2005 Brown Bears football team

American college football season

2005 Brown Bears football

Ivy League champion
Conference	Ivy League
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 15
Record	9–1 (6–1 Ivy)
Head coach	Phil Estes (8th season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Michael Kelleher (5th season)
Base defense	4–3
Captains	James Frazier Jamie Gasparella Nick Hartigan
Home stadium	Brown Stadium
Seasons← 2004 2006 →

2005 Ivy League football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 15 Brown $	6	–	1	9	–	1
Princeton	5	–	2	7	–	3
Harvard	5	–	2	7	–	3
Yale	4	–	3	4	–	6
Cornell	4	–	3	6	–	4
Penn	3	–	4	5	–	5
Dartmouth	1	–	6	2	–	8
Columbia	0	–	7	2	–	8

$ – Conference champion Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2005 Brown Bears football team was an American football team that represented Brown University during the 2005 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Brown won the Ivy League championship.

In their eighth season under head coach Phil Estes, the Bears compiled a 9–1 record and outscored opponents 368 to 218. James Frazier, Jamie Gasparella and Nick Hartigan were the team captains. Hartigan received the Ivy League Bushnell Cup in 2005.

The Bears' 6–1 conference record topped the Ivy League standings. They outscored Ivy opponents 252 to 166.

Brown was unranked to start the year, and did not enter the national top 25 until November. After closing out the year on an eight-game win streak, the Bears were ranked No. 15 in the final poll.

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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 17	at Georgetown*		Multi-Sport Field Washington, DC	W 34–3	3,500
September 24	at No. 15 Harvard		Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 35–38	11,134
October 1	Rhode Island*		Brown Stadium Providence, RI (rivalry)	W 45–35	6,152
October 8	Fordham*		Brown Stadium Providence, RI	W 37–14	2,256
October 15	Princeton		Brown Stadium Providence, RI	W 31–28	5,031
October 22	at Cornell		Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 38–24	4,212
October 29	No. 25 Penn		Brown Stadium Providence, RI	W 34–20	6,318
November 5	at Yale	No. 22	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 38–21	21,719
November 12	Dartmouth	No. 20	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	W 24–14	8,122
November 19	at Columbia	No. 18	Wien Stadium New York, NY	W 52–21	6,705
*Non-conference game Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game

References

"Game-by-Game Results (1878-2019) (Football)". Providence, R.I.: Brown University. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
Koch, Bill (December 13, 2021). "Ivy League names Brown QB EJ Perry the winner of the Bushnell Cup as top offensive player". The Providence Journal. Archived from the original on December 14, 2021. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
"Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. pp. 41–42. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
Orton, Kathy (September 18, 2005). "Georgetown Is Pummeled Brown". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. p. E16 – via ProQuest.
Benjamin, Amalie (September 25, 2005). "Harvard Spotty, but Clean; Crimson Take Down Brown in Double OT". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C20 – via Newspapers.com.
"Brown 45, Rhode Island 35". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. Associated Press. October 2, 2005. p. C22 – via Newspapers.com.
"Brown 37, Fordham 14". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. Associated Press. October 9, 2005. p. D18 – via Newspapers.com.
"Brown 31, Princeton 28". Home News Tribune. New Brunswick, N.J. Associated Press. October 16, 2005. p. C4 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Ivy League Summaries". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. October 16, 2005. p. C19.
Feaver, Christopher (October 24, 2005). "Opportunity Lost for Big Red". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 5B – via Newspapers.com.
"Hartigan, Brown on Top of Their Game". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. October 30, 2005. p. C16 – via Newspapers.com.
Hine, Tommy (November 6, 2005). "Grisly Time Against Bears; Yale Can't Stop Brown's Hartigan". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. pp. E11, E12 – via Newspapers.com.
"Vita, Brown Earn at Least Tie for Title". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. Associated Press. November 13, 2005. p. C19 – via Newspapers.com.
"Title a First for Brown". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. Associated Press. November 20, 2005. p. C21 – via Newspapers.com.

