UConn at Brown

Saturday, November 8, 1952

Brown beat UConn 21–⁠13. It was their sixth meeting; after it, Brown led the series 5–⁠1.

AwayUConn0–⁠2 in 1952
13
HomeBrown2–⁠7 in 1952
21

FinalHigh 48°F, low 30°FAttendance 4,500

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Brown Beats Connecticut |After II STRAIGHT Losses

    Evening star, November 9, 1952, page 64

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    Brown Beats Connecticut |After II STRAIGHT Losses PROVIDENCE, r. l.. Nov. g. Brown broke out Of an 11-game losing streak today with a 21–⁠13 football victory over the University of Connecticut before 4,500 crowd. Connecticut took a lead shortly after the first minute of play when joey Bettencourt grabbed q pass in the fiat from Irv Panciera and went 81 yards down the sideline for a score. A recovered Brown tumble on the second play set up the touchdown. Then the Bruins, who had scored only twice previously while losing five games this season. equalled that output in the second quarter and scored again in the final. Connecticut --------- g 7-l3 6fOWn IL III

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 63% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Brown leads 6–⁠1 in seven meetings, counting the one since this game.

Recent meetings
1953Brown 42, UConn 7
1952Brown 21, UConn 13
1948Brown 49, UConn 6
1947Brown 33, UConn 13
1939Brown 41, UConn 0
1937Brown 20, UConn 0

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