Brown Returns Home to Host Cornell for Family Weekend

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – For the first time in nearly a month, the Brown football team will return home to Richard House Field at brown Stadium for an Ivy League matchup against Cornell on Saturday afternoon.

GAME INFO
Matchup: Brown vs. Cornell
Date: Saturday, October 22 | 12:30 p.m.
TV: ESPN+
Radio: 790 The Score

OPENING KICKOFF
• Brown is coming off a 35-19 loss last Friday night at Princeton, a game in which the Bears outgained the Tigers 391-368.
• Cornell used a last-minute defensive stand to take down Lehigh 19-15 at home, giving the Big Red its first unbeaten non-league season since 2007.
• Brown and Cornell have only one common opponent so far this season, both falling 35-28 at home to Harvard.
• Brown and Cornell have allowed the most points of any teams in the Ivy this season, with Cornell allowing 28.2 points per game, with Brown allowing 33.2 points.
• Cornell is 7-for-9 on fourth down conversions this season (No. 1 in the Ivy), while Brown is 9-for-16, the most fourth down conversions overall in the league (No. 4 by percentage).

AIRING IT OUT
• Jake Willcox completed 41 (41-of-61) passes on October 7 at Princeton.
• Tied for the fifth-most completions in school history.
• First time a Brown player has completed at least 40 passes in a game since Marcus Fuller completed 41 vs. URI in 2015.

RED HOT DEFENSE
• Brown carries the nation's 10th-best red zone defense (3rd in the Ivy) into this weekend's matchup.
• Brown's opponents have scored on 64.3 percent of their red zone trips (9-of-14) this season.

NO FLY ZONE
• Cooper DeVeau is tied for the Ivy League lead with five passes defended this season (4 breakups, 1 interception).
• Isaiah Reed is tied for sixth overall with four passes defended.

FIRST IN FIRST DOWNS
• Brown leads the Ivy League with 114 total first downs this season in five games.
• Columbia and Yale (107 each) are tied for second.
• That total ranks 67th in FCS, with each team ahead of them having played at least six total games.

PASSING ATTACK
• Brown's quarterbacks have averaged 282.4 passing yards per game, ranking No. 1 in the Ivy League and 12th in FCS.

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Brown Returns Home to Host Cornell for Family Weekend

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Cooper DeVeau

Isaiah Reed

Jake Willcox

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