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Brown at Yale

Wednesday, October 2, 1895

Yale beat Brown 4–⁠0. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Yale led the series 5–⁠0.

AwayBrown7–⁠6–⁠1 in 1895
0
HomeYale13–⁠0–⁠2 in 1895
4

FinalHigh 67°F, low 37°F

In the newspapers

  • The New-York tribune's story: YALE BEATS BROWN, 4 TO o.

    New-York tribune, New York, October 3, 1895, page 3

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    YALE BEATS BROWN, 4 TO o. New-Haven, Conn. Oct. (SpeciaD--fae this afternoon met the Brown University football team at Yale field in the opening oca. game OF the sea- SON. and won by a single score. one touchdo”n was the best showing Yale could make sitnough II must be admitted that the Brown teani neeer e threatened the Yale goal during the contest Cap. tain Thorne made the solitary touchdown, ana Jerrems failed at the try for goal. eaVhg the hna’ 4

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)

Yale 79% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

The series

Every Brown–Yale game

Yale leads 79–⁠25–⁠4 in 108 meetings, counting the 103 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Yale 34, Brown 22
2024Yale 56, Brown 34
2023Yale 36, Brown 17
2022Yale 69, Brown 17
2021Yale 63, Brown 38
2019Yale 59, Brown 35

Around this game

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