Dartmouth at Brown

Saturday, November 15, 1919

Brown beat Dartmouth 7–⁠6. It was their 15th meeting; after it, Brown led the series 9–⁠5–⁠1.

AwayDartmouth6–⁠1–⁠1 in 1919
6
HomeBrown5–⁠4–⁠1 in 1919
7

FinalHigh 43°F, low 31°FAttendance 20,000

In the newspapers

  • The New-York tribune's story: Brown Captain Blocks Punt And Beats Dartmouth, TO Nichols Runs 43 Yards for Touchdown; Arm strong Kicks the Coal

    New-York tribune, November 16, 1919, page 21

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    Brown Captain Blocks Punt And Beats Dartmouth, TO Nichols Runs 43 Yards for Touchdown; Arm strong Kicks the Coal Special Corrcsuo7rS~,, CO BOSTON, Nov. 15.-Captain Ralph Nichols, of Brown University, earned I pace in the hall of fame at Proviience this afternoon. lie broke through mis- opponent in the Dartmouth front, sprinted straight at Grundman, the Dartmouth punter, and no sooner had she latter dropped the ball to his toe than the Brown leader smothered it under his arms and raced forty-three yards for touchdown. Armstrong Kicked the goal. which gave Brown a Z to 6 victory over the heretofore unbeaten Dartmouth eleven The accomplishing. was perfected so quickly that the players on the field surprised when they saw Captain Nichols place the ball between the up nights, under the cross bar. Dartmouth mad scored in the second quarter after \ succession of terrific rushcs that sradually pushed the Brunonians back Until Eckberg raced over the goal line On the last try from ,ae two-foot line. 1t was hectic battle. dartmouth. weakened by the loss of Jim Robert son, It’s star punter and all around player, and feeling the effects of its previous hard contests with Penn State. Colgate and Pennsylvania. was not able to push the Providence team about as it liked. although it made Twelve yards to one for Brown. The Gu standing player was Shell eurne, the Dartmouth fuilhack He mad been tried at tackle. and end and was TO and wanting, but this al sernoon MS display of power and gene lal exceilence was the equal of anything that the Green has shown in one player for many day. Brown won the toss, and although quarterback Crowther gained q first down by dash between right end and tackle, Brown had little in the way q an attack. It gained but four first downs in the game. The fifst scoring came In the secsna period Dxxtnotths had the ball

  • The Evening star's story: Eastern Championship Hopes Fade When Brown Triumphs, 7 to 6.

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 16, 1919, page 26

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    Eastern Championship Hopes Fade When Brown Triumphs, 7 to 6. BOSTON, November 15.-Dartmouth lost all claim to the eastern gridiron championship when her team was defeated by Brown at Braves Field today, z to s. The game was contested bitterly until the final minute Of play, when Dartmouth failed on her last opportunity to score. Many players were injured. Jemail, Browns right halfback, was carried from the field unconscious, only to return to the game in the next period. Dartmouth was leading to 0 in the third period, when Capt. Nichols, Browns right guard. broke through the Green line, blocked Grundman’s s punt on the 40-yard line and ran through an open field for a touch down Armstrong kicked the goal. In the second period. after a steady advance down the field, Eckberg of Dartmouth went over for touch down on an end play. Dartmouth missed an opportunity to kick the goal when Grundman fumbled the kick out. Youngstrom missed an attempt at a dropkick from the 35-yard line in the last minute of play. and the game ended with the ball in Browns pos session on her own 12yard line. Score by periods: Brown % Dartmouth ............ w

  • The Norwich bulletin's story: DARTMOUTH LOSES HARD FOUGHT GAME TO BROWN

    Norwich bulletin, Connecticut, November 17, 1919, page 3

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    DARTMOUTH LOSES HARD FOUGHT GAME TO BROWN Dartmouth lost all claim to the east ern gridiron championship when her team was defeated by Brown at Braves field. Boston. Saturday, to G.. The game was contested bitterly until khe final minute of play, when Dart mouth failed on her last opportunity to score. Many players were injured. Jemail, Browns right halfback. was carried from the field unconscious only to return to the game in the next pe- riod. Dartmouth was leading 6 to in the third period when Captain Nichols, Browns right guard broke through the Green line, blocked Grundman’s punt on the 4o-yard line and ran through an open field for touchdown. Arm strong kicked the goal In the second period. after a steady advance down the field Eckberg of artnouth went over for touchdown on an end play. Dartmouth missed an opportunity to kick the goal when Grundman fumbled the kickout. Youngstrom missed an attempt at a drop kick from the 35-yard line in the last minutes Of play and the game ended.

  • The Omaha daily bee's story: Dartmouth Loses All Claim To Title, Brown Winning, 7-6

    Omaha daily bee, November 16, 1919, page 31

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    Dartmouth Loses All Claim To Title, Brown Winning, 7–⁠6 Boston, Nov. l5.-Dartmouth lost all claim to the eastern gridiron championship when her team was defeated by Brown at Braves field, ] to s. Jemail, Browns right half back, was carried from the field unconscious, but later was able to return to the game. Dartmouth was leading. 6 to 0, in the third period, when Captain Nichols, Browns right guard. broke through the Green line, blocked Grundman’s punt on the 40-yard line and ran through an open field for a touchdown. Armstrong kicked goal.

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Dartmouth 53% to win. Brown won as Elo’s underdog.

Dartmouth leads 54–⁠24–⁠3 in 81 meetings, counting the 66 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Brown 35, Dartmouth 28
2024Dartmouth 56, Brown 28
2023Dartmouth 38, Brown 13
2022Dartmouth 30, Brown 7
2021Dartmouth 52, Brown 31
2019Dartmouth 29, Brown 23

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