Pennsylvania at Brown
Saturday, October 19, 1957 Share
Brown beat Pennsylvania 20–7. It was their 26th meeting; after it, Pennsylvania led the series 21–4–1.
FinalHigh 64°F, low 47°F, 0.89 in. of rain
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 20, 1957, page 1
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.Finney Stors for Brown In 2O-7 Win Over Penn PROVIDENCE, r. l.. Oct. 10 R.-Brown Quarterback Frank Finney scored two second-half touchdowns today as he directed the Bruins first victory over Penn in IS years, 20–7. The Royal Oak, Mich. Juniors clever play calling and execution enabled the Bruins to bounce back from last weeks $50 defeat by Dartmouth and post their second Ivy League triumph over the winless Quakers. Finney, the Ivy Leagues total offense leader. spanked a second period touchdown march, but Penn tied the score. TT. on a picture 56-yard punt return by John Terpak before halftime. Undismayed by the clock which ran out on them at the Penn 2 at intermission. the Bruins marched 81 yards with the second half kickoff. Finney’s 7-yard screen pass to sophomore Fullback Paul Choquette on fourth down carried to the ~ and kept Brown moving. With fourth and two at the six, Finney adroitly faxed q handof. faded as II TO pass. then turned and raced through
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 68% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Pennsylvania–Brown gamePennsylvania leads 50–21–1 in 72 meetings, counting the 46 since this game.
| 2025 | Pennsylvania 28, Brown 21 | |
| 2024 | Pennsylvania 38, Brown 28 | |
| 2023 | Brown 30, Pennsylvania 26 | |
| 2022 | Brown 34, Pennsylvania 31 | |
| 2021 | Pennsylvania 45, Brown 17 | |
| 2019 | Pennsylvania 38, Brown 36 |
Around this game
Pennsylvania
- Next gamevs. NavyOct. 26, 1957
- SeasonPennsylvania in 1957
- ProgramPennsylvania history and records
Brown
- Next gamevs. Rhode IslandOct. 26, 1957
- SeasonBrown in 1957
- ProgramBrown history and records

