along the way as Brown ran out the game clock. Overall, Daies rushed for 95 yards on 16 carries. Daies ran for 59 yards and a 12-yard touchdown against Stetson. Daies also had a career-best five receptions vs. Princeton. Junior David Moodie (Sanford, FL) rushed for a team-high 57 yards vs. Yale, including a 46 yard scamper, and now has 204 yards for the season.
Prall and Blandburg Lead Wide Receiver Corps: Sophomore WR Jakob Prall (Tipp City, OH) leads the Bears and ranks seventh in the Ivy League with 5.3 receptions per game. Prall made six catches for 88 yards vs. Dartmouth last week at Fenway Park. He grabbed a career-high 13 passes for 120 yards vs. Harvard after he pulled down three balls against Bryant. He came back with seven catches for 103 yards against Rhode Island and a team high five receptions for 38 yards vs. Stetson. Sophomore Jaelon Blandburg (Orange County, CA) registered a career high seven catches for 71 yards against Bryant, and made six catches for 65 yards, including a 29-yard TD reception vs. Dartmouth. He had six catches vs. Harvard, including a diving 14-yard TD reception. Senior Isaac Whitney (Venice, FL) caught a seven-yard touchdown pass vs. Bryant and made three catches vs. Harvard. He also hauled in an 18-yard touchdown catch vs. URI, making a spectacular catch in the end zone. Sophomore Demetri Jackson (Nashua, NH) had three catches vs. Stetson, including a seven-yard touchdown catch.
Boylan Makes Immediate Impact: Freshman Scott Boylan (Bakersfield, CA) ranks fourth in the Ivy League in kickoff return average with 22.7 yards per return. He stepped up immediately in Brown's opener vs. Bryant with a 95-yard kickoff return for a TD, while totaling 119 kickoff return yards. He was named the Ivy League's Rookie and Special Teams Player of the Week. He also caught a 14-yard TD pass vs. Harvard and returned five kickoffs 91 yards. Boylan is a special teams workhorse, returning four kickoffs 77 yards vs. URI, while also returning two punts.
Bears In The NFL: Brown has two of its former players on NFL rosters in 2017. Fullback James Develin '10, an engineering concentrator and defensive end at Brown, enters his fifth season with the New England Patriots. He was the New England Patriots starting fullback in 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2016-17 including the 2015 and 2017 Super Bowl Championship teams. Zak DeOssie '07 is a two-time Pro Bowl selection and two-time Super Bowl Champion (2008, 2012) for the New York Giants. Coming into the 2017 season, DeOssie is the 2nd-longest tenured Giants player, behind Eli Manning.
Weekly Honors and Awards
9/16 Richard Jarvis, DE Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week
STATS FCS Honorable Mention Def. Player of the Week
Scott Boylan, WR Ivy League Special Teams Player of the Week
Ivy League Rookie of the Week
Nick Duncan, QB Ivy League Honor Roll
9/23 Jakob Prall, WR Ivy League Honor Roll
Thomas Linta, QB Ivy League Honor Roll
Richard Jarvis, DE Ivy League Honor Roll
Scott Boylan, WR Ivy League Honor Roll
9/30 Darius Daies, RB Ivy League Rookie of the Week
STATS FCS Honorable Mention Rookie of the Week
Connor Coughlin, FS Ivy League Honor Roll
Jakob Prall, WR Ivy League Honor Roll
10/7 Richard Jarvis, DE Ivy League Honor Roll
Darius Daies, RB Ivy League Honor Roll
10/21 Richard Jarvis, DE Ivy League Honor Roll
10/28 Richard Jarvis, DE Ivy League Honor Roll
Ryan Kopec, P Ivy League Honor Roll
11/3 Daryle Banfield, DT Ivy League Honor Roll
11/10 Jay Williams, S Ivy League Honor Roll
Freshmen Travel: Brown's travel roster vs. Yale showed 12 freshmen traveling to New Haven: Chima Amushie (DB), Scott Boylan (WR/RS) Nathan Brown (DL), Darius Daies (RB), Kingsley Ejiogu-Dike (LB), Tim Forster (LS), Caleb Hill (LB), Jeff Jonke (QB), Michael McGovern (QB), Izayah Powell (DB), Ryan Putman (DE) and BJ Ubani (DB).
