Bowdoin at Brown

Saturday, November 12, 1892

Bowdoin beat Brown 8–⁠0. It was their third meeting; after it, Bowdoin led the series 2–⁠1.

AwayBowdoin1–⁠0 in 1892
8
HomeBrown4–⁠5–⁠1 in 1892
0

Final

In the newspapers

  • The Daily Kennebec journal's story: 'RAH FOR BOWDOIN. Maine Boys Defeat Brown University at Foot Ball, 8 to 0. Pine Tree Brain, erawn and Muscle Too Much for the Rhode Islanders.

    Daily Kennebec journal, Augusta, Me., November 12, 1892, page 1

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    ‘RAH FOR BOWDOIN. Maine Boys Defeat Brown University at Foot Ball, 8 to 0. Pine Tree Brain, erawn and Muscle Too Much for the Rhode Islanders. PROVIDENCE. Il. l., Nov. lI.-Brown n University was defeated by Bowdoin this afternoon, by combination of hard luck and poor playing. Bowtoin played a good sharp game while Brow made two fambles, each of which lost an almost touchdown. All the scoring was done in the first half Bowdoin scoring two tonehlowns and miss ing two easy goals. In the second half Brown came within two feet of making a touchdown. but fumbled and lost the ball. Carleton AMI Fairbanks carried off the honors for Bowdoin. and Hastings and Robinson showed up best on the Brown eleven Score, eight TO nothing. Touchdown Carleton, Fairbanks. Umpire, Howl land

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)

Brown 68% to win. Bowdoin pulled the upset.

Brown leads 6–⁠2 in eight meetings, counting the five since this game.

Recent meetings
1919Brown 7, Bowdoin 0
1911Brown 33, Bowdoin 0
1908Brown 12, Bowdoin 0
1904Brown 22, Bowdoin 0
1894Brown 42, Bowdoin 0
1892Bowdoin 8, Brown 0

Around this game

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