Brown at Harvard
Saturday, October 9, 1937 Share
Harvard beat Brown 34–7. It was their 40th meeting; after it, Harvard led the series 32–7–1.
FinalHigh 64°F, low 31°F
In the newspapers

Evening star, October 10, 1937, page 31
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HARVARD AER|ALS DRUB BROWN, 34–7 Tricky Crimson Powerful Overhead-FoIey, Cakes Star for Winners. - AMBRIDGE. Mas, October 9.-Harvard’s tricky foot ball machine generated terrific ~ overhead power while over whelming Browns inexperienced Bruins, 34–7, today before $4,000 at the stadium. Three of the victors’ five touch downs were the results Of long air journeys and the last two, made dur ing the final period, were the rewards for heads-up running by backfield replacements and an enemy pass interception. The latter enabled Fullback Vernon Struck to race back 43 yards to Browns 17-yard mark. from where Torbert Mcdonald Skirted his right end for the final counter.
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)
Harvard 71% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Brown–Harvard gameHarvard leads 78–24–2 in 104 meetings, counting the 64 since this game.
| 2026 | Harvard 14, Brown 10 | |
| 2025 | Harvard 41, Brown 7 | |
| 2024 | Brown 31, Harvard 28 | |
| 2023 | Harvard 34, Brown 31 | |
| 2022 | Harvard 35, Brown 28 | |
| 2021 | Harvard 49, Brown 17 |
Around this game
Brown
- Next gamevs. DartmouthOct. 16, 1937
- SeasonBrown in 1937
- ProgramBrown history and records
Harvard
- Next gamevs. NavyOct. 16, 1937
- SeasonHarvard in 1937
- ProgramHarvard history and records

