Colby at Brown
Wednesday, October 2, 1901 Share
Brown beat Colby 16–0. It was their third meeting; after it, Brown led the series 3–0.
FinalHigh 70°F, low 56°F
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Colby–Brown gameBrown leads 16–1 in 17 meetings, counting the 14 since this game.
| 1936 | Brown 19, Colby 6 | |
| 1931 | Brown 22, Colby 0 | |
| 1926 | Brown 35, Colby 0 | |
| 1925 | Brown 33, Colby 0 | |
| 1924 | Brown 45, Colby 0 | |
| 1923 | Brown 33, Colby 0 |
Around this game
Colby
- Next gamevs. BowdoinOct. 12, 1901
- SeasonColby in 1901
- ProgramColby history and records
Brown
- Next gamevs. SyracuseOct. 5, 1901
- SeasonBrown in 1901
- ProgramBrown history and records
