Brown at Pennsylvania
Saturday, October 17, 1959 Share
Pennsylvania beat Brown 36–9. It was their 28th meeting; after it, Pennsylvania led the series 23–4–1.
FinalHigh 72°F, low 49°F
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 18, 1959, page 1
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Penn Wa|Iops Brown, 36–9 PHILADELPHIA, Oct. II (AP The running of speedy Fred Doelling and accurate passing of George Koval moved unbeaten PENIS wide open at tack into high gear today and led the QuakerS to a 36–9 Ivy League victory over Brown. PENIS own errors kept it from rolling up a much higher score against it’s winlesS rivals. The Brown points, first scored against the Quakers this year, also were set up by Penn bob bleS. Doelling and Koval each scored one of PENIS five touch downs, and Koval threw passes for two others. Koval zeroed in on his targets in the second half after two losses were intercepted by Brown Quarterback Nick Pan mes to halt Penn drives. Pannes also recovered Doelling FUN BILE in the Brown end zone to take a third period I’d away from Penn. Doelling scored the first Penn touchdown on 25-yard run. Koval threw 5 yards to Pete Schantz for a I’d, “a to Job Greenawalt for another and ran 2 yards for a third. Brown scored a safety when Dave Coffin took punt on the Penn z and backtracked into the end zone where he was Smeared. A 1-yard dive by Choquette provided the touch down after recovering a tumble on the Quakers’ IA. BsH2 l-- -----S 8 : 1qEsss Brown-safety, Comm tackled in end zone. Penn-Doellins IS, runs run failedl Penn---Gtllin IS, pass interception (Schantz, pass from KovaD. Brown-choquette l. plunge tMancuso kick). Penn--Schantz 5. pass from Koval (Doelling rum Penn-Greenawal “a. pass from Purdy (Doelling rum. Penn-Koval 2, run (pass failed.
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)
Pennsylvania 70% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Brown–Pennsylvania gamePennsylvania leads 50–21–1 in 72 meetings, counting the 44 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
Brown
- Next gamevs. Rhode IslandOct. 24, 1959
- SeasonBrown in 1959
- ProgramBrown history and records
Pennsylvania
- Next gamevs. NavyOct. 24, 1959
- SeasonPennsylvania in 1959
- ProgramPennsylvania history and records

