1998 Brown Bears football team

The 1998 Brown Bears football team was an American football team that represented Brown University during the 1998 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Brown tied for second in the Ivy League.

1998 Brown Bears football
Conference	Ivy League
Record	7–3 (5–2 Ivy)
Head coach	Phil Estes (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	David Duggan (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Captains	Sean Morey Alex Pittz
Home stadium	Brown Stadium
Seasons ← 1997 1999 →

1998 Ivy League football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Penn $		6	–	1					8	–	2
Brown		5	–	2					7	–	3
Yale		5	–	2					6	–	4
Princeton		4	–	3					5	–	5
Columbia		3	–	4					4	–	6
Harvard		3	–	4					4	–	6
Cornell		1	–	6					4	–	6
Dartmouth		1	–	6					2	–	8
$ – Conference champion

In their first season under head coach Phil Estes, the Bears compiled a 7–3 record and outscored opponents 265 to 241. Sean Morey and Alex Pittz were the team captains.^[1]

The Bears' 5–2 conference tied for second in the Ivy League standings. They outscored Ivy opponents 188 to 150.^[2]

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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 19	Yale	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	L 28–30	8,375	[3]
September 26	at Lafayette*	Fisher Field Easton, PA	W 23–21	7,359	[4]
October 3	at Rhode Island*	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI (rivalry)	L 16–44	7,214	[5]
October 10	at Princeton	Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 17–31	18,622	[6]
October 17	Fordham*	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	W 38–27	4,439	[7]
October 24	Penn	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	W 58–51	4,438	[8]
October 31	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 20–7	10,462	[9]
November 7	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 27–6	8,067	[10]
November 14	Dartmouth	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	W 28–21	8,323	[11]
November 21	at Columbia	Wien Stadium New York, NY	W 10–3	4,600	[12]
*Non-conference game