Colby at Brown
Saturday, October 7, 1905 Share
Brown beat Colby 70–0. It was their sixth meeting; after it, Brown led the series 6–0.
FinalHigh 60°F, low 40°F
In the newspapers

Daily Kennebec journal, Augusta, Me., October 12, 1905, page 1
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BROWN, 70; COLBY, 0. TIE Maine Boys Line Weak and Play ina Is of a Like Character. Providence, K L.. Oct 11.-Colby proved no match for Brown on Andrews ile!d’ this afternoon, being defeated 20 TO . The entire Colby line proved weak. anu the local players made gains from 10 to wards on each rush. Brown fumb!cd ire uuently but the visitors we’re unable p take advantage Of the errors. The lineup and Summary: BROWN. COLBY. Dennie ,Camphelp. le...... ,le, Llowellins Nvstervelt tMcPhee). lS-.......IE’ CODY ConkIin, ......:--.. - = n, I, Smith (ThornaS. Fle.chcr), re: ..rR. y ons Hazard (MacGregor). rt.-..--r -ltcCla!,an Russ tLucel, re .-............... &c, 100, Schwartz (Rackle). gb .--....-.;. qb’ heed Weikert (Mayhew, keene). lnb ...i;...:, Observation-Disclosures. lib. Task tt-osS] Curtis ferguson. Chase, RIB. ..-.......’; IHo, ila t1iIlOi ~ Adams (G!luan). fb....tb. DCNitt CirasK) Score-br wn, 20; Col ~. 0. Touchdowns Curtis q Weikert. ku ;, Chase s. NJ ny , hew, Adams, Racilc. Gilman. Gca!s tro.h tuuchdowns-T,uss :, Fletcher B. Umpire Pulsifer OF Bates. Reteree, PendlGton OF BoWdoin He’d lnesrnan. Wolfe 81 Princeton. Time. 20 and W-nir. perIods’

The Providence news, Providence [R.I.], October 12, 1905, page 3 (results column)
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Brown Simply 0utc|assed Colby Yes terday, Winning 70 to 0. Dave DeSh|er Won Decision Over Teddy Martin Of Philadelphia. Touchdowns-Daiy. Mckay g. Fisher. Goals from touchdowns- Bartholomew 3. Reagan. Umpire-Stockings. Referee DIR. Pollard Linesmen-Hudson and Bussell. Time-2o- minute halves. WILLIAMS l2. MASSACHUSETTS AG- GIBS 0. Williams defeated Massachusetts Agricultural college at Williamstown yesterday. i2 10 o. scoring once in each half. The visitors were never dangerous. al though her halfbacks struck the line we’ll at times for good gains. Score: Williams u. NJ. A G. o. Touch downs-A. Brown. =. Brown. Goals Bxby ?. Referee-Donnelly. Umpire Sugdcn. Linesmen- Decart, Williams; Russell. NJ. a. g. Time-l5-mnute halves. YALE 20, SPRINGFIELD TRAINING SCHOOL 0. Yale defeated tho Springfield Training school eleven yesterday AT New Haven, % 10 0. The Yale forwards considerably outweighed the Springfield line men. and there was little test OF Ya.e’s defence The Springfield eleven was weak I’m offence. and only once made FIRST down. Yale played football devoid OF show plays or tricks. and used “a men I’m the game. Tho general attack was end runs and quick lumges between tackle and end. In punt ing. the Yale backs showed versatility. Needer, Wernecken and Wiley all doing well. even when kicking close 10 their for wards. Hutchinson ran the team well I’m the first half The score-Yale %; Springfield o. Referee DIR. Hammond. New Haven. Umpire T. r. Hull. New Haven. Touchdowns-- Veeder ?. Morse, Roome, Jones. Goals from touchdowns-Veeder2 2 Jones 2. Time 20 minute halves. PRINCETON %. IEHIGH s. Princeton defeated Lehigh yesterday at Princeton in a ragged game OF football by the score Of % 70 s, allowing her goal line 10 be crossed for the first time this season, The Princeton men played poor ly until near the end Of the contest and at times were outclassed by the Pennsylvanians. Fumbles were frequent and Princeton lost tho ball on four occasions when within short striking distance OF the goal Touchdowns Dillon. Bard. Daub. Ten ney, OBrien, spiers. Goals from touch downs-Cooney g. Herman. Umpire-Fultz Referee MurpLy. Time OF halves-20 minutes CRIMSON SCORED ON Although Harvard defeated Bates on Soldiers field yesterday afternoon with out difficulty, the visitors had tho distinction OF crossing the Crimson line for the first time This season, tho final score being “a 10 6 Bates touchdown was made by Capt Kendall. who received the bail on a double pass and sprinted 20 yards, during which he .nrew off both Starr and Wendell and just crswled over the line as Nesmith tackled him from behind. Bates proved able to gain ground at times on well-exccuted double passes and quarterback runs. for although tho Harard line held we’ll the secondary defence was weak and tho ends were often boxed up. ON the other hand, the Crimson goal was seldom in danger. while. on getting the ball, Harvard plowed through the Bates line for long gains. Tho Harvard team played with more speed and nearly all the players were quick in taking advantage of their opponents errors. Fulback Connor of Bates was injured early In the game. but did not retire until Just before time was called in the second half The lineup; HARVARD. BATES. O’Brien. l. e................l. o. Mahoney Spear, Brill, |. t...............l l., Foster MCFadon, !. g..................l. g., Johnson Cunnffe. White. c.....,.......c., Thurston White, kersburg r, g.......r. &, Jackson Montgomery. FNltz, T. t.r. T.. Schumacher Starr. q. b.............q. b., Wright, Cobb Wendell. T. h. b..........r. n. b.. Kendall Carr. b...........f. h.. Connor Phillips Umpire-R Brown. Harvard. Referee ID. w. Lane. Llnesmen-Foster Harward; Donncly. Bates. Touchdowns- Isy.le I’LL
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 87% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Colby–Brown gameBrown leads 16–1 in 17 meetings, counting the 11 since this game.
| 1936 | Brown 19, Colby 6 | |
| 1931 | Brown 22, Colby 0 | |
| 1926 | Brown 35, Colby 0 | |
| 1925 | Brown 33, Colby 0 | |
| 1924 | Brown 45, Colby 0 | |
| 1923 | Brown 33, Colby 0 |
Around this game
Colby
- Next gameat BowdoinNov. 4, 1905
- SeasonColby in 1905
- ProgramColby history and records
Brown
- Next gamevs. MaineOct. 14, 1905
- SeasonBrown in 1905
- ProgramBrown history and records
