Brown at Harvard

Saturday, November 12, 1927

Harvard beat Brown 18–⁠6. It was their 34th meeting; after it, Harvard led the series 27–⁠6–⁠1.

AwayBrown3–⁠6–⁠1 in 1927
6
HomeHarvard4–⁠4 in 1927
18

FinalHigh 70°F, low 44°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current's story: Brown Loses Again; Harvard Is Victor

    The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, North Dakota, November 14, 1927, page 3

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    Brown Loses Again; Harvard Is Victor Cambridge, Mass, Nov. 14.-(AP) “A smart Harvard football team that used its weight and brains with telling advantage forestalled Browns latest attempt at a come back and sent the somewhat corrodcd remnants of the 1926 iron men down in their sixth successive defeat by a score Of Is to here Saturday. The Bruins fought savagely, played excellently as team and al ways appeared dangerous, but as their repeated advances reached mid field, or overlapped into Crimson territory, the fire died and an ava lanche of Harvard forwards, rein forced by secondaries, halted the running game and the Bruins were forced to kick away their chance.

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 53% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Harvard leads 78–⁠24–⁠2 in 104 meetings, counting the 70 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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