1986 Brown Bears football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1986
| team = Brown Bears
| sport = football
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| conference = Ivy League
| short_conf = Ivy
| record = 5–4–1
| conf_record = 4–2–1
| head_coach = John Rosenberg
| hc_year = 3rd
| captain = R. Collett
| captain2 = Jeff Garrison
| captain3 = Brian Murphy
| stadium = Brown Stadium
}}
{{1986 Ivy League football standings}}
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.{{cite web |title=Game-by-Game Results (1878-2019) (Football) |publisher=Brown University |location=Providence, R.I. |access-date=July 3, 2020 |url=https://brownbears.com/sports/2018/5/8/game-by-game-results-1878-2015-football.aspx?id=2646}}
The Bears' 4–2–1 conference record placed third in the Ivy League standings. They outscored Ivy opponents 152 to 125.{{cite book|url=https://ivyleague.com/documents/2017/8/23/3_Year_By_Year_History_2017.pdf?id=2998|title=Ivy League Football Media Guide|chapter=Year-by-Year History|publisher=Ivy League|location=Princeton, N.J.|date=2017|access-date=July 10, 2020|pages=31–32}}
Brown played its home games at Brown Stadium in Providence, Rhode Island.
Schedule
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| poll = the latest NCAA Division I-AA poll released prior to the game
| September 20 | | Yale
| Brown Stadium | Providence, RI | W 21-7
| 11,300 | {{cite news |title=Yale's Down to QB No. 4 After Falling to Brown, 21-7 |first=Kevin |last=Hunt |date=September 21, 1986 |page=76 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57264719/1986-brown-yale/ }}
| September 27 | @ | Rhode Island
| Meade Stadium | Kingston, RI | W 27-7
| 9,515 | {{cite news |title=URI Bottled Up by Brown, 27-7 |first=Sean |last=O'Sullivan |date=September 28, 1986 |page=68 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57265608/1986-brown-uri/ }}
| October 4 | @ | Princeton
| Palmer Stadium | Princeton, NJ | W 24-10
| 9,375 | {{cite news |title=First-Half Doldrums Once Again at Fault in Princeton Defeat |first=Brian |last=Vanderbeek |date=October 5, 1986 |page=C1 |newspaper=The Home News |location=New Brunswick, N.J.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57269065/1986-brown-princeton/ }}
| October 11 | | #19 Penn
| Brown Stadium | Providence, RI | L 0-34
| 11,500 | {{cite news |title=Penn Runs Roughshod over Brown, 34-0 |first=Martin |last=Pave |date=October 12, 1986 |page=55 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57276461/1986-brown-penn/ }}
| October 18 | @ | Cornell
| Schoellkopf Field | Ithaca, NY | L 9-27
| 12,300 | {{cite news |title=Cornell Dominates Brown, Stays Perfect in Ivy League |date=October 19, 1986 |pages=3D, 2D |newspaper=Press & Sun-Bulletin |location=Binghamton, N.Y.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57290137/1986-brown-cornell/ }}
| October 25 | | #6 Holy Cross
| Brown Stadium | Providence, RI | L 7-22
| 11,500 | {{cite news |title=HC Locks Up Another One, 22-7 |first=Bob |last=Monahan |date=October 26, 1986 |page=76 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57300039/1986-brown-hc/ }}
| November 1 | @ | Harvard
| Harvard Stadium | Boston, MA | W 31-19
| 12,540 | {{cite news |title=Key Pass Helps Brown Shade Harvard |first=Joe |last=Concannon |date=November 2, 1986 |page=74 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57302834/1986-brown-harvard/ }}
| November 8 | | Colgate
| Brown Stadium | Providence, RI | L 3-27
| 1,000 | {{cite news |title=Colgate 27, Brown 3 |date=November 9, 1986 |page=70 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57304613/1986-brown-colgate/ }}
| November 15 | | Dartmouth
| Brown Stadium | Providence, RI | T 21-21
| 6,350 | {{cite news |title=Brown 21, Dartmouth 21 |date=November 16, 1986 |page=68 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57306073/1986-brown-dartmouth/ }}
| November 22 | @ | Columbia
| Wien Stadium | New York, NY | W 45-7
| 3,010 | {{cite news |title=Lions' Skid Hits 31 |first=Rob |last=Parker |date=November 23, 1986 |page=70 |edition=final |newspaper=Daily News |location=New York, N.Y.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57306628/1986-brown-columbia/ }}
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