2011 Brown Bears football team

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.

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

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