Brown at Columbia

Thursday, November 27, 1919

Brown and Columbia tied 7–⁠7. It was their second meeting; after it, Brown led the series 1–⁠0–⁠1.

AwayBrown5–⁠4–⁠1 in 1919
7
HomeColumbia0–⁠0–⁠1 in 1919
7

FinalHigh 40°F, low 35°FAttendance 8,000

In the newspapers

  • The Norwich bulletin's story: COLUMBIA AND BROWN BATTLE TO A " TIE

    Norwich bulletin, Connecticut, November 28, 1919, page 3

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    COLUMBIA AND BROWN BATTLE TO A “ TIE New York. Nov. 27.-Columhia and Brown p’a.ed a – game today in which Columhia’s offensive tact cs proved surprise. Columbia scored touchdown through an intercepted toss and three throws in the first ten min utes of play. Brown sent in three sub stitutes in the early period and almost scored with a forward pass that AL bright caught and carried to Column bias four yard mark. In the third period Referee Langford ruled that Brown had made a safety, but at the end of the game decided the play was a touchback instead. The score was tied in the final reriod when Nc Sweeney substituting for ‘Allbright. made a touchdown and Armstrong kicked a 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)

Columbia 65% to win.

Brown leads 37–⁠29–⁠2 in 68 meetings, counting the 66 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Brown 32, Columbia 29
2024Columbia 21, Brown 12
2023Brown 21, Columbia 14
2022Columbia 31, Brown 24
2021Columbia 23, Brown 17
2019Brown 48, Columbia 24

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