UConn at Brown

Saturday, October 23, 1948

Brown beat UConn 49–⁠6. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Brown led the series 4–⁠1.

AwayUConn0–⁠2 in 1948
6
HomeBrown7–⁠2 in 1948
49

FinalHigh 55°F, low 37°FAttendance 10,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Connecticut Is Humbled .Bv Versatile Brown

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 24, 1948, page 40

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    Connecticut Is Humbled .Bv Versatile Brown PROVIDENCE, I’d l., Oct. 23.- Browns football forces displayed a versatile attack in overwhelming the University of Connecticut, 1876, today before a 10000 crowd. The Bruins racked up “a first downs to six, and gained total yard age of AL yards, 384 by rushing, in winning their most one-sided game of the season. Halfback Roger Young enjoyed his greatest day in a Brown uniform as he racked up three touchdowns. His first came on a two-yard buck climaxing a sustained drive Of As yards, the second on four yard plunge after Brown recovered a tumble on the Connecticut nine, and the third on a blast from three yards out ending an S1-yard march.

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 89% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Brown leads 6–⁠1 in seven meetings, counting the two since this game.

Recent meetings
1953Brown 42, UConn 7
1952Brown 21, UConn 13
1948Brown 49, UConn 6
1947Brown 33, UConn 13
1939Brown 41, UConn 0
1937Brown 20, UConn 0

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