Wesleyan (CT) at Brown

Wednesday, October 12, 1904

Brown beat Wesleyan (CT) 12–⁠0. It was their ninth meeting; after it, Brown led the series 8–⁠1.

AwayWesleyan (CT)3–⁠7 in 1904
0
HomeBrown6–⁠5 in 1904
12

FinalHigh 52°F, low 40°F, 0.58 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The The Providence news's story: Brown Defeated Wesleyan Il to 0 in Mud and Rain Yesterday. 0dom Kept 0iS0au Well in Front Of Field All the Way Round.

    The Providence news, Providence [R.I.], October 13, 1904, page 3

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    Brown Defeated Wesleyan Il to 0 in Mud and Rain Yesterday. 0dom Kept 0iS0au Well in Front Of Field All the Way Round. o. Princetons score was made in the early part OF the first half, when the visitors were weakest. Lafayette’s defence was much stronger In the second half and they outplayed Princeton In nearly every department OF the game. AMHERST 20. BoWDoIN o. In a game characterized by rough play by both teams Amherst defeated Bow doin at Amherst yesterday afternoon by a score OF % TO o. During both halves rain fell steadily, rendering the ball duficuit TO handle. but few fumbles were made. Line plunging by r. Crook and Coggeshall netted good gains for Am herst and the play OF Rollins at tackle was superb. Twice by end runs Kinsman brought the ball within few feet Of Amhersts goal. but Bowdon lost II there each time. Kinsman. Chapman and Philoon played good game for Bowdoin. PHILLIPS -ANDOVER e. HARVARD SECOND o. Phillips Andover had no difficulty I’m defeating the Harvard second team at Brothers field. Andoyer. yesterday after noon “a 20 o. The Andover men excelled i’m team work. their Interference being especially good while i’m this department Of the game Harvard was entirely lack ing. Whiting q new man, Was trleh ~ left halfback by Andover and played A fine game. Bartholomew. Andover’s left halfback. made several long end runs. one Of 25 yards for touchdown. Jenkins and Means did conspicuously good work for the Harvard second team and twice prevented Andover from working the quarterback kick YALE 6. SPRINGFIELD TRAINING SCHOOL q. Yale defeated the Springfield Training school eleven s TO o yesterday afternoon at New Haven during cold rainstorm. The only touchdown that Yale was able TO make was near the close OF the first half OF Is minutes. Yale had the ball on Springfelds hve-yard line In the sec ond half of 90 minutes when time was called. Yale suffered most from the unfavorable weather conditions. Her defence was excellent. her line from tackle TO tackle was almost impregnable, the training schools total gains by rushes not exceeding 30 yards. But for the muddy condition of the field the visitors would not have made an inch through the line, in the Judgment OF those who watched the superb work Of the line men.

  • The The Minneapolis journal's story: BROWN DEFEATED WESLEYAN.

    The Minneapolis journal, Minneapolis, Minn., October 13, 1904, page 14

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    BROWN DEFEATED WESLEYAN. Providence R. l., Oct 13.-Brown defeated Wesleyan yesterday afternoon by a score of 70 to o., in a SLOW football contest. The entire game was played in downpour of rain, in which fast playing impossible Philadelphia, Oct. 13.-On a soggy field the University of PENNSYLVANIA football eleven defeated the Gettysburg college team yesterday by a score of 81 to O.. The best performance Of the game was run by Fullback Smith of Penn sylvania, who caught punt and ran the ball back sixty five yards.

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 67% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Brown leads 12–⁠2 in 14 meetings, counting the five since this game.

Recent meetings
1941Brown 20, Wesleyan (CT) 6
1940Brown 41, Wesleyan (CT) 0
1914Brown 16, Wesleyan (CT) 0
1912Wesleyan (CT) 7, Brown 6
1906Brown 17, Wesleyan (CT) 0
1904Brown 12, Wesleyan (CT) 0

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