RFC Throwback Thursday: Brown Football-1976 & 1977

(Video courtesy of Brown University)

This week's post of "RFC Throwback Thursday" takes a look back at the Brown University football teams from 1976 and 1977. The Bears finished the 1976 season with an overall record of 8-1, and a 6-1 mark in Ivy League action, sharing the conference championship with Yale. Both teams repeated as Ivy League co-champions in 1977, finishing the season with an overall record of 7-2 and 5-2 in conference play. 

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RFC Weekly Predictions: Week Of November 1, 2025 Part 3

KEY: Projected winners are marked in RED.

Featured games in BOLD type.

Editor's Note #1: All games listed will be played on Saturday, October 25, 2025, unless otherwise indicated.

Editor's Note #2: For the second straight week, there will be multiple games that will have an impact on conference championship races, as well as the playoff picture as a whole. Therefore, the format change that was in effect last week will remain that way for this week. Once again, sit back, read, and enjoy.

NAIA

Olivet Nazarene (5-2) at St. Francis (Ind.)-(6-2)

Indiana Wesleyan (6-2) at Taylor (5-3)

McPherson (7-1) at Southwestern (Kan.)-(6-2)

Kansas Wesleyan (6-2) at Friends (8-0)

Georgetown (Ky.)-(5-2) at Bethel (Tenn.)-(3-3)

Northwestern (Iowa)-(4-3) at Midland (4-4)

Peru State (4-4) at William Penn (7-1)

Dordt (7-0) at Hastings (4-4)

Rocky Mountain (3-4) at Montana Tech (7-0)

Carroll (Mont.)-(5-1) at Southern Oregon (3-5)

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RFC Weekly Predictions: Week Of November 1, 2025 Part 2

KEY: Projected winners are marked in RED.

Featured games in BOLD type.

Editor's Note #1: All games listed will be played on Saturday, November 1, 2025, unless otherwise indicated.

Editor's Note #2: For the second straight week, there will be multiple games that will have an impact on conference championship races, as well as the playoff picture as a whole. Therefore, the format change that was in effect last week will remain that way for this week. Once again, sit back, read, and enjoy.

NCAA Division II

Ferrum (3-5) at North Greenville (4-4)

Findlay (8-0) at Northwood (7-1)

McKendree (4-4) at Upper Iowa (6-2)

Southern Connecticut State (3-4) at Assumption (6-1)

Edinboro (4-4) at Seton Hill (4-5)

East Stroudsburg (6-2) at Kutztown (8-0)

Catawba (6-2) at Carson-Newman (5-2)

Bentley (4-3) at St. Anselm (5-3)

Johnson C. Smith (7-1) at Fayetteville State (5-3)

Walsh (6-2) at Ashland (7-1)

Frostburg State (7-1) at California (Pa.)-(5-3)

Glenville State (5-3) at West Virginia State (4-4)

Clarion (6-2) at Slippery Rock (5-2)

Indianapolis (7-1) at Quincy (5-3)

Colorado State-Pueblo (7-1) at Western Colorado (8-0)

Lenoir-Rhyne (5-4) at Wingate (6-2)

West Florida (8-0) at Delta State (7-1)

Angelo State (6-2) at Central Washington (7-1)

NCAA Division III

Rowan (4-2-1) at College of New Jersey (6-1)

Framingham State (5-2) at Plymouth State (6-1)

Wesleyan (Conn.)-(5-2) at Williams (5-2)

Amherst (4-3) at Trinity (Conn.)-(5-1)

St. John Fisher (5-2) at Utica (5-2)

Susquehanna (5-2) at Western Connecticut State (4-3)

Alma (5-2) at Trine (4-3)

Belhaven (5-2) at Southern Virginia (6-1)

Berry (6-1) at Centre (3-4)

Adrian (6-1) at Kalamazoo (4-3)

Shenandoah (6-1) at Randolph-Macon (7-0)

Hanover (5-2) at Bluffton (5-2)

Mount St. Joseph (4-3) at Ohio Northern (5-2)

Monmouth (Ill.)-(6-1) at Chicago (6-1)

Wisconsin-Stout (5-2) at Wisconsin-LaCrosse (5-1)

Wisconsin-Oshkosh (4-3) at Wisconsin-Platteville (5-2)

Wisconsin-Whitewater (6-1) at Wisconsin-River Falls (6-1)

Illinois Wesleyan (4-3) at Augustana (Ill.)-(5-2)

Benedictine (Ill.)-(6-1) at St. Norbert (4-3)

East Texas Baptist (4-3) at Mary Hardin-Baylor (4-3)

Lewis & Clark (5-2) at Linfield (4-2)

Pacific Lutheran (4-3) at Whitworth (5-2)

Case Western Reserve (4-2-1) at Washington & Jefferson (5-2)

Texas Lutheran (4-3) at McMurry (4-3)

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RFC Weekly Predictions: Week Of November 1, 2025 Part 1

Last Week: 53-18 (.746)

This Year: 436-198 (.688)

KEY: Projected winners are marked in RED.

Featured games in BOLD type.

