Brown at Harvard

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  Evening star, October 29, 1905, page 57

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  HARvARD’s PLUNGEs WIN. A Touchdown Scored in Each Half Against Brown. CAMBRIDGE. Mass, October 2S.-By straight plunging foot ball with but few variations and a sturdy defense. Harvard scored a touchdown in each half against Brown today, but the first try at the goal was missed, while in the second the kick was spoiled by Denny of Brown running out and catching the ball. Two runs by Schwartz, the Brown quarterback for twenty yards each, were the longest of the game. The final score was Harvard, 10; Brown, 0. Harvard’s first score was made from a start on Browns fifty-three-yard line, ten yards of IT being on penalty against Brown. The start for the second score was made on Harvards thirteen-yard line. the ball being carried without loss for ninetyseven yards. Harvard started the playing by kicking off TO Browns five-yard line, and for the first five minutes the officials were kept busy sending the teams back on infringements of the rules. At last the Harvard offense got started on Browns ffty-yard line and thrteen ruSheS gave a touchdown, knowlton carrying the ball over Burr missed the goal. Shortly after the start of the sec ond half Schwartz, the Brown quarter back fooled the Harvard eleven and made a fine dash round his own right end for twenty yards, but his team could not gain another yard on three ruShes. and Adams was obliged to kick. Then Harvary worked the ball back from fourtecn-yard line toward the Brown goal. Carr making it. The kick-out was high, but Denny of Brown caught the ball and spoiled Har-

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  The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, October 29, 1905, page 10

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  Harvard 10, Brown 0. Bridgeport, Mass, October 2S.-By straight plunging football, with but few variations and a sturdy defense, Harvard scored a touchdown in each half against Brown today, but the first try at the goal was missed, while in the second the kick was spoiled by Donnie of Brown running out and catching the ball. Two runs by Schwartz, the Brown quarter back for twenty yards each, were the longest of the game. The final score was Harvard 10 Brown 0. Harvard started the playing by kicking off to Browns fve-yard line, and for the first five minutes the officials were kept busy sending the teams back on infringe ments of the rules. At last the Harvard offense got started on Browns 50-yard line and thirteen rushes gave touch down, Knowlston carrying the ball over. Burr missed the goal. Shortly after the start of the second half Schwartz, the Brown quarterback. fooled the Harvard eleven and made a fine dash round his own right end for twenty yards, but his team could not gain another yard on three rushes. and Adams was obliged to kick. Then Harvard worked the ball back from her 19-yard line toward the Brown goal. Carr making 1t. The kickout was high but Donnie of Brown caught the ball and spoiled Harvard 8 chance for a goal

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  The Topeka state journal, Topeka, Kansas, October 29, 1905, page 1

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  HARVARD WEAK IN PUNTING. Brown Developed Wonder in the Kicking Department. brown developed a Wonder in the Kicking Department, Cambridge, Mass. Oct. 2S.-The game between Harvard and Brown this afternoon before $4,000 spectators was the greatest ball game OF the present year for Harvard and it developed many points of weakness in her team but also showed up her strong points Harvard won but it was only by the score of 10 to 0. A touchdown was scored in each half but each time Burn failed to kick the easiest kind of a goal In fumbling both teams were most proncient. Where Harvard was weak was in punting and attempts to circle Browns eIt The majority of her gains We’re made by crashing against the line and only once or twice she was able to make a decent gain around the ends In the kicking department Adams of Brown proved to be q Won Ger. Time and again he punted down the field for from 80 to 65 yards. Brown gained around the Harvard ends more easily than by straight line bucklng and near the close of the sec ond half Schwarz circled Harvard, s left end for So yards. the longest gain OF the game

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  The Salt Lake herald, Salt Lake City [Utah], October 29, 1905, page 8

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  HARVARD 10, BROWN o. Straight Plunging and Sturdy De Tense Win. Cambridge, Mass. Oct. 2S.-By straight plunging football with Variatons and a sturdy defense. Harvard scored a touchdown in each half against Brown today, but the first try at the goal was missed while in the second the kick was spoiled by Denny of Brown running out and catching the ball. Two runs by Schwartz, the Brown quarterback for twenty yards each were the longest of the game. The final score was: Harvard. 10; Brown. 0. Harvard’s first score was made from a start on Browns fifty three-yard line, ten yards of it being on a penalty against Brown. The start for the second score was made on Harvard S thirteen-yard line, the ball being car ried without loss for ninety-seVen 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.

Harvard leads 78–⁠24–⁠2 in 104 meetings, counting the 91 since this game.