Brown at Pennsylvania

Saturday, October 8, 1898

Pennsylvania beat Brown 18–⁠0. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Pennsylvania led the series 4–⁠0.

AwayBrown6–⁠4 in 1898
0
HomePennsylvania12–⁠1 in 1898
18

FinalAttendance 5,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Anaconda standard's story: on THE GRIOIR0N. University of Pennsylvania Gives Brown n Defeat.

    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.

Pennsylvania leads 50–⁠21–⁠1 in 72 meetings, counting the 68 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Pennsylvania 28, Brown 21
2024Pennsylvania 38, Brown 28
2023Brown 30, Pennsylvania 26
2022Brown 34, Pennsylvania 31
2021Pennsylvania 45, Brown 17
2019Pennsylvania 38, Brown 36

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