Brown at Princeton

Saturday, October 15, 1949

Princeton beat Brown 27–⁠14. It was their 16th meeting; after it, Princeton led the series 11–⁠5.

AwayBrown8–⁠1 in 1949
14
HomePrinceton6–⁠3 in 1949
27

FinalHigh 67°F, low 58°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Princeton Trims Brown, 27-74, NTH Kozmdier's Fine Possinu

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 16, 1949, page 42

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    Princeton Trims Brown, 27–⁠74, NTH Kozmdier’s Fine Possinu the first 80 yards to Princeton’s l in the third period from where Roger Young carried it over. Princeton TalIies Quickly. Half way through the final period, Pastuszak passed 80 yeads to Chuck Nelson who shook of the lone Princeton defense man Frank Sparrow, and ran 80 more to the goal. Brown went into the game slightly favored and boasting VIC tories over Holy Cross and Rhode Island State. Princeton, beaten both by Navy and Pennsylvania had humbled only Lafayette. Last year Brown tripped Princeton, 1880. in the last seconds of play, but this time the Tiger sophomores quickly set out to get revenge. Princeton’s first touchdown took only 4 minutes and 81 seconds and required 10 plays. With the ball on Browns 40, Kazmaier passed to Emery, who was run down on the Z. Capt. George Sella carried it over. A 39-yard pass brought (see PRINCETON. Page BAD

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 51% to win. Princeton won as Elo’s underdog.

Princeton leads 49–⁠22 in 71 meetings, counting the 55 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Princeton 16, Brown 10
2025Princeton 40, Brown 21
2024Princeton 29, Brown 17
2023Brown 28, Princeton 27
2022Princeton 35, Brown 19
2021Princeton 56, Brown 42

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