Rutgers at Brown

Saturday, October 15, 1955

Rutgers beat Brown 14–⁠12. It was their 11th meeting; Rutgers leads the series 6–⁠5.

AwayRutgers3–⁠5 in 1955
14
HomeBrown2–⁠7 in 1955
12

FinalHigh 63°F, low 53°F, 1.71 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Rutgers Wins, AL Kicks Upset Brown

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 16, 1955, page 1

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    Rutgers Wins, AL Kicks Upset Brown PROVIDENCE. n. T., Oct. II TIA rugged Rutgers football team spotted Brown an early touchdown and then fought bacl, Ito edge the favored Bruins t4-i2, ION q pair Of perfect placements lby q substitute back. Tosh lHosoda, in the rain and, wind to-day at Brown Field. i Rutgers. trailing 90. capital ,lized on d tumble to 60 ahead In 1.-THE FIRST period. They added another touchdown In the second session. A tumble on the rlnback Of 1.-THE opening kickoff set up browns arst touchdown. The Bruins moved so yards in eight plays. Browns other touchdown Icame In the third quarter when 1.-THE Bruins rolled 50 yards IN us plays. Easssrs -------- Z g al: RuassTs ssoTini: ToaeSdoSns. oSsys; ; IL ~ end run; ], eackl. Conversions BScan seorins: Tpuchdesns. Thomp. son “a, pass from Demchakl. Demchal Ef, hlAckl. fsN

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 65% to win. Rutgers pulled the upset.

Rutgers leads 6–⁠5 in 11 meetings.

Recent meetings
1955Rutgers 14, Brown 12
1953Brown 27, Rutgers 20
1952Rutgers 19, Brown 7
1951Rutgers 28, Brown 21
1950Rutgers 15, Brown 12
1948Brown 20, Rutgers 6

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