The 2018 Brown Bears football team represented Brown University in the

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. They were led by 21st-year head coach

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and played their home games at

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. They were a member of the

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. They finished the season 1–9, 0–7 in Ivy League play to finish in last place. Brown averaged 4,112 fans per game. On November 19, Estes announced that he would stepping down as the Bears' head coach. He finished his tenure at Brown with an overall record of 115–94.

Schedule

The 2018 schedule consisted of five home games and five away games. The Bears hosted Ivy League foes Harvard,

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, and

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, and traveled to

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, and

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. In 2018, Brown's non-conference opponents were Cal Poly of the

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of the

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, and

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of the

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Game summaries

At Cal Poly

Harvard

Georgetown

At No. 18 Rhode Island

At No. 25 Princeton

Cornell

Penn

At Yale

Columbia

At No. 20 Dartmouth

References

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Brown Bears football seasons

Brown Bears football : ''For information on all Brown University sports, see Brown Bears'' The Brown Bears football program is the intercollegiate American football team for Brown University located in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. The team competes in the NCAA Divi ...

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