Brown at Yale
Saturday, October 6, 1956 Share
Yale beat Brown 20–2. It was their 61st meeting; after it, Yale led the series 46–12–3.
FinalHigh 63°F, low 37°F, 0.49 in. of rainAttendance 29,904
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 7, 1956, page 1
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Improved Yale Wa||ops Brown NEW HAVEN, Conn, Oct. R.-Yale’s touchdown twins Denny McGill and AL Ward paced an improved Yale football team to a 20–2 victory over Brown today as, the preseason favored Ellis began a drive fol the first official Ivy League title The Blue. unimpressive a week ago and only three yards from defeat in conquering the Uni versity of Connecticut, 1914, tailed in all but the second period to stop the Bruins, 200 victors over Columbia in their opener. McGill sent Yale in front 60 late in the opening period when he raced IS yards after catching Dick Winterbauer’S pass, a play that covered 10 yards. Ward slanted off tackle, and helped by solid blocking, sped % yards for the Blues second touchdown early in the third period. Winterbauer sneaked over from the four in 1875 of the final quarter for Yale’s final touchdown. Vern Loucks converified twice. Browns only score, although the Bruins threatened at least four times. came in SIP of the last period when Center Howard Phelan’s pass from the IA sailed over Winterbauer’s head and into the end zone. Brown ---------- q o o p = Yale - 8 O 2 20 nrau,S, enorsra. O.la
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 70% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Brown–Yale gameYale leads 79–25–4 in 108 meetings, counting the 47 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. DartmouthOct. 13, 1956
- SeasonBrown in 1956
- ProgramBrown history and records
Yale
- Next gameat ColumbiaOct. 13, 1956
- SeasonYale in 1956
- ProgramYale history and records

