Princeton at Brown

Saturday, October 21, 1950

Princeton beat Brown 34–⁠0. It was their 17th meeting; after it, Princeton led the series 12–⁠5.

AwayPrinceton9–⁠0 in 1950
34
HomeBrown1–⁠8 in 1950
0

FinalHigh 61°F, low 38°FAttendance 20,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Princeton Wins, $40, AS Kazmaier's Passes Battle Brown Team

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 22, 1950, page 45

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    Princeton Wins, $40, AS Kazmaier’s Passes Battle Brown Team PROVIDENCE, r. l., Oct. 21.- Dick Kazmaier shot three touch down passes in the first half today as Princeton won it’s fourth straight football game of the season, defeating Brown, “a to 0, before 10000. Princeton unleashed the full fury of its offense for three touchdowns in the second period, featured by Kazmaier’s perfect screen pass to Bob Unger that was good for SIS yards and a score. Through the second half, Coach Charles Caldwell used his reserves to conserve strength for Cornell. Brown started off bravely against its Ivy League foe, but after it’s first period drive curled up on Princeton’s l, the home team never seriously threatened again. hdZmdleF StdTtS Early. Kazmaier threw his first touch down pass to George Chandler in the first period, good for seven yards to climax a drive that started from midfield. In addition to the screen pass to Unger, the slender Princeton star passed to Bill Kleinsasser for II yards and a score in the second period. The other second-period touchdown was set up by a 15-yard penalty against Brown that put the ball on the /. Harry Patterson bucked over. Brown kept Princeton’s reserves in check through most of the second half, but the undefeated Tigers finally smashed from Mid field, after intercepting pass, with Russell Mcneil scoring on a 2-yard buck in the final period. Carl Leone, with his passing, and Leon Beaulieu, with his line smashes, were the bright lights in Browns backfeld. The breaks of the game all favored Prince ton, with every Princeton touch down stemming either from a recovered tumble or an intercepted pass. Mcneil Makes 56-Yard Run. Mcneil made the longest run of the game, Sc yards, in the third period, going all the way to Browns 5 on a sleight-o hand play that was chacteristic of the dazzling Princeton offense. Brown, however, held for downs on its 1-yard line. Princeton’s line, led by the giant tackle, Holland Donan, had trouble at first with the low charging Brown forward wall, but gradually Princeton’s superior strength established an advantage. Among the Princeton reserves, Mcneil and Edgar Janotta looked best.

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

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Princeton 55% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Princeton leads 49–⁠22 in 71 meetings, counting the 54 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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