Colgate at Brown
Saturday, October 16, 1920 Share
Brown beat Colgate 14–0. It was their seventh meeting; after it, Brown led the series 4–2–1.
FinalHigh 66°F, low 50°F
In the newspapers

The Washington herald, October 17, 1920, page 12
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BROWN BEATS COLGATE IN FIRST REAL TEST Providence, R. l., Oct. l6.-Brown University in it’s first real test onNthe football field this season emerged victorious by the score of IA to o. Colgate, one of Browns biggest opponents this year was the loser. The game was without a doubt the most stubbornly fought battle ever staged on Andrews Field. Colgate rushed the ball to within Browns f0-yard line on no less than six times, but were held for downs every time. On one occasion Brown held on their own foul line.

Arizona republican, Arizona, October 16, 1920, page 10 (results column)
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FOOTBALL SCHEDULE TODAY OFFERS MANY INTERESTING GAMES EAST NEW YORK, Oct. 15.-The more im- portant games tomorrow in the east, together with tn scores where the same teams met last season, follow: 1919 Results Boston college at Yale. 5–3; Will Hams at Harvard. did not meet; La fayette at Pennsylvania, 0–23; Colgate at Brown, 14–0; Union at Cornell, did not meet; Holy Cross at Dartmouth did not meet; West Virginia at Georgetown, did not meet; Amherst at Columbia, 7–9; North Carolina at Pennsylvania State, did not meet; field at West Point, did not meet Washington and Lee at Princeton, did not meet; Virginia Poly at Rutgers, did not meet. WEST CHICAGO. Oct. 15.-Although every football eleven in the western confer ence win be engaged in battle tomor- row, chief interest centers in the con- tests between Iowa and Illinois at Ur- bana, which is expected to develop into one of the hardest fought contests oi the season. Northwestern will take the field against Wisconsin at Madison. North westerns surprising upset of Mime sota last week has made this eleven q dark horse in the campaign Ohio ] States showing against Purdue to. morrow will be watched with interest because of the important games or the Buckeye schedule later this month Minnesota will clash with Indiana al Minneapolis. The Gopher eleven is ex. pected to show a reversal of form oveI week ago. Chicago and Michigan will play non | conference elevens.
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)
Colgate 54% to win. Brown won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Colgate–Brown gameColgate leads 25–20–7 in 52 meetings, counting the 45 since this game.
| 2021 | Brown 31, Colgate 10 | |
| 1971 | Colgate 42, Brown 32 | |
| 1970 | Colgate 10, Brown 6 | |
| 1969 | Colgate 20, Brown 6 | |
| 1968 | Brown 27, Colgate 19 | |
| 1967 | Brown 7, Colgate 0 |
Around this game
Colgate
- Next gameat CornellOct. 23, 1920
- SeasonColgate in 1920
- ProgramColgate history and records
Brown
- Next gamevs. SpringfieldOct. 23, 1920
- SeasonBrown in 1920
- ProgramBrown history and records

