Bates at Brown

Saturday, September 26, 1908

Brown beat Bates 35–⁠4. It was their first meeting; after it, Brown led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayBates0–⁠2 in 1908
4
HomeBrown5–⁠3–⁠1 in 1908
35

FinalHigh 73°F, low 62°F

Spalding’s Official Foot Ball Guide (1909) gives Brown 35–⁠0, as two scans of the guide read it (the scan on the Internet Archive).

In the newspapers

  • The Daily Kennebec journal's story: THE FOOTBALL SEASON OPENS With GOOD GAMES. Harvard Barely Able to Defeat Bowdoin 5 to 0===YaIc 10, WesIeyanO-==Brown Trims Bates "a to 4---Other Games.

    Daily Kennebec journal, Augusta, Me., October 1, 1908, page 1

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    THE FOOTBALL SEASON OPENS With GOOD GAMES. Harvard Barely Able to Defeat Bowdoin 5 to 0===YaIc 10, WesIeyanO-==Brown Trims Bates “a to 4---Other Games. nay ‘>, ,,,r, “, ~ ,ofoatnn Iates to1,v aJthou.h the Maine team scored by field goal in the second half the final score. being “a to 4. Bates put up sharp defence in tno first four rninutes of play Int the hammerirg If the Providence team was quickly effective and the fl st half ended 2, to 0. In the second half Prowu used – substitutes. scoring l. more points. The field goal by the Bates quarterback was the feature of interest in the second half me nleup’ b’‘‘” ~ Il ;,ln, II NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. II W nd,lws kclisev. le ... le McKenny SlSSnn W.lIlnS’. g “IS ! Dn.,a, ~ i’‘ - ‘‘‘‘S’ “ If n Andrews Har,iyar tHollem. re........,c. Cummings SrTrrking tJarNls), az. %. Gnhh ,flWnon /, M Mct lWn,hl. ! ,hh .rhb, Kennev AspinMall CBoyles) fb. Lovely Score-Erown 81 Bates 4, Touchdowns- Dennie ;. MHyheW MHchaN Malnle s s ;, r. ,n’, md,. Pnf,rae P,,iach Of Yaie Tmrirc. Murphy of Harvard Head lin’mam and fiHld llhse’ I,lnl OF hro”h’ N.Y. ‘‘‘‘‘‘ ...--l Vale 16; Wesleyan 0.

  • The The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram's story: American League,

    The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram, Richmond, Ind., October 1, 1908, page 1

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    American League, several q the big eastern uniVefsitles and coHeges opened their FOOTBALL season yesterday. The following Is a Ha ~ rsultg: All Providence, r. Brown 35; Bates 4. At Cambridge, Mass.-Harvard 5; Bowdoin 0. At Philadelphia, Pa.-PennsylVanla 80; Ursinus College 9. At Hanover n. H.-Dartmouth H. University Of Vermont 0. A. Carlisle, Pa.-Carlisle lndlans’

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.

Brown leads 5–⁠0 in five meetings, counting the four since this game.

Recent meetings
1926Brown 27, Bates 14
1925Brown 48, Bates 0
1922Brown 27, Bates 12
1909Brown 17, Bates 0
1908Brown 35, Bates 4

Around this game

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