FBS Group Of Five 

Tuesday, October 28

UTEP (2-5) at Kennesaw State (5-2)

James Madison (6-1) at Texas State (3-4)

Wednesday, October 29

Jacksonville State (4-3) at Middle Tennessee State (1-6)

Florida International (3-4) at Missouri State (4-3)

Thursday, October 30

Marshall (4-3) at Coastal Carolina (4-3)

Tulane (6-1) at UTSA (3-4)

Friday, October 31

Memphis (7-1) at Rice (4-4)

Sam Houston State (0-7) at Louisiana Tech (4-3)

Saturday, November 1

Navy (7-0) at North Texas (7-1)

(The Midshipmen travel to the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex to match up against the Mean Green in a big contest with American Conference and College and College Football Playoff implications!!!!)

East Carolina (4-3) at Temple (5-3)

(The Owls from Philadelphia play host to the Pirates in another American Conference clash that will have a huge impact on the conference championship race!!!!!)

Fresno State (5-3) at Boise State (6-2)

(The Broncos hope to move one step closer to returning to the Mountain West Conference championship game when they battle the Bulldogs on the blue turf field in Boise, Idaho!!!!!)

New Mexico (5-3) at UNLV (6-1)

(The Rebels host the upstart Lobos in another contest that could decide the championship combatants in the Mountain West Conference!!!!!)

Central Michigan (5-3) at Western Michigan (4-4)

(The Chippewas hit the road to clash with the Broncos in a battle of 3-1 teams in Mid-American Conference action!!!!!)

New Mexico State (3-4) at Western Kentucky (6-2)

Delaware (4-3) at Liberty (3-4)

Wyoming (4-4) at San Diego State (6-1)

Washington State (4-4) at Oregon State (1-7)

Arkansas State (4-4) at Troy (6-2)

Hawai'i (6-2) at San Jose State (2-5)

FCS

Thursday, October 30

Norfolk State (1-7) vs. Delaware State (5-3)

Friday, October 31

Brown (3-3) at Penn (4-2)

Idaho (3-5) at Northern Arizona (5-3)

Saturday, November 1

Georgetown (D.C.)-(5-3) at Lehigh (8-0)

(The Mountain Hawks will look to stay undefeated when they play host to a Hoyas team that comes in at 3-1 in Patriot League play!!!!!)

Gardner-Webb (5-3) at Tennessee Tech (8-0)

(Another team will put their unbeaten record on the line when the Golden Eagles take on the Runnin' Bulldogs in Big South-Ohio Valley Conference action!!!!!)

Drake (5-2) at Butler (5-3)

(Speaking of the "Bulldogs", it will be a battle of that namesake when the team from Des Moines, Iowa, battles the team from Indianapolis in a showdown that will decide this year's Pioneer Football League champion!!!!!)

Dartmouth (5-1) at Harvard (6-0)

(Yet another undefeated team will look to stay that way when the Crimson clash with the Big Green in a contest where the winner will get the inside track on winning the Ivy League's first-ever automatic bid to the FCS playoffs!!!!!)

Alabama State (5-2) at Prairie View A&M (6-1)

(The Panthers play host to the Hornets in a huge contest with implications for the SWAC title!!!!)

UT Rio Grande Valley (6-2) at Stephen F. Austin (6-2)

(Finally, the 4-0 Lumberjacks play host to upstart, 2-2 Vaqueros in a critical Southland Conference showdown!!!!!)

North Dakota (6-2) at South Dakota (5-4)

Morgan State (3-5) at South Carolina State (5-3)

Mercer (6-1) at Furman (5-3)

North Carolina Central (5-3) at Howard (4-4)

Youngstown State (5-3) at North Dakota State (8-0)

Sacramento State (4-4) at Eastern Washington (4-4)

Tarleton State (9-0) at Abilene Christian (4-4)

Western Carolina (5-3) at Chattanooga (4-4)

Dayton (6-2) at San Diego (4-4)

Jackson State (5-2) at Florida A&M (3-4)

East Texas A&M (2-6) at Southeastern Louisiana (6-2)

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RFC Weekly Predictions: Week Of October 25, 2025 Part 3

KEY: Projected winners are marked in RED.

Featured games in BOLD type.

Editor's Note: All games listed will be played on Saturday, October 25, 2025, unless otherwise indicated.

BONUS PREDICTIONS

Fitchburg State (3-3) at Anna Maria (4-2)

Bloomsburg (1-6) at Millersville (0-7)

Edinboro (3-4) at Gannon (1-6)

Montclair State (2-4) at Castleton (2-4)

Southern Virginia (5-1) at North Carolina Wesleyan (3-3)

Carnegie Mellon (4-2) at Muhlenberg (5-1)

Endicott (5-1) at Nichols (2-4)

Stevenson (4-2) at Delaware Valley (3-3)

Amherst (4-2) at Wesleyan (4-2)

Frostbug State (6-1) at Wheeling (4-3)

Lenoir-Rhyne (4-4) at Mars Hill (3-4)

Franklin & Marshall (5-1) at Ursinus (4-2)

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