v t e Brown Bears football
Venues	Andrews Field (1899–1924) Richard Gouse Field at Brown Stadium (1925–present)
Bowls & rivalries	1916 Rose Bowl Rhode Island
Culture & lore	Band Bruno "Ever True to Brown"
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1878 1879 1880 1881–1885 1886 1887–1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

v t e Ivy League football champions
I-A/FBS	Yale (1956) Princeton (1957) Dartmouth (1958) Penn (1959) Yale (1960) Columbia & Harvard (1961) Dartmouth (1962) Dartmouth & Princeton (1963) Princeton (1964) Dartmouth (1965) Dartmouth, Harvard, & Princeton (1966) Yale (1967) Harvard & Yale (1968) Dartmouth, Yale, & Princeton (1969) Dartmouth (1970) Dartmouth & Cornell (1971) Dartmouth (1972) Dartmouth (1973) Yale (1974) Harvard (1975) Yale & Brown (1976) Yale (1977) Dartmouth (1978) Yale (1979) Yale (1980) Yale & Dartmouth (1981)
I-AA/FCS	Dartmouth, Harvard & Penn (1982) Harvard & Penn (1983) Penn (1984) Penn (1985) Penn (1986) Harvard (1987) Penn & Cornell (1988) Yale & Princeton (1989) Dartmouth & Cornell (1990) Dartmouth (1991) Dartmouth & Princeton (1992) Penn (1993) Penn (1994) Princeton (1995) Dartmouth (1996) Harvard (1997) Penn (1998) Brown & Yale (1999) Penn (2000) Harvard (2001) Penn (2002) Penn (2003) Harvard (2004) Brown (2005) Princeton & Yale (2006) Harvard (2007) Harvard & Brown (2008) Penn (2009) Penn (2010) Harvard (2011) Penn (2012) Harvard & Princeton (2013) Harvard (2014) Harvard, Dartmouth, & Penn (2015) Princeton & Penn (2016) Yale (2017) Princeton (2018) Dartmouth & Yale (2019) No season (2020) Dartmouth & Princeton (2021) Yale (2022) Dartmouth, Harvard, & Yale (2023) Columbia, Dartmouth, & Harvard (2024)

Ivy League football champions

I-A/FBS

Yale (1956)
Princeton (1957)
Dartmouth (1958)
Penn (1959)
Yale (1960)
Columbia & Harvard (1961)
Dartmouth (1962)
Dartmouth & Princeton (1963)
Princeton (1964)
Dartmouth (1965)
Dartmouth, Harvard, & Princeton (1966)
Yale (1967)
Harvard & Yale (1968)
Dartmouth, Yale, & Princeton (1969)
Dartmouth (1970)
Dartmouth & Cornell (1971)
Dartmouth (1972)
Dartmouth (1973)
Yale (1974)
Harvard (1975)
Yale & Brown (1976)
Yale (1977)
Dartmouth (1978)
Yale (1979)
Yale (1980)
Yale & Dartmouth (1981)

I-AA/FCS

Dartmouth, Harvard & Penn (1982)
Harvard & Penn (1983)
Penn (1984)
Penn (1985)
Penn (1986)
Harvard (1987)
Penn & Cornell (1988)
Yale & Princeton (1989)
Dartmouth & Cornell (1990)
Dartmouth (1991)
Dartmouth & Princeton (1992)
Penn (1993)
Penn (1994)
Princeton (1995)
Dartmouth (1996)
Harvard (1997)
Penn (1998)
Brown & Yale (1999)
Penn (2000)
Harvard (2001)
Penn (2002)
Penn (2003)
Harvard (2004)
Brown (2005)
Princeton & Yale (2006)
Harvard (2007)
Harvard & Brown (2008)
Penn (2009)
Penn (2010)
Harvard (2011)
Penn (2012)
Harvard & Princeton (2013)
Harvard (2014)
Harvard, Dartmouth, & Penn (2015)
Princeton & Penn (2016)
Yale (2017)
Princeton (2018)
Dartmouth & Yale (2019)
No season (2020)
Dartmouth & Princeton (2021)
Yale (2022)
Dartmouth, Harvard, & Yale (2023)
Columbia, Dartmouth, & Harvard (2024)

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