Brown at Yale
Saturday, October 21, 1933 Share
Yale beat Brown 14–6. It was their 38th meeting; after it, Yale led the series 31–5–2.
FinalHigh 60°F, low 34°F
In the newspapers

Imperial Valley press, California, October 23, 1933, page 6
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1nlteu freSS StdI1 correspondence CHICAGO, Oct. %. From coast to coast the football stars twinkled again last week, with the following players dominating their sections: Bernard Burzio, Carnegie Tech guard-whose smashing defensive play was the greatest individual feat in Carnegie’s TO victory over Notre Dame. captain-who made both Yale S touchdowns in beating Brown, 14–6. Gained all but three yards in the first 51-yard march and A out OF 81 yards in the second. Garry Levan, Princeton halfback lodged SIS yards for one touch down, plunged for another as Princeton triumphed over Columbia, 300. Punted beautifully and played brilliantly on defense. Midwest julius Alfonso, Minnesota half back = who started Minnesota IS touchdown drive against Pittsburgh with a 25-yard run and gained 81 yards in 16 attempts as his team beat Pitt, 7–3 Jack Beynon. Illinois quarter back-who completed II out of II passes, II of them in succession. against Army, but, through no fault of his, the Cadets won, 60. Bob Jones, Indiana guard-whose magnificent defensive work and

Evening star, October 22, 1933, page 47
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Lassiter Leads Sturdy Yale Team to Stirring l4-to-6 Win Over Battling Brown Outfit the Bulldogs ripped Browns line apart in a mad dash down the field that bare ly fell short Of a touchdown. When Brown kicked out to midfield. Lassiter and his mates did it all over again, and this time they didn’t fail. After that Root. apparently satisfied. jerked his first string backfield and never again let it function as unit. although Lassiter. Fuller and Callen went back for another fling now and tnen. The Bulldogs quarterback. Wal ter Marting. was injured in the second period and did not return. Walker. the sophomore. stood cut in Browns determined effort to come back in the second half. He made several dazzling runs. one of IS yards. Capt Joe Duonanno also played bangup Of fensive game for the Bears, and Kara bans passing was the most accurate OF the day. Brown gained 1913 yards to Yale’s “a in the second half and compiled twice as many first downs but each time except one that the Bears got in scoring distance the Ellis braced and threw them back

The Waterbury Democrat, Connecticut, October 23, 1933, page 1
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YALE BEATS BROWN New Haven, Oct 21.--Sturdy line play In the pinches and penalties against their opponent at critical periods allowed Yaie’s Bulldogs to take a 1916 victory against Brown out Of the bowl with them to-day, but they left with the impression among plenty Of the $4,000 who saw the game that they were out played. Captain Bob Lassiter, erstwhile Carolina Comet, account ed for both Yale six-pointers after protracted marches down the field In the first and third periods, but when Brown had the ball they were Just az able when It came 20 advancing the pigskin, and from the air, Bill Karaban made the Eli defense, II any. look very bad in deed with twelve losses complet. ed. A Brown touchdown in the SECOND period was ruled out on penalty while aSpther apparent score was brought to the two yard line where YaYle held for downs. The summary:
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 57% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Brown–Yale gameYale leads 79–25–4 in 108 meetings, counting the 70 since this game.
| 2025 | Yale 34, Brown 22 | |
| 2024 | Yale 56, Brown 34 | |
| 2023 | Yale 36, Brown 17 | |
| 2022 | Yale 69, Brown 17 | |
| 2021 | Yale 63, Brown 38 | |
| 2019 | Yale 59, Brown 35 |
Around this game
Brown
- Next gameat Holy CrossOct. 28, 1933
- SeasonBrown in 1933
- ProgramBrown history and records
Yale
- Next gamevs. ArmyOct. 28, 1933
- SeasonYale in 1933
- ProgramYale history and records

