Brown at Pennsylvania

Saturday, October 20, 1906

Pennsylvania beat Brown 14–⁠0. It was their 12th meeting; after it, Pennsylvania led the series 10–⁠1–⁠1.

AwayBrown6–⁠3 in 1906
0
HomePennsylvania7–⁠2–⁠3 in 1906
14

Final

In the newspapers

  • The The Washington times's story: PENN TAKES BRACE AND BEATS BROWN Blocked Kick, WhirlWind RuSheS and Field Goal Make Score IA to 0.

    The Washington times, District of Columbia, October 21, 1906, page 18

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    PENN TAKES BRACE AND BEATS BROWN Blocked Kick, WhirlWind RuSheS and Field Goal Make Score IA to 0. PHILADELPHIA, Pa, oct. 20.-In what was by far its best game OF the season, tile University OF Pennsylvania football team today defeated the strong Brown eleven BY I4 10 o. The gridiron was very wet after a twenty-four hours rain which never let up FOR minute during the game. but in spite of this there was remarkably little fumblng by either side. Il was the first time this year that the Red and Blue eleven really found itself. and the work OF the team. produced tremend0us enthusiasm from the 5000 spectators. The Red and Blues score OF IA was secured by two touchdowus and a goal from the feld- The 6rst touchdown was produced when Center HoIlenback broke through the Brown line. blocked a punt on the goal line and then fell on the ball for the score.

  • The The Topeka state journal's story: PENN GETS BACK TO FORM. Beats the Brown Aggregation to the Tune of u TO 0.

    The Topeka state journal, Topeka, Kansas, October 22, 1906, page 1

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    PENN GETS BACK TO FORM. Beats the Brown Aggregation to the Tune of u TO 0. Philadelphia, Pa, Oct 22-After disappointing their adherents in the preliminary games the University of Pennsy1va- MA football team Saturday defeated Brown, “A to 0. The work of the home eleven was much superior to anything II touchdown coming within i’ve minutes OF play. In a kicking duel Brown was back ed up to his own 5-yard line. On an at tempted punt from the goal line Hollenback blocked the kick and fell on the ball for Pennsylvania score.

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 71% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Pennsylvania leads 50–⁠21–⁠1 in 72 meetings, counting the 60 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Pennsylvania 28, Brown 21
2024Pennsylvania 38, Brown 28
2023Brown 30, Pennsylvania 26
2022Brown 34, Pennsylvania 31
2021Pennsylvania 45, Brown 17
2019Pennsylvania 38, Brown 36

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