Brown at Army
Saturday, November 21, 1896 Share
Army beat Brown 8–6. It was their third meeting; after it, Army led the series 2–1.
Finallow 28°F, 0.26 in. of rainAttendance 500
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Brown–Army gameArmy leads 6–2 in eight meetings, counting the five since this game.
| 1981 | Army 23, Brown 17 | |
| 1944 | Army 59, Brown 7 | |
| 1943 | Army 59, Brown 0 | |
| 1940 | Brown 13, Army 9 | |
| 1897 | Army 42, Brown 0 | |
| 1896 | Army 8, Brown 6 |
Around this game
Brown
- Next gameat CarlisleNov. 26, 1896
- SeasonBrown in 1896
- ProgramBrown history and records
Army
- Next gamevs. Trinity (CT)Oct. 2, 1897
- SeasonArmy in 1896
- ProgramArmy history and records

