Brown at Dartmouth

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  The daily morning journal and courier, New Haven, Conn., November 27, 1903, page 1

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  DARTMOUTH ee, BRoWN D. Humiliating Defeat Administered ts Rhode Island Eleven. AAhuu1 Asi6hu Hi8Y6n. Manchester, N. H., Nov 2e.--Befora ten thousand people, and with her own supporters bravely cheering to the very end, Brown to-day suffered the worst defeat sustained by any eastern college football team in years at the hands Of the Dartmouth eleven at Varick park. the final score being 81 to 0. So COM pletely was the Rhode Island eleven outclassed that not until the last few minutes of play. when the men from Hanover were exhausted from their continuous rushing. were they able To make any stand. Brown only once held Dartmouth for downs and secured only two first downs. 1t was series Of steady rushes and continuous gains down the field for Dartmouth, each time for a touchdown. In the last five minutes of the game. however, Brown made supreme rally and by a series Of end plays carried the ball fifty yards down the field from her own twenty yard line. But Dartmouth made a stand on her twenty ight-yard line and then bad pass by Cotter TO Hascall resulted In the dropping Of the ball. When Brown recovered possession of it she had lost twenty-five yards The game ended with the ball in Browns possession, but still thirty yards away from Dartmouth’s goal The lineup: Dartmouth. Position Brown. Continued on Third Page.l

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  New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], November 27, 1903, page 1

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  DARTMOUTH sMoTHeRs BROWN MEN Ply TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNEl Manchester. n. H.. Nov. 26.-The members of Browns football team were like toys to-day the hands OF the Dartmouth eleven, when the last OF the big college games of the was played here at Varick Park. Brown was completely out cIasseG. The lacked both weight and team work Dartmouth pushed Brown steadily from the centre of the felG to the goal line, and had pos session of the ball nearly all of the time, until shortly before the end of the second half when Brown rallied and forced Dartmouth down the fieId for “a long gain. IL was too late however, for Il score. The from Hanover depended principally on their weight although Captain Witham mace a 6s-yard run for a touchdown and Main made a splendid of the same distance 10 Browns I-yard line Schwartz, at quarter. played a brilliant game for Brown. The Providence team were weak in kicking The lineup and score:

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  The Barre daily times, Barre, Vt., November 27, 1903, page 1

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  BROWN SHOWED UNDER. Dartmouth Foot BAN Team Won by score Of 62 10 o. Dartmouth Foot Bali Team Won by Score Of 62 20 o. Manchester, n H., Nov 28-Brown today suffered the worst defeat sustained by any eastern college foot ball team in years at the hands OF theDartmouth eleven at Varick Park, the final score being 81 to 0. So completely was the Rhode Island eleven outclassed that not until the last few minutes Of play, when the men from Hanover were exhausted from their continuons rushing, were they able to make any stand Brown only once held Dart mouth for downs and secured only two FIRST downs It was a series Of steady rushes and continuous gains down the field for Dartmouth, each time for touch down. In the last five minutes Of the game, however, Brown made supreme rally by series OF end plays carried the ball 50 yards down the field from her own 20 yard line.

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  Waterbury evening Democrat, Connecticut, November 27, 1903, page 9

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  Rrorn Suffered nefear. MANCHESTER, N. H., Nov. 27.-- Before 10000 people and with her own supporters bravely cheering to the very end Brown suffered the worst defeat sustained by any eastern college foot ball team in years at the hands of the Dartmouth eleven at Varick park, the final score being 62 to 0.

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Dartmouth leads 54–⁠24–⁠3 in 81 meetings, counting the 72 since this game.