Brown at Harvard

Saturday, November 13, 1948

Harvard beat Brown 30–⁠19. It was their 48th meeting; after it, Harvard led the series 39–⁠8–⁠1.

AwayBrown7–⁠2 in 1948
19
HomeHarvard4–⁠4 in 1948
30

FinalHigh 66°F, low 47°F, 0.04 in. of rainAttendance 25,000

In the newspapers

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

    The Daily Alaska empire, November 15, 1948, page 3 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL :. SCORES tlnal scoles ot important col lege football games played over the weekend are as follows: OSC 20; Utah 20. Washington T; UCLA 32. Utah State 6; Denver 4l. Idaho 28; Portland 0. Wisconsin 26; Marquette 0. South Carolina 27; Tulsa 2. Oklahoma 41; Nebraska IA. Mississippi 16; Tennessee 13. Texas A and M 6; Rice 28. Texas Christian T; Texas IA. California A; WSC IA. Minnesota 2S; Iowa 2l. Colorado IS; Missouri 27. Northwestern T; Notre Dame 12 Pittsburgh 20; Purdue 13. Virginia 2; West Virginia 0. Duke 21; George Washington 0. Michigan State 48; Iowa s. 2. Southern Methodist IA; Arks l2. Indiana 0; Michigan 54. N. Carolina 49 Maryland 20. Dartmouth 26; Cornell 27. William Mary IA; Boston Col 14 Ohio State 34; Illinois ‘. Brown 19; Harvard 30. Temple 0; Penn State AT. Alabama IA Georgia Tech 12. Kansas 20 Kansas State ‘. Santa Clara l0 St. Mary’s 2. Detroit 27; St. Louis U. IA. Navy 0; Columbia IS. Ohio w. T: Lafayette 27. Colgate 20; Syracuse 13. Auburn IA; Georgia 42. Clemson 21; Wake Forest IA. Fordham 6; Holy Cross IS. Princeton 20; Yale IA. Army 26; Penn 20. Franklin and Marshall 2; Muh. 40. Carnegie Tech 0: Lehigh 20.

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 59% to win. Harvard won as Elo’s underdog.

Harvard leads 78–⁠24–⁠2 in 104 meetings, counting the 56 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Harvard 14, Brown 10
2025Harvard 41, Brown 7
2024Brown 31, Harvard 28
2023Harvard 34, Brown 31
2022Harvard 35, Brown 28
2021Harvard 49, Brown 17

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