Brown at Yale

Saturday, September 25, 1948

Yale beat Brown 28–⁠13. It was their 53rd meeting; after it, Yale led the series 40–⁠10–⁠3.

AwayBrown7–⁠2 in 1948
13
HomeYale4–⁠5 in 1948
28

FinalHigh 71°F, low 49°FAttendance 31,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: sm f pofs Jackson PAGES Yale to 1913 Victory Over Brown Walker, johnson Spark S. NJ u. To 1914 Triumph Over Pitt tyf

    Evening star, September 26, 1948, page 45

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    sm f pofs Jackson PAGES Yale to 1913 Victory Over Brown Walker, johnson Spark S. NJ u. To 1914 Triumph Over Pitt tyf standouts while Bob Lee was unveiled as better than average paSser. S. M. U. scored at the end of the first quarter when Walker threw q l3-yard pass to Raleigh Blakely in the end zone The next S. M. U. score came in the second period. with johnson standing on his 40 and tossing to Walker, who ran from the Pitt 30 to the goal. The half ended with S. M. U. leading IA to 0. In the third quarter, Walker caught Pitt punt on his 26, raced to the side of the field and tore across goal without being touched. An S. M. U. tumble led to Pitt touchdown in the fourth quarter. After the bobble, Cecconi threw pass from the S. M: U. 20 to Bill Bruno In the end zone. s. NJ. U. then marked up two touchdowns. one on Johnsons 40-yard pass to Blakely and another on Johnson’s pass to Kyle Rote. Rote caught that pass on the Pitt Al. evaded one tackler and ran for a score. In the final two minutes, Pitt got its second tally on Lees 13-yard pass to Bill McPeak in the end zone. Southern Methodist. Ends-Folsom Blakely, Milan Fussell. Tackles. Ethridge, Pamoerser’ Fenn’ Guards – Roberds. Lewis, Franklin. Moseley, Lipke. Halliday. Centers-Goodwin. Wood, Davis. Backs-Walker. Rote. pase, Mckissack. Richards, Moon. Payne. johnson, ROBERTS Hendricks, Blackburn, Weatherforo’ | Ends McPeak, sklsdany, Derosas Tsckies-Bolkovac, Plotz. Mihm, Cole man. Guards-Barkouskie, Boldin. Thomas, | Yost, RaZzano, Pierce, Green. | Centers-Radnor, Steingraber. Fisher. | Backs-Cummins, Lee, Bruno. Abraham, Hardisty’ Sessoni pspasaua’ S,n.no Mlilio. Payne. sM s,tt NJ. u.o J s 1s--iiss 1s-is Ily iai. walker l2i. Rots Points after touchdowns. Walker to, tplacements)‘ | Johnson (placementD Pitt-Scoring; Touchdowns Bruno; Me- | Peak. Points after touchdown, Bolkovas | t2D, (placements.l.

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)

Yale 67% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Yale leads 79–⁠25–⁠4 in 108 meetings, counting the 55 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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