The 2001 Brown Bears football team was an American football team that represented

Brown University Brown University is a private research university in Providence, Rhode Island. Brown is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, founded in 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providenc ...

during the

2001 NCAA Division I-AA football season The 2001 NCAA Division I-AA football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I-AA level, began in August 2001, and concluded with the 2001 NCAA Divisi ...

. Brown finished third in the Ivy League. In their fourth season under head coach

Phil Estes Philip D. Estes (born June 7, 1958) is an American college football coach and former player. He was the head football coach at Brown University from December 1997 until stepping down in November 2018. Estes compiled a 115-94 record during his tenu ...

, the Bears compiled a 6–3 record and outscored opponents 319 to 235. Uwa Airhiavbere, Dewey Ames, and T. Rowley were the team captains. The Bears' 5–2 conference record placed third in the Ivy League standings. They outscored Ivy opponents 241 to 170. Like most of the Ivy League, Brown played nine games instead of the usual 10, after the school made the decision to cancel its September 15 season opener at the , following the September 11 attacks. Brown played its home games at Brown Stadium in Providence, Rhode Island.

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