Brown at Army

Saturday, November 21, 1896

Army beat Brown 8–⁠6. It was their third meeting; after it, Army led the series 2–⁠1.

AwayBrown4–⁠5–⁠1 in 1896
6
HomeArmy3–⁠2–⁠1 in 1896
8

Finallow 28°F, 0.26 in. of rainAttendance 500

In the newspapers

  • The New-York tribune's story: BROWN BEATEN BY THE CADETS. THE YOUNG SOLDIERS WIN A GLORIOUS VICTORY OYER TILE TEAM FROM RHODE ISLAND.

    New-York tribune, New York, November 22, 1896, page 5

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    BROWN BEATEN BY THE CADETS. THE YOUNG SOLDIERS WIN A GLORIOUS VICTORY OYER TILE TEAM FROM RHODE ISLAND. West Point “ Y, Nov T.-The West Point cadets defeated Brown University at foosball mere this afternoon by a OF 10 to s. and the barrack halls rent by shouts from the victors 1t was an unexpected victory as odds were given in favor OF Brown but as II the last game OF the season for the cadets they forth every exertion TO win and succeeded. The game was played In d’sagieeabla rain. In the first half Brown scored SIX points with nothing to the credit OF the CADETS Things looked gloomy for the military boys untii near the close OF the last half when Connor ran around the end and made a touchdown. but failed at goal Within five minutes after the next line, up Romeyn made a touchdown and connor kicked gCal The lineup follows

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)

Army 60% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Army leads 6–⁠2 in eight meetings, counting the five since this game.

Recent meetings
1981Army 23, Brown 17
1944Army 59, Brown 7
1943Army 59, Brown 0
1940Brown 13, Army 9
1897Army 42, Brown 0
1896Army 8, Brown 6

Around this game

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