1986 Brown Bears football team

1986 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIvy League
Record5–4–1 (4–2–1 Ivy)
Head coach
Captains
  • R. Collett
  • Jeff Garrison
  • Brian Murphy
Home stadiumBrown Stadium
Seasons
← 1985
1987 →
1986 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 7 Penn $ 7 0 0 10 0 0
Cornell 6 1 0 8 2 0
Brown 4 2 1 5 4 1
Dartmouth 3 3 1 3 6 1
Harvard 3 4 0 3 7 0
Yale 2 5 0 3 7 0
Princeton 2 5 0 2 8 0
Columbia 0 7 0 0 10 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1986 Brown Bears football team was an American football team that represented Brown University during the 1986 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Brown finished fourth in the Ivy League.

In their third season under head coach John Rosenberg, the Bears compiled a 5–4–1 record and outscored opponents 188 to 181. R. Collett, Jeff Garrison and Brian Murphy were the team captains.[1]

The Bears' 4–2–1 conference record placed third in the Ivy League standings. They outscored Ivy opponents 152 to 125.[2]

Brown played its home games at Brown Stadium in Providence, Rhode Island.

  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. 31–32. Retrieved July 10, 2020.