Bates at Brown

Saturday, October 16, 1926

Brown beat Bates 27–⁠14. It was their fifth meeting; Brown leads the series 5–⁠0.

AwayBates0–⁠1 in 1926
14
HomeBrown9–⁠0–⁠1 in 1926
27

FinalHigh 59°F, low 40°F

In the newspapers

  • The New Britain herald's story: Eastern Upsets

    New Britain herald, Connecticut, October 22, 1926, page 28 (results column)

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    Eastern Upsets Glancing back over the scores of the games played on Saturday, De- tober 16. will best illustrate the point l am trying to make. Take the east. for example: The former Big Three” liar yard, Yale and Princeton. had a rather eventful day of it. Yale rather surprised by defeat ing Dartmouth 14–⁠7. employing Dartmouth’s favorite weapon. the pass, to turn the trick. The Navy defeated Princeton 27–⁠13, while William and Mary managed to score touchdown on Harvard, being beaten PIT. The Army and Syracuse put on a scoring bee, the West Pointers finally emerging ahead 27–⁠21. Cor nell had its troubles beating Michi- gan State 24–⁠14. Pittsburgh and Colgate staged a hectic struggle with the former coming out on top 1916. Bates, although defeated by Brown, man. aged to score twice, the finish be- ing 27–⁠14. As a matter of fact. pennsyl- vania was the only major eleven in the east 10 blank it’s opponent, trimming Chicago 27–⁠0.

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 89% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Brown leads 5–⁠0 in five meetings.

Recent meetings
1926Brown 27, Bates 14
1925Brown 48, Bates 0
1922Brown 27, Bates 12
1909Brown 17, Bates 0
1908Brown 35, Bates 4

Around this game

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