Bears Ready for Weekend Clash at Yale

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Coming off a big upset win last weekend over Penn, the Brown football team is set to hit the road for a Saturday afternoon clash at Yale.

GAME INFO
Matchup: Brown at Yale
Date: Saturday, November 5 | 12:00 p.m.
TV: NESN
Stream: ESPN+
Radio: 790 The Score

OPENING KICKOFF

Brown is coming off its first home Ivy win since 2016 with a big 34-31 victory over previously unbeaten Penn last weekend.
Senior quarterback Aidan Gilman was named the Ivy Offensive Player of the Week after setting career-highs for completions, passing yards and touchdowns.
Eleven different receivers caught a pass for Brown for the second consecutive week.
The Bulldogs sit alongside Harvard and Penn with 3-1 Ivy records with Princeton holding the top spot at 4-0.
Penn handed Yale a 20-13 loss before the Bulldogs rebounded with a 41-16 trouncing at Columbia last weekend.
Yale possesses the 15th-ranked rushing offense in FCS with 210.3 yards per game. With 406.6 total yards per contest, Yale ranks 38th in FCS.

WEEKLY AWARDS RECOGNITION

Gilman was named the Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week on November 1.
Coming on in relief against unbeaten Penn, he went 22-for-38 for 245 yards and two touchdowns (all career-highs), including the game-winner with 1:19 remaining to help Brown pull the 34-31 upset.

NO FLY ZONE

Cooper DeVeau and Isaiah Reed are the Ivy League leaders in passes defended this season.
DeVeau is No. 1 in the league in passes defended per game (1.17) with six breakups and one interception.
Reed is No. 2 in the league at 1.14 passes defended per game with seven breakups and one pick.
Isaiah Reed is second in the Ivy with seven pass breakups.

KICKING INTO GEAR

Sophomore kicker Austin Alley made his collegiate debut against Penn, and connected on both of his field goal attempts (35 and 27 yds.) and was 4-for-4 on PATS, while adding four touchbacks.

FIRST IN FIRST DOWNS

Brown leads the Ivy League with 165 total first downs this season in seven games.
Columbia (145) is second.
Brown's total ranks 51st in FCS.

SPREADING THE WEALTH

Brown had 11 different receivers catch a pass last week against Penn, tying a season-high and marking the second straight week of catches by 11 different receivers.
The Bears have had at least 10 different players catch a pass in four consecutive games and six of seven games this year.

RED ZONE DEFENSE

Brown has allowed its opponents 20 trips into the red zone this season, tied with Penn for the fewest in the Ivy League.
Overall, Brown carries the nation's 26th-best red zone defense (4th in the Ivy) into this weekend's matchup.
Brown's opponents have scored on 75.0 percent of their red zone trips (15-of-20) this season.

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