2001 Brown Bears football team

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2001 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIvy League
Record6–3 (5–2 Ivy)
Head coach
Offensive schemePro-style
Defensive coordinatorMichael Kelleher (1st season)
Base defense4–3
Captains
  • Uwa Airhiavbere
  • Dewey Ames
  • T. Rowley
Home stadium
Brown Stadium
Seasons
2001 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 19 Harvard $   7 – 0     9 – 0  
No. 24 Penn   6 – 1     8 – 1  
Brown   5 – 2     6 – 3  
Princeton   3 – 4     3 – 6  
Columbia   3 – 4     3 – 7  
Cornell   2 – 5     2 – 7  
Dartmouth   1 – 6     1 – 8  
Yale   1 – 6     3 – 6  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2001 Brown Bears football team was an American football team that represented Brown University during the 2001 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Brown finished third in the Ivy League.

In their fourth season under head coach Phil Estes, the Bears compiled a 6–3 record and outscored opponents 319 to 235. Uwa Airhiavbere, Dewey Ames, and T. Rowley were the team captains.[1]

The Bears' 5–2 conference record placed third in the Ivy League standings. They outscored Ivy opponents 241 to 170.[2]

Like most of the Ivy League, Brown played nine games instead of the usual 10, after the school made the decision to cancel its September 15 season opener at the University of San Diego, following the September 11 attacks.[3]

Brown played its home games at

Brown Stadium in Providence, Rhode Island
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Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 15 at San Diego*
Canceled [3]
September 22 at Harvard
L 20–27 8,511 [4]
September 29 No. 9 Rhode Island*
L 38–42 9,365 [5]
October 6 Fordham*
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 40–23 4,441 [6]
October 13 Princeton
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 35–24 12,673 [7]
October 20 at Cornell
W 49–21 6,039 [8]
October 27 No. 20 Penn
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
L 14–27 10,181 [9]
November 3 at Yale
W 37–34 17,184 [10]
November 10 Dartmouth
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 41–16 8,391 [11]
November 17 at Columbia
W 45–21 3,516 [12]

References

  1. ^ "Game-by-Game Results (1878-2019) (Football)". Providence, R.I.: Brown University. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  2. ^ "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. pp. 39–40. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
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