Brown at Yale
Saturday, October 2, 1954 Share
Yale beat Brown 26–24. It was their 59th meeting; after it, Yale led the series 44–12–3.
FinalHigh 82°F, low 60°FAttendance 27,000
In the newspapers
Evening star, October 3, 1954, page 67
Read the text
McGiII Star as Yale Edges Brown, 26–24 NEW HAVEN, Conn, Oct. O. Yale. led by Sophomore Denny McGill, outfought Brown, 1924, In an Ivy League football battle In the Bowl today. Browns fail ure to kick extra points after any of its scores marked the diff ference. The 169-pound McGill scored twice from 20 and IL yards and spanked the Ellis throughout the hot afternoon. Yale, scoring in each period, held a 20–6 advantage early in the third quarter, but was never able to relax in the face Of Browns desperate rallies. Quarterback Pete Kohut OF Ambridge, Pa, tossed three touchdown passes to lead the Bruins. 22sQqwn 2sqs -------------9 9 g 1sSLSSaa
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 66% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Brown–Yale gameYale leads 79–25–4 in 108 meetings, counting the 49 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. 9, 1954
- SeasonBrown in 1954
- ProgramBrown history and records
Yale
- Next gameat ColumbiaOct. 9, 1954
- SeasonYale in 1954
- ProgramYale history and records