Brown Football Falls to Harvard 42-7, Brown Coaching Call Perplexing

Brown Football Falls to Harvard 42-7, Brown Coaching Call Perplexing

The Brown Bears football team fell to Harvard 42-7 on Friday night at Harvard Stadium in the first Ivy League game of the year. The close game turned ugly after Brown Coach James Perry decided to go for a 4th and 1 at the Brown 30 with under a minute in the first half. Brown was only down 14-7 at the time.

Harvard stopped Brown took over and scored a touchdown before the half and the momentum was gone - it was all Harvard from there. The coaching decision was perplexing.

"Hats off to Harvard, who is a terrific football team. We practice and play hard, but, other than the first series, didn't run the ball well. We tried running in critical moments that didn't work. We'll get better,” said Perry after the game.

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The Bears have now lost nine straight games to the Crimson dating back to 2010.

Brown falls to 1-1 on the season and 0-1 in the Ivy League. 

Harvard is now 1-1 on the year and 1-0 in the Ivy League.

Brown Falls to Harvard

The Bears got off to a good start in the game when on the opening drive Allen Smith found the end zone on a 22-yard run to give the Bears a 7-0 lead after the extra point.

From that point, it was all Harvard.

At the end of the quarter, Harvard quarterback Jake Smith connected with Cody Christ on a 12-yard touchdown pass to tie the score at seven.

The game would remain that way until the final two minutes of the second quarter when Smith connected with Adamo West on a 13-yard touchdown pass to give the Crimson a 14-7 lead with 1:42 to play in the half.

Harvard would add another touchdown in the final five seconds of the frame when Smith connected with Jack Cook on a 13-yard touchdown pass to put the Crimson up 21-7 at the break.

The Crimson would continue to pour it on in the second half, adding three more touchdowns to cruise to a 42-7 win.

Next Up

Brown opens its home season on Saturday, October 5, hosting Rhode Island in the 104thGovernor's Cup game at Brown Stadium. 

Game time is set for 12:30 p.m.