Cornell at Brown

Saturday, November 5, 1955

Cornell beat Brown 20–⁠7. It was their third meeting; after it, Cornell led the series 3–⁠0.

AwayCornell5–⁠4 in 1955
20
HomeBrown2–⁠7 in 1955
7

FinalHigh 49°F, low 45°F, 0.81 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Cornell Beats Brown, 2O-7, AS DeGruuf Scores Twice

    Evening star, November 6, 1955, page 63

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    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.

Brown leads 26–⁠23–⁠1 in 50 meetings, counting the 47 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Cornell 30, Brown 24
2024Brown 23, Cornell 21
2023Cornell 36, Brown 14
2022Cornell 24, Brown 21
2021Brown 49, Cornell 45
2019Cornell 37, Brown 35

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