Tufts at Brown

Saturday, October 19, 1940

Brown beat Tufts 26–⁠6. It was their 22nd meeting; after it, Brown led the series 20–⁠2.

AwayTufts0–⁠1 in 1940
6
HomeBrown6–⁠3–⁠1 in 1940
26

Final

In the newspapers

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story: Brown 26-6

    The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, October 20, 1940, page 1

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    Brown 26–⁠6 PROVIDENCE, R. T., Oct. 1s.-B After t had been held scoreless for a period, the Brown football team began to roll and turned back Tufts. 26–⁠6, here this afternoon before 5000 fans. Gene Coughlin, sub back, who put the Bears out in front in the second period with a touchdown pass to Lou Duesing from the Tufts 80 and Hal Detwhiler whose 34-yard touchdown run capped a 71-yard drive to the second score stood u In the Brown attack. In the fourth period West of Tufts reeled off from Browns “a a touchdown pass to Har. rlson in the end zone.

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 86% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Brown leads 23–⁠2 in 25 meetings, counting the three since this game.

Recent meetings
1944Brown 44, Tufts 0
1943Brown 35, Tufts 6
1941Brown 28, Tufts 6
1940Brown 26, Tufts 6
1939Brown 54, Tufts 7
1938Brown 48, Tufts 0

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