Brown at Yale

Saturday, November 1, 1941

Brown beat Yale 7–⁠0. It was their 46th meeting; after it, Yale led the series 36–⁠7–⁠3.

AwayBrown5–⁠4 in 1941
7
HomeYale1–⁠7 in 1941
0

FinalHigh 60°F, low 41°F, 0.86 in. of rainAttendance 9,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: High Hero as in 1910 As Brown Nips Eli With Late Tally Catches Pass, Runs 40 Yc-ds for 10 Edge In Dull Struggle

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 2, 1941, page 40

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    High Hero as in 1910 As Brown Nips Eli With Late Tally Catches Pass, Runs 40 Yc-ds for 10 Edge In Dull Struggle NEW HAVEN. Conn. Nov. l. Just when it looked as tough, plucky Brown would be denied WE’LL deserved triumph today. Dick High, shifty Bruins back. slithered 40 yards over treacherous turf for a touchdown after snaring a pass. The play. the most spectacular in a dull contest, enabled his team to beat Yale. 7 to 0. Most of the crowd of 5000. which had sat through driving rain, was headed for the exits when High took Dan Savage’s toss for the score. John Pattee, whose 36-yard try for a field goal failed only few minutes earlier. kicked the extra point. For High, son of Jake High, who starred on Browns victorious 1910 eleven it was a case of history repeating itself with one slight varialton. Last year the Brookline Mass. senior intercepted an Eli forward late in the contest and raced 96 yards for his teams 60 triumph Until the touchdown thriller the game mainly was one in which the Bruins were the aggressor in the face of Yale’s safety first tactics in which it spent most of the afternoon punting as soon as itput its fingers on the ball So busy was Yale in carrying out this strategy that it was unable to record fret Goup

  • The Imperial Valley press's story: THE DAYS SPORTS PARADE By Harry Ferguson

    Imperial Valley press, November 6, 1941, page 6 (results column)

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    THE DAYS SPORTS PARADE By Harry Ferguson wearing Hudson seal coat ana | chrySanthemUm. Send stamped envelope for phone number. / Kansas State over South Carolina-Becausc the Kansas boys arc . playing at home. Northwestern oyer Indiana-EaSy. Oklahoma over Iowa State = Easier, Detroit o”cr Marquette. A good 0nn 10 soc. Close. OHIO State over WlSconSin-TWO, maybe three, touchdoWnS. Purdue over Michigan State WheW! FAR WEST Stanford over Southern California–ROSes are blooming in Pasadena. Brigham Young over Wyoming Not too tough. Warrington over California–Haltin3 the California winning streak at two washington State over Idaho-A practice run. Denver over Utah Statc-A spy says 7 to 0. Okay, spy. Oregon State over UCLA-In a good, tough ball game EAST Navy over Notre Dame Dry field, NOtre Dame; wet field. Navy Let it pour The game of the day anywhere Missouri over New York Uni yersity Slaughter. Cornell over Yale-A high score high above Cayuga’s waters Holy Cross over BrOwn-Tight as new pair of shoes. Boston College over Wake Forest Tight as a man whose birthday falls on NeW Years Eve. Syracuse over Penn State-Tieht as the clasp on Scots pocket book. Army over Harvard–Comc on now, Barlow, no tricks on this one Pennsylvania over Columbia Bouncing back from the Navy de feat Fordham over Pittsburg-Just whistle stop on the way to the Bowl. Dartmouth over Princeton-But watch it closely. Temple over VillanOva-Recommended as good one to see. West Virginia over Kansas BY whisper if at all Season Record Right 81, wrong, “a. tied g.

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 61% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Yale leads 79–⁠25–⁠4 in 108 meetings, counting the 62 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Yale 34, Brown 22
2024Yale 56, Brown 34
2023Yale 36, Brown 17
2022Yale 69, Brown 17
2021Yale 63, Brown 38
2019Yale 59, Brown 35

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