Brown at Harvard
Saturday, November 16, 1946 Share
Harvard beat Brown 28–0. It was their 46th meeting; after it, Harvard led the series 37–8–1.
FinalHigh 50°F, low 28°FAttendance 20,000
In the newspapers
Evening star, November 17, 1946, page 32
Read the text
Harvard Smushes. Brown, 28 to 0 Cambridge, Mass, Nov. 16.-In a warmup before its climax game against Yale next week. Harwards football team today out classed Brown, $50, before an estimated $4,000 in the Stadium. Harvard, favored in this 45th contest between these Ivy League rivals, rolled to a l5-point lead in the first period with the first stringers doing an effective job. The Crimson added seven points in the second quarter and six more in the third. Brown held Harvard from scoring in the final quarter, in one instance, by about the length of the football
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 70% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Brown–Harvard gameHarvard leads 78–24–2 in 104 meetings, counting the 58 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. ColgateNov. 23, 1946
- SeasonBrown in 1946
- ProgramBrown history and records
Harvard
- Next gamevs. YaleNov. 23, 1946
- SeasonHarvard in 1946
- ProgramHarvard history and records