Brown at Princeton
Saturday, October 31, 1953 Share
Princeton beat Brown 27–13. It was their 20th meeting; after it, Princeton led the series 15–5.
FinalHigh 70°F, low 40°F
In the newspapers
Evening star, November 1, 1953, page 71
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Battered Tulane Holds Army co. Princeton Defeats Brown Syracuse Hands Holy Cross Its Third Consecutive Shutout The last time Holy Cross team suffered SO many consecutive blankings was in 1914, when the team was held Scoreless in four consecutive games. Meanwhile, there were roper cussions here today from last nights club swinging by city police in breaking up football rallies by Holy Cross and WorceSter Tech students. Twenty five youths were arrested when police stopped a snake dance in front Of city hall. District Attorney Alfred Gene della asked State police to in veStigate the methods used by the police. Two members of City Council, George A. Wells and Paul E. sSoulliere, jr., said they will file orders for a full investigation” of alleged police brutality. Holy Cross ----- 0 o o O. o Syracuse scoring: Touchdowns-Stark, Yancey, Leberman. Conversions-George (2), Leberman.
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)
Princeton 80% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Brown–Princeton gamePrinceton leads 49–22 in 71 meetings, counting the 51 since this game.
| 2026 | Princeton 16, Brown 10 | |
| 2025 | Princeton 40, Brown 21 | |
| 2024 | Princeton 29, Brown 17 | |
| 2023 | Brown 28, Princeton 27 | |
| 2022 | Princeton 35, Brown 19 | |
| 2021 | Princeton 56, Brown 42 |
Around this game
Brown
- Next gamevs. UConnNov. 7, 1953
- SeasonBrown in 1953
- ProgramBrown history and records
Princeton
- Next gameat HarvardNov. 7, 1953
- SeasonPrinceton in 1953
- ProgramPrinceton history and records