Brown at Princeton

Saturday, October 19, 1901

Princeton beat Brown 35–⁠0. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Princeton led the series 4–⁠0.

AwayBrown4–⁠7–⁠1 in 1901
0
HomePrinceton9–⁠1–⁠1 in 1901
35

FinalHigh 70°F, low 37°F

In the newspapers

  • The New-York tribune's story: PRINCETON, 35; BROWN, o. GOOD WORK BY TIGERS BACKS-LoNG END RUNS A FEATURE.

    New-York tribune, New York, October 20, 1901, page 10

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    PRINCETON, 35; BROWN, o. GOOD WORK BY TIGERS BACKS-LoNG END RUNS A FEATURE. Princeton N J., Oct. 10 (SpeciaD.-The Tigers defeated the Brown eleven here to-day by the score of 35 to 0. The game was characterized by Prince toms line bucking and splendid interference and long runs around the ends, and IN carrying back nunts Browns best work was done by her full back Bates, whose punting was strong. and by Abbott. whose tackling was Of most commendaoe order Henry McClave and Foulke excelled for Princeton. De Witt for Princeton. kicked Off to Bates. who carried the ball back twenty yards. Brown fumbled and Princeton got the ball. BY steady gains Prince ton rushed the ball down the field to the one-yard line and Foulke was sent through left guard for the first touchdown after five minutes play. In the kickoff McClave caught the ball on the fve-yard line. and behind strong interference ran the leather back eighty-hve yards. Foulke ana McClave made small gains through the line and carried the ball to Browns two-yard line. where 1t was lost a tumble Brown punted. and Prince ton by short end runs and small gains through the l!ne carried the ball 70 Browns fve-yard line, and Foulke was pushed through right guard for an other touchdown. Meier caught the ball the next kickoff. and recovered fifteen yards. Foulke punted and Brown lost the ball on fuTee b aft after for 5FyR d9qSs Ss9ds and F9ulke scored on l5,yard run aFoprd ico ief snd snd reGrne il twenty Yards FouEe pGnted and Brown failed TO gain through the line, but gained on a tumble Princeton also, fumPled, and was Penazed for oIside & pay Ine SoI p Pom IneH naS after which McClave and McCord made steady Scored on 2O-yard dash through left tackle. This was the last scoring done in this half. The score % to O. -, After the kickofr in the second half Brown rallied and made a number OF good gains between Prince toms right tackle and right end and around the ends McClave got the ball on punt by Brown and ran IL back nifty yards for touchdown soon after the kickoff Underhill, who replaced McCord made good gains around the ends, and after Few line attacks Foulke found right tackle for fifteen Yards and added the last touchdown During the few minutes that remained Brown made a deSperate rally and forced Underhtll TO punt several times Newton, Lafayette’s coach ana several men from Easton watched the game. Inc lineup: Princeton. Position Brown Davis &c. Poe. Lett END Ga4ilson (EhnlAo) Left tackle. Weber Dana..............L Left guard. Hall Butkiewicz. Right guard savage Henry (Roper. G. Poe, - II. McClave). Right end Aooott Meier (Freeman). Quarterback Scudoer Fouke Left halfback. Cam Qngalls) McClave Pearson Right hafback. .Denco .Fullback Bates (Metcalf) Touchdowns-Fouke (i). 5. McC1ave (2l. touchdowns-Dewitt (5) Referee-Chares Yound Umpire Carl Williams. Time OF halves. 25 and %

  • The The Worcester spy's story: Princeton 35, Brown 0

    The Worcester spy, Worcester, Mass., October 20, 1901, page 2

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    Princeton 35, Brown 0 Princeton, N. j., Oct. 19-Princeton defeated Brown here today by a score of So to 0. Twenty three points were made in the first half and IL in the second. Brown was unable to stop Princeton’s backs. who repeatedly went through her line for big gains. Prince ton showed up stronger than in any previous game in her general team work Her backs fumbled less fire. quently and followed their interference well. Their old fault of off side plays was again in evidence, the team being penalized three times for this offence. Long runs by McClave and Foulke and the brilliant tackling of Abbott were the features. The lineup PRINCETON-35 0-BROWN Davis &c. Poe), |. e......l. e., Gallison Pell, ]. t.......... L, WeDD Dana, !. g..................... g., Hail Fisher, c...-......... Cotter Butkiewiecz, r. g.....-....r. g., savage Dewitt, T. t..................r. t, Hatch Henry (Roper, G. Poe, D. McClave) re r. e., Abbott 1Iier (Freeman) q. b....q. b.. Schudder Foulke, l. h. b..L. h. b., Cam Ungalls) McClave (Pearson) T. h. b. r. h. b., DENIES McCord Underhil), f. b. f. b., Bates (Metcalf) Touchdowns. Foulke 4, S. McClave 2. Goals from touchdowns, Dewitt 5. Ref cree, Charles Young. Umpire, Carl williams Time of halves, 25 and % minutes.

  • The The San Francisco call's story: Yale Meets a Strong Team.

    The San Francisco call, October 20, 1901, page 25

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    Yale Meets a Strong Team. NEW HAVEN, Conn, Oct. 19.-The Yale football eleven met it’s strongest adversairy of the season thus far in the game with the Pennsylvania State College on Yale field this afternoon Yale won by the score of 2 to 0, but the figures OF the score do not represent the quality or offensive and strength of defensive which the Pennsylvania State team put up. A number of times they pushed their backs through the Yale line, though inability to sustain the attack as Yale did prevent ed their scoring. Yale’s players were al most used up before the second half ended and two of the Pennsylvania State team were taken out or shifted PRINCETON, n. J., Oct. 1s.-Princeton defeated Brown here to-day by a score of 35 to 0. Twenty-three points were made in the first half and twelve in the second Brown was unablel to stop Princeton’s backs, who repeatedly went through her line for big gains. Princeton showed up stronger than in any previous game in her general work. Her backs fumbled frequently and followed their interference well.

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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Our ratings (scores only)

Princeton 74% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Princeton leads 49–⁠22 in 71 meetings, counting the 67 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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