Brown at Yale

Saturday, October 4, 1952

Yale beat Brown 28–⁠0. It was their 57th meeting; after it, Yale led the series 42–⁠12–⁠3.

AwayBrown2–⁠7 in 1952
0
HomeYale7–⁠2 in 1952
28

FinalHigh 63°F, low 39°FAttendance 22,500

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: End TaIIies 4 Scores AS Yale Whips Brown

    Evening star, October 5, 1952, page 67

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    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.

Yale leads 79–⁠25–⁠4 in 108 meetings, counting the 51 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Yale 34, Brown 22
2024Yale 56, Brown 34
2023Yale 36, Brown 17
2022Yale 69, Brown 17
2021Yale 63, Brown 38
2019Yale 59, Brown 35

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