Colby at Brown

Wednesday, October 2, 1901

Brown beat Colby 16–⁠0. It was their third meeting; after it, Brown led the series 3–⁠0.

AwayColby1–⁠2 in 1901
0
HomeBrown4–⁠7–⁠1 in 1901
16

FinalHigh 70°F, low 56°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Providence news's story: Brown Defeated Colby Yesterday on Andrews Field --Woonsocket Wins From English High--Other Games.

    The Providence news, Providence [R.I.], October 3, 1901, page 3

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    Brown Defeated Colby Yesterday on Andrews Field --Woonsocket Wins From English High--Other Games. year. Harvard’s back field was composed OF substitutes, and only the excellence OF the Iinesmen saved the day. Bowdoins back was better than Harvards, The first touchdown was made py nhs plunging for 80 yards after Graydon had run back with kick OF for 30 YARDS. After the second kick off Bowdoin Sc cured the ball on forwaru pass ana gained steadily for 25 yards through harwards line before being forced TO KICK I’m the second half Harvard scored toward the end by straight line play from midfield. The work OF the backs was so ragged that no end runs could be tried camp hell played at left end and showed All his old time form. Hovey did the pest work In the line.

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 93% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Brown leads 16–⁠1 in 17 meetings, counting the 14 since this game.

Recent meetings
1936Brown 19, Colby 6
1931Brown 22, Colby 0
1926Brown 35, Colby 0
1925Brown 33, Colby 0
1924Brown 45, Colby 0
1923Brown 33, Colby 0

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