Brown junior running back Matt Childs earned Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week honors after powering the Bears’ 38-31 overtime comeback against Cornell. He scored the tying touchdown as regulation expired, then opened overtime with the game-winner. Childs also received an honorable mention for Stats Perform’s FCS National Offensive Player of the Week.

By the Numbers
  • 179 all-purpose yards, including 157 from scrimmage.
  • Three touchdowns: two rushing and one receiving.
  • Brown erased a 31-17 deficit with 21 unanswered points.
  • Childs has topped 100 all-purpose yards in all six games this season.
State of Play
  • It’s Brown football’s first Ivy League weekly award this season.
  • The Bears host Penn at noon Saturday, Oct. 31, at Brown Stadium.
Bottom Line

Childs’ late-game heroics turned a two-touchdown deficit into a signature Brown win—and earned him recognition at both the Ivy League and national levels.