Rhode Island at Brown
Saturday, October 8, 1949 Share
Brown beat Rhode Island 46–0. It was their 35th meeting; after it, Brown led the series 34–1.
FinalHigh 76°F, low 60°F, 0.46 in. of rain
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, October 9, 1949, page 46
Read the text
Brown Beots R. !. State, 46–0 PROVIDENCE, r. l., Oct. 8 (P.- Brown University’s football force used it’s first stringers sparingly while overwhelming Rhode Island State College, As to 0. today at Brown Field.
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 95% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Rhode Island–Brown gameBrown leads 65–23–2 in 90 meetings, counting the 55 since this game.
| 2026 | Rhode Island 13, Brown 10 | |
| 2025 | Brown 28, Rhode Island 21 | |
| 2024 | Rhode Island 31, Brown 21 | |
| 2023 | Rhode Island 34, Brown 30 | |
| 2022 | Rhode Island 38, Brown 10 | |
| 2021 | Rhode Island 45, Brown 24 |
Around this game
Rhode Island
- Next gameat TempleOct. 22, 1949
- SeasonRhode Island in 1949
- ProgramRhode Island history and records
Brown
- Next gameat PrincetonOct. 15, 1949
- SeasonBrown in 1949
- ProgramBrown history and records

