2006 Brown Bears football team

2006 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIvy League
Record3–7 (2–5 Ivy)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorFrank Sheehan (1st season)
Offensive schemePro-style
Defensive coordinatorMichael Kelleher (6th season)
Base defense4–3
Captains
  • Zak DeOssie
  • Joe DiGiacomo
  • Brandon Markey
Home stadiumBrown Stadium
Seasons
← 2005
2007 →
2006 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 18 Princeton +   6 1     9 1  
No. 25 Yale +   6 1     8 2  
Harvard   4 3     7 3  
Penn   3 4     5 5  
Cornell   3 4     5 5  
Dartmouth   2 5     2 8  
Columbia   2 5     5 5  
Brown   2 5     3 7  
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2006 Brown Bears football team was an American football team that represented Brown University during the 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season. A year after winning the conference championship, Brown tied for last in the Ivy League.

In their ninth season under head coach Phil Estes, the Bears compiled a 3–7 record and were outscored 225 to 241. Zak DeOssie, Joe DiGiacomo and Brandon Markey were the team captains.[1]

The Bears' 2–5 conference record placed them in a three-way tie for sixth in the Ivy League standings. Brown was outscored 157 to 140 by Ivy opponents.[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. p. 42. Retrieved July 10, 2020.