2018 Brown Bears football team
The 2018 Brown Bears football team represented Brown University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 21st-year head coach Phil Estes and played their home games at Brown Stadium. They were a member of the Ivy League. They finished the season 1–9, 0–7 in Ivy League play to finish in last place.
| 2018 Brown Bears football | |
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| Conference | Ivy League |
| 2018 record | 1–9 (0–7 Ivy) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Frank Sheehan |
| Defensive coordinator | Michael Kelleher |
| Home stadium | Brown Stadium (Capacity: 20,000) |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 11 Princeton $ | 7 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 18 Dartmouth | 6 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Harvard | 4 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yale | 3 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Penn | 3 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Columbia | 3 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cornell | 2 | – | 5 | 3 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brown | 0 | – | 7 | 1 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Previous season
The Bears finished the 2017 season 2–8, 0–7 in Ivy League play to finish in eighth place.
Schedule
The 2018 schedule consisted of five home games and five away games. The Bears hosted Ivy League foes Harvard, Cornell, Penn, and Columbia, and traveled to Princeton, Yale, and Dartmouth.
In 2018, Brown's non-conference opponents were Cal Poly of the Big Sky Conference, Georgetown of the Patriot League, and Rhode Island of the Colonial Athletic Association.[1]
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 14 | 10:00 pm | at Cal Poly* | Pluto TV 244 | L 15–44 | 7,725 | |
| September 21 | 7:00 pm | Harvard | ESPNU | L 17–31 | 9,309 | |
| September 29 | 1:00 pm | Georgetown* |
| NESN TD ESPN+ | W 35–7 | 3,926 |
| October 6 | 1:00 pm | at No. 18 Rhode Island* | L 0–48 | 6,141 | ||
| October 13 | 1:00 pm | at No. 25 Princeton | ESPN+ | L 10–48 | 7,320 | |
| October 20 | 1:00 pm | Cornell |
| NESN TD ESPN+ | L 16–34 | 3,886 |
| October 27 | 1:00 pm | Penn |
| NESN+ ESPN+ | L 7–13 | 1,324 |
| November 3 | 1:00 pm | at Yale | ESPN+ | L 16–46 | 4,478 | |
| November 10 | 12:30 pm | Columbia |
| NESN+ ESPN+ | L 20–42 | 2,118 |
| November 17 | 1:30 pm | at No. 20 Dartmouth | ESPN+ | L 7–49 | 2,575 | |
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Game summaries
at Cal Poly
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Bears | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Mustangs | 3 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 44 |
Harvard
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Crimson | 14 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 31 |
| Bears | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
Georgetown
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Hoyas | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Bears | 14 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 35 |
at Rhode Island
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Bears | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No. 18 Rams | 3 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 48 |
at Princeton
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Bears | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| No. 25 Tigers | 14 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 48 |
Cornell
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Big Red | 0 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 34 |
| Bears | 0 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 16 |
Penn
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Quakers | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Bears | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
at Yale
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Bears | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 |
| Bulldogs | 14 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 46 |
Columbia
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Lions | 0 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 |
| Bears | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
at Dartmouth
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Bears | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| No. 20 Big Green | 7 | 6 | 29 | 7 | 49 |