Brown at Harvard

Saturday, November 14, 1925

Harvard beat Brown 3–⁠0. It was their 32nd meeting; after it, Harvard led the series 26–⁠5–⁠1.

AwayBrown5–⁠4–⁠1 in 1925
0
HomeHarvard4–⁠3–⁠1 in 1925
3

FinalHigh 56°F, low 45°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Hagerty Makes 77-yard Run. REBUILT HARVARD TEAM SCORES OVER BROWN. 80 By the Associated Press.

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 15, 1925, page 95

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    Hagerty Makes 77-yard Run. REBUILT HARVARD TEAM SCORES OVER BROWN. 80 By the Associated Press. = suffered at the hands of Br 3 to 0, in a bitterly contested game For 90 minutes the two eleven length of the field, but neither was The lone tally was the field goal tina from the A-yard line early in the attempts to kick field goal failed The game was one of the “dedica. ton games” for Browns new stadium and 10000 spectators filled the stands Thrice in successive years Brown teams have brought defeat to Harward and the Bears had hoped today to make 1t four straight. Browns great back, Keefer, ants his mates, Dixon and Payor, charged in vain the Crimson line. The Brown attack broke and melted against the sturdy defense. The Bears aerial at tack failed even more signally. Harvard displayed greater power, and her backfield quartet of Cheek, Stafford, Chauncey and Crosby gained more ground and handled more successfully their forward passes. But four times when a touchdown seemed

  • The New Britain herald's story: LOST GOAL POSTS Smashing of Foes Standards After Game Causes Harvard Captain to Apologize to Brown Authorities.

    New Britain herald, Connecticut, November 17, 1925, page 1

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    LOST GOAL POSTS Smashing of Foes Standards After Game Causes Harvard Captain to Apologize to Brown Authorities. New Yo:k, November II LP – Smashing of foes goal post after football victories, which appears to have become the fad, is frowncd upon at Harvard. Captain Dolph Cheek OF the Crimson football team has inform ed the Brown university authorities that the majority of Harvard stu dents are sorry that -enthusiastic supporters demolished the posts at Providence on Saturday. Harvard had every reason to burst forth in unheard of enthusiasm after the Brown game, for it was the Crimson’s first victory over the Bears in four years and one of three Harvard victories this season, but Captain Cheek did not hesitate in apologizing. Yale uprooted the Harvard posts after winning the muddy battle at the Harvard stadium two years ago, when Ducky Pond raced

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 54% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Harvard leads 78–⁠24–⁠2 in 104 meetings, counting the 72 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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