Boston University at Brown

Saturday, October 9, 1897

Brown beat Boston University 44–⁠0. It was their first meeting; after it, Brown led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayBoston University1–⁠1 in 1897
0
HomeBrown7–⁠4 in 1897
44

FinalHigh 67°F, low 46°F

In the newspapers

  • The The daily morning journal and courier's story: GAMES ON THE GRIDlRoN. a"ie won From Williams Saturday After noon-Other College Games.

    The daily morning journal and courier, Connecticut, October 11, 1897, page 2 (results column)

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    GAMES ON THE GRIDlRoN. a”ie won From Williams Saturday After noon-Other College Games. noon-other College Games. 1aie won from Williams at Yale Field Saturday afternoon by the score S2-O. Yale showed up in good form, consid- erlhg that the team which played the second half was composed almost en- tirely or members of the second eleven, while in the first half the team was weakened by the absence of McFar- land, who cannot play because he has condition, Cutten, who strained ten don In the knee few days ago, and hly’ Who also was injured, captain Rodgers was in the game a snort time, it being the first time this season, since this illness, that he has entered Q matched game. He entered the game against the advice of his phy- siclan’ but only played a short time “A feature of the game was the work or hlefer in running and interference, one or his runs being for fifty yards, ana winding up with a touchdown. CadWalader, the giant freshman, show ca signs of overwork and missed two out or the six goals for which he tried. Ihe attendance was about 1,200. The lineup was as follows: YALE. POSITIONS. WILLIAMS. Left End Hazen, (HalD ................Ch Chadwell Left Tackle. Rodgers (c), PosD. ......,.....Si Simmons Left Guard. S1u”dlauer .....................- BLACK Center. | HarVev pia1a, Right Guard. Brown, (Chadwick) ............ Lotz (c.l Right Tackle. Allen, (Hale) ...De Camp Right End. Dudley, (Warren) Rutter Quarter Back. De Saulles (Stoddar0 ...,..... Davis Left Half Back. Kiefer, OauteD ................Se SeeTey Right Half Back CorWin, (Marvin) ..............Br Branch | Full Back. Mcbride, (Hine) .Denman YALE FRESHMEN WON. The Yale freshmen defeated the Will liston academy eleven at Easthampton Mass, Saturday afternoon, by the score 6–⁠4. It was the freshmen’s first game. Neither team scored in the first half. OTHER FOOTBALL GAMES. University of Pennsylvania defeated Lehigh 5S-O. Cornell defeated Tufts 15–⁠0. West Point defeated Wesleyan 12–⁠9. Princeton won from Annapolis Cadets 2S-0. Holy Cross and Amherst tied. Brown won from Boston university 44–⁠0. Harvard beat Dartmouth 13 to O.

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)

Brown 88% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Brown leads 7–⁠0–⁠1 in eight meetings, counting the seven since this game.

Recent meetings
1946Boston University 14, Brown 14
1935Brown 14, Boston University 0
1934Brown 18, Boston University 0
1925Brown 42, Boston University 6
1924Brown 35, Boston University 0
1923Brown 20, Boston University 3

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