Brown at Pennsylvania
Saturday, October 8, 1898 Share
Pennsylvania beat Brown 18–0. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Pennsylvania led the series 4–0.
FinalAttendance 5,000
In the newspapers

The Anaconda standard, Anaconda, Mont., October 9, 1898, page 1
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on THE GRIOIR0N. University of Pennsylvania Gives Brown n Defeat. Philadelphia. Oct. s-The University OF Pennsylvania football eleven to-day defeated Brown by a score OF ~ TO 0 in halves of Is and 20 minutes each. In the first half the red and blue played like a lot of schoolboys. and such fumbling as they were guilty of has seldom been seen on Franklin field. Coach Woodruff gave them a curtain lecture and the talk had its effect. for the quarters In the second half ripped holes In Browns heavy line, scoring three t~ouchdowns In – minutes, as against nothing In the first rs minutes play. Brown played good, hard football.
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)
Pennsylvania 81% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Brown–Pennsylvania gamePennsylvania leads 50–21–1 in 72 meetings, counting the 68 since this game.
| 2025 | Pennsylvania 28, Brown 21 | |
| 2024 | Pennsylvania 38, Brown 28 | |
| 2023 | Brown 30, Pennsylvania 26 | |
| 2022 | Brown 34, Pennsylvania 31 | |
| 2021 | Pennsylvania 45, Brown 17 | |
| 2019 | Pennsylvania 38, Brown 36 |
Around this game
Brown
- Next gamevs. ColbyOct. 12, 1898
- SeasonBrown in 1898
- ProgramBrown history and records
Pennsylvania
- Next gamevs. VirginiaOct. 12, 1898
- SeasonPennsylvania in 1898
- ProgramPennsylvania history and records

