Princeton at Brown
Saturday, October 16, 1954 Share
Brown beat Princeton 21–20. It was their 21st meeting; after it, Princeton led the series 15–6.
FinalHigh 71°F, low 54°F, 0.42 in. of rain
In the newspapers
Evening star, October 17, 1954, page 63
Read the text
injured Captain S Run in Last 7 Minutes Brings Bruins Victory PROVIDENCE, r. l.. Oct. To- Everett Pearson, plucky team captain playing with a wrenched shoulder, raced 40 yards to q touchdown in the final two minutes and big Vim Jazwinski kicked the vital extra point today to give Brown a 21–20 vic tory over Princeton. Twice Hard-Luck Brown had seen its drives die inside the
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 59% to win. Brown won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Princeton–Brown gamePrinceton leads 49–22 in 71 meetings, counting the 50 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
Princeton
- Next gamevs. CornellOct. 23, 1954
- SeasonPrinceton in 1954
- ProgramPrinceton history and records
Brown
- Next gamevs. TempleOct. 23, 1954
- SeasonBrown in 1954
- ProgramBrown history and records