1982 Brown Bears football team

1982 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIvy League
Record5–5 (3–4 Ivy)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJoe Wirth (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorRay Tellier (1st season)
Captains
  • B. Barrett
  • D. Nelson
  • K. Powers
Home stadiumBrown Stadium
1982 Ivy League football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Harvard + 5 2 0 7 3 0
Penn + 5 2 0 7 3 0
Dartmouth + 5 2 0 5 5 0
Princeton 3 4 0 3 7 0
Yale 3 4 0 4 6 0
Brown 3 4 0 5 5 0
Cornell 3 4 0 4 6 0
Columbia 1 6 0 1 9 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1982 Brown Bears football team was an American football team that represented Brown University during the 1982 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Brown tied for fourth place in the Ivy League.

In their sixth season under head coach John Anderson, the Bears compiled a 5–5 record but were outscored 214 to 228. B. Barrett, D. Nelson and K. Powers were the team captains.

The Bears' 3–4 conference record earned them part of a four-way tie for fourth place in the Ivy League standings. They were outscored 169 to 161 by Ivy opponents.

This was Brown's first year in Division I-AA, after having competed in the top-level Division I-A and its predecessors since 1878.

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