Brown at Harvard

Wednesday, October 10, 1894

Harvard beat Brown 18–⁠4. It was their second meeting; after it, Harvard led the series 2–⁠0.

AwayBrown10–⁠5 in 1894
4
HomeHarvard11–⁠2 in 1894
18

FinalHigh 60°F, low 46°F, 1.3 in. of rainAttendance 2,000

In the newspapers

  • The The evening world's story: BROWN OUTPLAYS HARVARD. The Visitors Score a Touchdown IN 13 Minutes at Cambridge.

    The evening world, October 11, 1894, page 2

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    BROWN OUTPLAYS HARVARD. The Visitors Score a Touchdown IN 13 Minutes at Cambridge. SOLDIERS FIELD, CAMBRIDGE Mass, Oct. n.-Browns sturdy football players scored touchdown against Harvard to-day, after thirteen minutes of play. They did 1t, TOGO, by clean straightforward football playing. Harwards line was on the defensive nearly all of the time, and only twice did they have the ball. The first time she lost 1t Immediately by fumb.e. The second time she lost 1t on four downs, after advancing 1t only l5 yards. Harvard was outplayed from the start. Hopkins, the fleet-footed the hero OF Browns victory in the first half OF the game. He broke through Harvard’s line for a twenty-five yard run

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)

Harvard 81% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Harvard leads 78–⁠24–⁠2 in 104 meetings, counting the 102 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Harvard 14, Brown 10
2025Harvard 41, Brown 7
2024Brown 31, Harvard 28
2023Harvard 34, Brown 31
2022Harvard 35, Brown 28
2021Harvard 49, Brown 17

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