Brown Captains: Senior All-Ivy defensive end Richard Jarvis (Watertown, MA) and junior inside linebacker Isaiah Thompkins (Middletown, CT) have been elected captains of the 2017 Brown football team.
Watch The Bears on the Ivy League Network: All of Brown's home games (except those blacked out by national TV) and its Ivy League away games can be viewed on the Ivy League Network (ILN), available on computer, mobile and tablet devices all without the use of an app. Packages for Brown's channel are $89.95 for 12 months, $34.95 for four months, $10.95 for one month and $9.95 for a single day. Packages for the League-wide channel, which features everything the network has to offer, are $119.95 for 12 months, $49.95 for four months and $15.95 for one month.
Family Matters: Senior kicker Brett Estes (East Greenwich, RI) is the son of Bears' head coach Phil Estes. He is expected to challenge for both kicking and punting duties.
Listen To Brown Football: Brown's 10-game football schedule will be aired throughout Rhode Island and Southern New England on WPRV-AM 790 (Providence). The Brown football broadcast team features Scott Cordischi calling the play-by-play, and John Anderson P'11, '18 providing the color commentary.
Brown Head Coach Phil Estes: Since Phil Estes became head coach of the Bears in 1998, his Brown football teams have captured three Ivy League titles (1999, 2005, 2008), finished second four times, third five times, and overall have finished in the top half of the Ivy League in 16 of his 19 seasons, while compiling an impressive 76-62 Ivy mark (.550), 114-84 (.540) overall. Estes' 76 career Ivy League wins are the most ever at Brown and rank sixth in the Ivy League record book, while his 114 career wins overall rank 10th all-time in the Ivy League. Estes' 198 career games coached at Brown are ninth in Ivy football history. Estes, the 19th head coach in Brown history, is the second winningest coach in Brown football history, guiding the Brown football program to an unprecedented level of success, winning three Ivy League Championships, including Brown's first ever Ivy outright title in 2005. He has also coached and recruited Brown's only four Ivy League Players of the Year – Sean Morey '99, James Perry '00, Nick Hartigan '06 and Buddy Farnham '10. In the 19 years Estes has coached on the East Side, five of his players have gone on to win Super Bowl rings. The select fraternity includes two-time champion James Develin of the New England Patriots (2015, 2017), two-time winner Zak DeOssie of the New York Giants (2008, 2012), the Pittsburgh Steelers' Sean Morey (2006) and New England Patriots' Drew Inzer (2001) and Chas Gessner (2003).
Phil Estes' Career Coaching Record:
Year School Overall Record Ivy League Record
1998 Brown 7-3 5-2 (Second)
1999 Brown 9-1 6-1 (First) Ivy League Champions
2000 Brown 7-3 4-3 (Third)
2001 Brown 6-3 5-2 (Third)
2002 Brown 2-8 2-5 (Sixth)
2003 Brown 5-5 4-3 (Second)
2004 Brown 6-4 3-4 (Fourth)
2005 Brown 9-1 6-1 (First) Ivy League Champions
2006 Brown 3-6 2-5 (Sixth)
2007 Brown 5-5 4-3 (Third)
2008 Brown 7-3 6-1 (First) Ivy League Champions
2009 Brown 6-4 4-3 (Third)
2010 Brown 6-4 5-2 (Second)
2011 Brown 7-3 4-3 (Second)
2012 Brown 7-3 4-3 (Third)
2013 Brown 6-4 3-4 (Fourth)
2014 Brown 5-5 3-4 (Fifth)
2015 Brown 5-5 3-4 (Fourth)
2016 Brown 4-6 3-4 (Fourth)
