Brown at Pennsylvania
Saturday, October 21, 1905 Share
Pennsylvania beat Brown 8–6. It was their 11th meeting; after it, Pennsylvania led the series 9–1–1.
Final
In the newspapers

New-York tribune, October 22, 1905, page 11
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BROWN SCORES ON PENN. Dennie Races to a Touchdoacm an Last Minute of Play. rbi1adalnbia Oct T.-Pennsylvania defeated T7roU,n University at football to-day by score Of 8to6 The score does not correctly show the relative strength Of the two elevens. as PennsylVahia sbo,Id have scored at least three touchdoWhs u,bi1a Brown should not have crossed the Fennsyiyaria goal In the first half Pennsylvania twice had the bali on Browns 3-yard lire once they lost II on a tumble, and again on account OF the runner slipping on the soft ground. Browns touchdown made just as time expired for the call OF the game. but as the play began before time actually up. the score was Of course properly, allowed A few seconds before the call of time for the second half. when the pail was within a few feet of Browns goal Torrey made bad pass The hall rolled back OF the Penn sylvania line. and Dennie. of Brown, was on It like a fash He darted down the field. and when he had crossed the Pennsylvania goal line no. man on the local eleven within striking distance: Pennsylvania’s safety was made on a pecuI!af play. The home eleven had carried the hal 10 slipped and Brown got the ball Adams sent bali back Of his goal Weikert falling on II for a safety. Pennsylvania’s only touchdown was made through the excellent work of FolwelL He broke through and blocked a kick, and: Grasplng the bail ran thirty yards for touchdown. Brown pIaved a good game but slow on charging while Pennsylvania fumbled badly. IIennsyIvifla suffered five times for penalties and Brown fouI. THE lineup follows:

The semi-weekly messenger, Wilmington, N.C., October 24, 1905, page 1
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PENNSYLVANIA, 8; BROWN, E. Philadelphia, October 21.-Pennsylvania today defeated Brown University at football by a score Of 8 to 6. The score does not correctly show the relative strength of the two elevens as Pennsylvania SHOULD have scored at least three touch downs while Brown should not have crossed the Pennsylvania goal.

Evening times-Republican, Marshalltown, Iowa, October 23, 1905, page 1 (results column)
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Saturdays Foot Ball Scores. WESTERN GAMES. At pes Moines-Grinnell 5. Drake 4 At Ames-Ames 63, Simpson o. At st. Paul-Minnesota 80, Iowa 0. At Cedar Falls-Norrnal 6, Cornell O At Minneapolis Minnesota fresh men s, Iowa freshmen 0. At Chicago 4, Wisconsin 10. At Champaign, 1ll.-Purdue 20, Illinois, 0. At Ann Arbor-Michigan 81, Ne braska 0. At Evanston, Ill.-Kentucky university 0, Northwestern 0. At Columbus, O.-Ohio State uni versity 80, Depauw 6. At Cincinnati, O.-University OF Cincinnati 2, Marietta college 4. At Tiffin, heidelberg AZ, Findlay college 0. Jacksonville, Ill.-Illinois college G. Illinois State Normal 0. Decatur, Ill.-Milliken z, Lombard O At South Bend, Ind.-Wabash 5, No tire Dame 0. At Lawrence, Kan.-Kansas “a, Ok lohoma university 0. At Bloomington, 1nd.-Indiana uni versity &c. Washington university 0. Eastern Games. At New Haven-Yale ~, Pernsyl. vania State college 0. At West Point-Harvard 6, West Point 0. At Annapolis 3s, University of North Carolina O.. At Philadelphia = Pennsylvania 8 Brown 6. At Ithaca-Cornen 80, Western uni versity 0. 10. At Observation-Disclosures %, Lafaycite 4. At Carlisle, Pa.-1ndians Sc, Dickin. son 0. At Worcester, Mass.-Holy Cross 10 Worcester Technology institute 6. At New York-Wesleyan 81, New York university O. At Washington Georgetown 0 Swarthmore -. At Hartford, Conn.-Union, 5, Trim ity o. At Westinghouse George Washington 0, Johns Hopkins o. At Andover, Mass.-Phillips Andovel 5, Harvard freshmen 4. At Hanover, N. H.-Dartmouth “a Williams 0. At Norfolk Va.-University of Vir- GINA Is, Bucknell II. At Danville. Va.-Danville Military institute 80, Franklin Military acadenvy 0. High School Scores. West Des Noines 4, Rock Island 0. Clarion 30. East High 0. Knoxville %. Oak Park A. Nevada 70, Iowa Falls 0. North High II, Indianola 0. Onawa II. Mapleton o. Marshalltown II, Grinnell 8. Ottumwa %, Davenport g. Dubuque High 0, Dubuque o. Storm Lake 40, Webster City 0. Montezuma 80, Brooklyn o. Washington II. Sigourney 0. Council Bluffs II. Sioux City 0. Belmond IA, Kanawha 0. Algona 80, Emmetsburg 0. Lake City II. Rockwell City Q. Harlan %, Woodbine o. Jefferson 26. Carroll 0. Casey 0, Adair 0.
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 76% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Brown–Pennsylvania gamePennsylvania leads 50–21–1 in 72 meetings, counting the 61 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 gameat HarvardOct. 28, 1905
- SeasonBrown in 1905
- ProgramBrown history and records
Pennsylvania
- Next gamevs. CarlisleOct. 28, 1905
- SeasonPennsylvania in 1905
- ProgramPennsylvania history and records

