Brown at Harvard
Saturday, November 13, 1926 Share
Brown beat Harvard 21–0. It was their 33rd meeting; after it, Harvard led the series 26–6–1.
FinalHigh 45°F, low 25°F
In the newspapers

Evening star, November 14, 1926, page 101
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By the Associated Press. ~ AMBRIDGE. Mass. Novem- Der 13.-Clearly outplayed and outfought in every department “ of the game, Harvard went down in a stinging 21–0 defeat in the stadium this afternoon a. tn, hands of Browns iron man” foot ball team and a flood of substitutes in jected by Coach Tuss McLaughrey in the closing minutes of play. Brown scored her three touchdowns in the first, second and final periods after sustained marches of 65, 60 and 20 yards Two of the scores came on forward passes. while cleverly eX ecuted aerial game played a leading pa “a an ‘n~ee ~oalWard naradeS The Crimson admittedly entered the game W1,n a lineup weakened by Princeton game injuries, but the brand of running, passing and defensive foot ball displayed by the Providence out fit would have downed a far better Harvard team. Brown Scores Quickly. The Bruins first advance started on the Brown 35-yard line. Then Dave M:shel tossed a fiat pass to Bob Ran dali for gain of % yards. A moment later Mishel broke through the Harward right flank and reeled “a yards through a broken field to a first down on Harvard’s 19-yard line. Running on delayed passes behind the line Randall and Mishel gained another first down between them before Mishel tossed another pass to his quarter back for the touchdown. Mishel drop kicked the extra point. The second period parade opened at midfield after Chauncey, Harvard sub stitute left halfback, was hurried on his own 42-yard line and kicked out side at the 50-yard stripe. One line buck and the Mishel to Randall aerial combination got together for a gain of % yards and first down on Harwards 25-yard line. Three line plays failed to gain perceptibly SO Mishel ran back with the ball and threw Randall was in the proper place and another Brown touchdown was chalked up and Mishel booted the Sec ond extra point into the score via the dropkick route. Trick Play Gets Score. In the closing minutes Of the last quarter Mishcl broke loose on his own ol4sa.d line and raced DO yards before

The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, North Dakota, November 15, 1926, page 1
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Brown Scores Three Times on Harvard Cambridge, Mass, Nov. l5.-tR)- Clearly outplayed and outfouRht in every department Of the game, Harward went down in 4 singing ol-o defeat in the stadium Saturday after noon Mt the hands Of Brown iron man” football team and flood OF substitutes injected By Coach fuss McLaughrcy in the closing minutes of play. Brown scored her three tolchdowns in the first, second and final periods after sustained marches OF 05, 60 and 10 yards. Two Of the scores came on for. ward passes, while . clcvcrly exc cutcd aerial game played 9 LEADING part IN all thrcc goalward parades The Crimson admittedly entered tn game with q lineup weakened b! Prineoton game injuries. but tn brand Of running, passing and de fensive football displayed by tn Providence outfit, would have down cd far better Harvard team.

Daily Kennebec journal, Augusta, Me., November 15, 1926, page 1
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HARVARD FORCED TO ACCEPT 30 DEFEAT BY BROWN Cambridge, Mass, Nov. 13-(P)- Clearly outplayed and out-fought in every department of the game. Harward went down in a singing 21–0 defeat in the stadium this afternoon at the hands of Browns Iron Man” football team and a food of substitutes injected by Coach Tuss Nc Laughrey in the closing minutes of play. Brown scored her three touch downs in the first, second and final periods after sustained marches of IS. so and 20 yards. Two of the scores came on forward passes, while cleverly executed aerial game played a leading part in all the goalward parades.
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 60% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Brown–Harvard gameHarvard leads 78–24–2 in 104 meetings, counting the 71 since this game.
| 2026 | Harvard 14, Brown 10 | |
| 2025 | Harvard 41, Brown 7 | |
| 2024 | Brown 31, Harvard 28 | |
| 2023 | Harvard 34, Brown 31 | |
| 2022 | Harvard 35, Brown 28 | |
| 2021 | Harvard 49, Brown 17 |
Around this game
Brown
- Next gamevs. New HampshireNov. 20, 1926
- SeasonBrown in 1926
- ProgramBrown history and records
Harvard
- Next gameat YaleNov. 20, 1926
- SeasonHarvard in 1926
- ProgramHarvard history and records

