Brown at Rutgers

Saturday, October 30, 1948

Brown beat Rutgers 20–⁠6. It was their sixth meeting; after it, Brown led the series 4–⁠2.

AwayBrown7–⁠2 in 1948
20
HomeRutgers7–⁠2 in 1948
6

FinalHigh 67°F, low 36°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Brown Deals Rutgers First Home Defeat Since rs by N-6

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 31, 1948, page 46

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    Brown Deals Rutgers First Home Defeat Since rs by N-6 NEW BRUNSWICK, N. j., Oct. 80. Brown handed Rutgers its first defeat at home since 1945 today. win ming 20 to in game the Bruins dominated all the way. Rutgers last was defeated at home by Swarthmore in the 1945 opener. Rutgers showed two bursts of Of fensive strength. In the second period the Scarlet matched a Brown touchdown by marching a kickoff back all the way. In the fourth period Rutgers drove into Brown territory only to have the drive stalled by an In tercepted pass. 4 Browns first score came in the second period after a Rutgers fun- BILE on the Scarlet IS. Joe Palermo tossed to Bob Searles on the seven. and Roger Young spun over after four tacklers had taken a SHOT at him. Fred Kozak converted. Rutgers marched the next kick off IS yards to score with Harvey Grimsley sprinting 20 yards and Frank Burns connecting to Grimsley for 26 more en- route. Dick Cramer stepped over from the seven. Bob Hubbard’s kick was blocked, and Brown still led. n The Bruins added one in the third and another in the fourth period. Ed Finn tossed 28 yards to George Palermo, who stepped over. Finn, the Bruins chief offensive weapon this year, then tossed a. yards to Searles, and three plays later Roger Young bulled over. Ko- Yak kicked one and had the second blocked.

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOTBALL l SCORES

    The Daily Alaska empire, November 1, 1948, page 6 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL l SCORES Final scores of leading football games played over the weekend are as follows stanford 20; Washington 0. St. Mary’s IS; Oregon IA. UCLA 27; Nebraska 15. Miss State 0; Tulane g. California IS; USC ‘. Montana State IA; Idaho s. 20. Colorado s. 34; Colorado c. 2. Michigan s 46; Oregon c. 21. Idaho IA; Washington s. 19. Utah IA; Colorado F. Santa Clara 25; San Francisco 13 Dayton T; Xavier o. Bowdoin IS; Bates. 12. Virginia 14; Princeton 55. Georgia Tech 19; Duke 2. Virginia Tech T; Army 49. Michigan 28; Illinois 20. Penn State 32; Colgate 13. Oklahoma 33; Iowa State 6. Arkansas 28; Texas AM 6. Mississippi 0; Tulane 9. Drake 45 Kansas State 20. Brown 20; Rutgers 6. Williams T; Union 19 Notre Dame Al; Navy ‘. G. Washington IA; Lafayette 33. Washington-Lee T; Penn 40. Hcly Cross 13; Harvard 20. Duquesene 13; Ohio U IA. Cornell 20; Columbia 13. Syracuse T; Boston U 12. s. Carolina 12; w. Virginia 35. N. Carolina s 13; Wake Forest 34. Davidson 6; V M 33 Florida 32; Thurman IA. North Carolina IA; Tennessee T. Washington-Jeff. l9; Car. T. 2. Pittsburgh 20; Reserve O. Kentucky 28; Cincinnati T. Akron 20; Wooster G. New York U 21; Lehigh 20. Indiana ‘; Minnesota 30. Ohio State T; Northwestern 21. Georgia 35; Alabama 0. Wisconsin IS; Iowa 19. SMU 21; Texas 6. Okla. AM T. Kansas 13 Missouri 4; Kansas State 2.

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)

Rutgers 69% to win. Brown pulled the upset.

Rutgers leads 6–⁠5 in 11 meetings, counting the five since this game.

Recent meetings
1955Rutgers 14, Brown 12
1953Brown 27, Rutgers 20
1952Rutgers 19, Brown 7
1951Rutgers 28, Brown 21
1950Rutgers 15, Brown 12
1948Brown 20, Rutgers 6

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