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
Conference	Ivy League
2018 record	1–9 (0–7 Ivy)
Head coach	Phil Estes (21st season)
Offensive coordinator	Frank Sheehan
Defensive coordinator	Michael Kelleher
Home stadium	Brown Stadium (Capacity: 20,000)

2018 Ivy League football standings
	Conf							Overall
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
$ – Conference champion Rankings from STATS Poll

Previous season

The Bears finished the 2017 season 2–8, 0–7 in Ivy League play to finish in eighth place.

Schedule

Brown hosted Cornell on October 20.

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
September 14	10:00 pm	at Cal Poly*	Alex G. Spanos Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	Pluto TV 244	L 15–44	7,725
September 21	7:00 pm	Harvard	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	ESPNU	L 17–31	9,309
September 29	1:00 pm	Georgetown*	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	NESN TD ESPN+	W 35–7	3,926
October 6	1:00 pm	at No. 18 Rhode Island*	Meade Stadium Kingston RI (rivalry)		L 0–48	6,141
October 13	1:00 pm	at No. 25 Princeton	Princeton University Stadium Princeton, NJ	ESPN+	L 10–48	7,320
October 20	1:00 pm	Cornell	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	NESN TD ESPN+	L 16–34	3,886
October 27	1:00 pm	Penn	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	NESN+ ESPN+	L 7–13	1,324
November 3	1:00 pm	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	ESPN+	L 16–46	4,478
November 10	12:30 pm	Columbia	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	NESN+ ESPN+	L 20–42	2,118
November 17	1:30 pm	at No. 20 Dartmouth	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	ESPN+	L 7–49	2,575
*Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

at Cal Poly

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	0	15	0	0	15
Mustangs	3	21	13	7	44

See also: 2018 Cal Poly Mustangs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Harvard

	1	2	3	4	Total
Crimson	14	10	0	7	31
Bears	3	0	7	7	17

See also: 2018 Harvard Crimson football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
30–85–2	2017	L, 28–45

Georgetown

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hoyas	0	0	7	0	7
Bears	14	7	7	7	35

See also: 2018 Georgetown Hoyas football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–1	2015	L, 3–17

at Rhode Island

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	0	0	0	0	0
No. 18 Rams	3	24	14	7	48

See also: 2018 Rhode Island Rams football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
73–27–2	2017	W, 24–21

at Princeton

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	0	0	3	7	10
No. 25 Tigers	14	14	7	13	48

See also: 2018 Princeton Tigers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
28–56	2017	L, 0–53

Cornell

	1	2	3	4	Total
Big Red	0	14	7	13	34
Bears	0	10	0	6	16

See also: 2018 Cornell Big Red football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
37–27–1	2017	L, 7–34

Penn

	1	2	3	4	Total
Quakers	3	10	0	0	13
Bears	0	0	0	7	7

See also: 2018 Penn Quakers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
24–60–2	2017	L, 7–17

at Yale

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	0	3	6	7	16
Bulldogs	14	6	13	13	46

See also: 2018 Yale Bulldogs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
35–82–5	2017	L, 7–34

Columbia

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lions	0	14	14	14	42
Bears	14	6	0	0	20

See also: 2018 Columbia Lions football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
52–28–2	2017	L, 6–24

at Dartmouth

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	0	7	0	0	7
No. 20 Big Green	7	6	29	7	49

See also: 2018 Dartmouth Big Green football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
32–59–4	2017	L, 10–33

References

1. "2018 Brown Football Schedule". Brown University Athletics. Retrieved 1 April 2018.