Brown at Harvard

Saturday, October 9, 1937

Harvard beat Brown 34–⁠7. It was their 40th meeting; after it, Harvard led the series 32–⁠7–⁠1.

AwayBrown5–⁠4 in 1937
7
HomeHarvard5–⁠2–⁠1 in 1937
34

FinalHigh 64°F, low 31°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: HARVARD AER|ALS DRUB BROWN, 34-7 Tricky Crimson Powerful Overhead-FoIey, Cakes Star for Winners.

    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.

Harvard leads 78–⁠24–⁠2 in 104 meetings, counting the 64 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Harvard 14, Brown 10
2025Harvard 41, Brown 7
2024Brown 31, Harvard 28
2023Harvard 34, Brown 31
2022Harvard 35, Brown 28
2021Harvard 49, Brown 17

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