Football Dominates Georgetown 46-0 in Season Opener

Saturday, September 20

Providence, R.I.

12 p.m.

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Georgetown

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Photo by: Chip DeLorenzo

Football Dominates Georgetown 46-0 in Season Opener

9/20/2025 5:14:00 PM | Football

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Brown football team dominated from start to finish in a strong 46-0 victory over Georgetown in Saturday afternoon's season opener at Richard Gouse Field at Brown Stadium. The Bears' defense limited the Hoyas, who entered the game averaging nearly 40 points per contest, to just 183 yards of total offense and posted eight sacks.

The win was Brown's largest margin of victory and first shutout since the 2013 season. The 46 points are the most scored in a home opener since 1950 and the most in a season opener since 1997. It is also the largest margin of victory in a season opener since Brown defeated New Hampshire 56-0 at Andrews Field in 1911, and the largest margin of victory ever in a home opener in the 100-year history of Brown Stadium.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

Brown created four turnovers, forcing two fumbles and a pair of interceptions.
Junior Tommy Dunn totaled 3.0 sacks for 29 yards, forced a fumble, and added three additional QB hurries in a monster game defensively.
Junior Ike Odimegwu had 3.0 sacks for 17 yards, and junior Max Malo added four tackles including a sack.
Junior Miles Brophy tied for a game-high six tackles in his Brown debut.
Senior John Perdue and junior Cap Davis each had an interception.
Brown's offense totaled 387 yards, including 168 on the ground.
Junior quarterback James Murphy was 20-for-28 passing for 219 yards and two touchdowns.
Sophomore Matt Childs caught five passes for 44 yards and a touchdown, and rushed for 51 yards.
Senior Qwentin Brown led the Bears on the ground with 69 rushing yards and two touchdowns.
Junior Levi Linowes caught two passes for 56 yards, including a 42-yard touchdown.
Junior Jackson Bennett and freshman Eli Jones each added their first career rushing touchdowns.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Bears wasted no time getting on the board with an eight play, 75-yard drive after the opening kickoff, capped by a one-yard scoring run by Qwentin Brown for the early 7-0 lead. The drive was started with a 36-yard pass from Murphy to Childs.
Davis set up the Bears second touchdown with a diving interception to get Brown the ball back, and Bennett turned it into seven with a nine-yard touchdown rush with 2:11 left in the opening quarter.
After a 24-yard field goal from Drew Crabtree, Sam Smith forced a fumble on the ensuing kickoff that was returned to the four-yard line by Camryn Williams-Dalton, setting up a short scoring pass from Murphy to Childs to make it 24-0 at the 6:20 mark.
Qwentin Brown added his second rushing score of the opening half with a tough 49-yard scoring run, breaking thru a bottleneck of defenders after being bottled up to make it 32-0 Bears following the two-point conversion with 3:06 left until halftime.
The Bears went 80 yards in five plays late in the third quarter when Murphy found Linowes wide open down field for a 42-yard catch and run that made it 39-0.
Dunn came away with a strip sack on the ensuing defensive possession and Liam Fitzgerald fell on the ball at the Georgetown 33-yard line, which set up a one-yard scoring run by Jones for the 46-0 advantage at 11:24 of the fourth quarter.

The Bears will travel to Harvard next Saturday, September 27 for a 6 p.m. kickoff. Live coverage will be available on ESPN+ and the Learfield Varsity Network on BrownBears.com/audio.

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