2011 Brown Bears football team

2011 Brown Bears football
Conference	Ivy League
Record	7–3 (4–3 Ivy)
Head coach	Phil Estes (14th season)
Offensive coordinator	Frank Sheehan (6th season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Michael Kelleher (11th season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Brown Stadium

2011 Ivy League football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 16 Harvard $		7	–	0					9	–	1
Brown		4	–	3					7	–	3
Dartmouth		4	–	3					5	–	5
Penn		4	–	3					5	–	5
Yale		4	–	3					5	–	5
Cornell		3	–	4					5	–	5
Columbia		1	–	6					1	–	9
Princeton		1	–	6					1	–	9
$ – Conference champion Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2011 Brown Bears football team represented Brown University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bears were led by 14th year head coach Phil Estes and played their home games at Brown Stadium. They are a member of the Ivy League. They finished the season 7–3 overall and 4–3 in Ivy League play to tie for second place. Brown averaged 5,046 fans a game.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 17	6:00 p.m.	at Stony Brook*	Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium Stony Brook, NY		W 21–20	5,732
September 23	7:00 p.m.	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA		L 7–24	18,565
October 1	6:00 p.m.	Rhode Island*	Brown Stadium Providence, RI		W 35–21	8,534
October 8	12:30 p.m.	Holy Cross*	Brown Stadium Providence, RI		W 20–13	4,009
October 15	12:30 p.m.	Princeton	Brown Stadium Providence, RI		W 34–0	5,265
October 22	12:30 p.m.	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY		W 35–24	4,851
October 29	12:30 p.m.	Penn	Brown Stadium Providence, RI		W 6–0	3,403
November 5	Noon	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	YES Network	W 34–28	19,134
November 12	12:30 p.m.	Dartmouth	Brown Stadium Providence, RI		L 16–21	4,028
November 19	12:30 p.m.	at Columbia	Wien Stadium New York, NY		L 28–35 2OT	5,510
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Eastern time