Cornell at Brown
Saturday, November 5, 1955 Share
Cornell beat Brown 20–7. It was their third meeting; after it, Cornell led the series 3–0.
FinalHigh 49°F, low 45°F, 0.81 in. of rain
In the newspapers

Evening star, November 6, 1955, page 63
Read the text
Cornell Beats Brown, 2O-7, AS DeGruuf Scores Twice PROVIDENCE, r. l.. Nov. s tR.-Favored Cornell registered its fourth football victory in seven games today, whipping Brown. 20–7, on q soggy gridiron buffeted by q stitf breeze and stinging rain. Billy DeGraaf. cornell’s quarterback, not only called q ffne game but had q hand in all his DeGraaf. q So senior, scored the first touchdown on a one yard sneak and kicked the point. He sneaked over from the one for Cornell’s second score but his try for point after was wide. Then, pitching into a stiff wind, he passed to Art Boland for the Big Reds third touch
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)
Cornell 59% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Cornell–Brown gameBrown leads 26–23–1 in 50 meetings, counting the 47 since this game.
| 2025 | Cornell 30, Brown 24 | |
| 2024 | Brown 23, Cornell 21 | |
| 2023 | Cornell 36, Brown 14 | |
| 2022 | Cornell 24, Brown 21 | |
| 2021 | Brown 49, Cornell 45 | |
| 2019 | Cornell 37, Brown 35 |
Around this game
Cornell
- Next gameat DartmouthNov. 12, 1955
- SeasonCornell in 1955
- ProgramCornell history and records
Brown
- Next gameat HarvardNov. 12, 1955
- SeasonBrown in 1955
- ProgramBrown history and records

