Brown at Yale
Saturday, October 4, 1952 Share
Yale beat Brown 28–0. It was their 57th meeting; after it, Yale led the series 42–12–3.
FinalHigh 63°F, low 39°FAttendance 22,500
In the newspapers

Evening star, October 5, 1952, page 67
Read the text
End TaIIies 4 Scores AS Yale Whips Brown NEW HAVEN, Conn, Oct. A. Big Ed Woodsum, a e-f1ngered end, tailed all of Yale’s touch downs as the Ellis walloped sophomore-studded Brown, % to 10, in the Bowl today. Ed Molloy tossed three Of the touchdown passes to Woodsum. one of them covering At yards. Woodsum registered the final score when he pounced on a tumble in the end zone. Yale, conqueror of Connecticut and on the rebound after four touchdown pasting from Navy last week, thrilled the partisan crowd of 22,500 in ideal football weather by tallying in all but the opening period. Brown proved a stubborn foe before fading under pressure.
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)
Yale 69% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Brown–Yale gameYale leads 79–25–4 in 108 meetings, counting the 51 since this game.
| 2025 | Yale 34, Brown 22 | |
| 2024 | Yale 56, Brown 34 | |
| 2023 | Yale 36, Brown 17 | |
| 2022 | Yale 69, Brown 17 | |
| 2021 | Yale 63, Brown 38 | |
| 2019 | Yale 59, Brown 35 |
Around this game
Brown
- Next gamevs. Rhode IslandOct. 11, 1952
- SeasonBrown in 1952
- ProgramBrown history and records
Yale
- Next gamevs. ColumbiaOct. 11, 1952
- SeasonYale in 1952
- ProgramYale history and records

