UConn at Brown
Saturday, October 23, 1948 Share
Brown beat UConn 49–6. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Brown led the series 4–1.
FinalHigh 55°F, low 37°FAttendance 10,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, October 24, 1948, page 40
Read the text
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.
The series
Every UConn–Brown gameBrown leads 6–1 in seven meetings, counting the two since this game.
| 1953 | Brown 42, UConn 7 | |
| 1952 | Brown 21, UConn 13 | |
| 1948 | Brown 49, UConn 6 | |
| 1947 | Brown 33, UConn 13 | |
| 1939 | Brown 41, UConn 0 | |
| 1937 | Brown 20, UConn 0 |
Around this game
UConn
- Next gameat YaleSept. 24, 1949
- SeasonUConn in 1948
- ProgramUConn history and records
Brown
- Next gameat RutgersOct. 30, 1948
- SeasonBrown in 1948
- ProgramBrown history and records

