Tufts at Brown
Saturday, October 19, 1940 Share
Brown beat Tufts 26–6. It was their 22nd meeting; after it, Brown led the series 20–2.
Final
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Tufts–Brown gameBrown leads 23–2 in 25 meetings, counting the three since this game.
| 1944 | Brown 44, Tufts 0 | |
| 1943 | Brown 35, Tufts 6 | |
| 1941 | Brown 28, Tufts 6 | |
| 1940 | Brown 26, Tufts 6 | |
| 1939 | Brown 54, Tufts 7 | |
| 1938 | Brown 48, Tufts 0 |
Around this game
Tufts
- Next gameat BrownOct. 18, 1941
- SeasonTufts in 1940
- ProgramTufts history and records
Brown
- Next gamevs. Holy CrossOct. 26, 1940
- SeasonBrown in 1940
- ProgramBrown history and records
