Lafayette at Brown
Saturday, October 24, 1908 Share
Lafayette beat Brown 8–6. It was their third meeting; after it, Lafayette led the series 3–0.
FinalHigh 72°F, low 50°F
In the newspapers

The Washington times, Washington [D.C.], October 25, 1908, page 17
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LAFAYETTE WINS OVER BROWN TEAM Captain McCaa Enables Eleven to Add Victory by His Drop kicking. PROVIDENCE, Oct A.-Lafavette’s husky eleven defeated Brown to this afternoon by kicking two fine goals from the field, after Brown had made a touchdown and had the game well IN hand. The game was the snappiest seen here in years. Captain McCaa’s playing for the visitors was a revelation. the La fayette leader scoring both goals, one from the 43-yard line and the other from the 22-yard line. Mayhem, Browns captain, who tried to duplicate the feat failed miserably and IL was TO his lack Of judgment in trying the second goal from the field when his team need eT ID gain but two yards that Brown S defeat is attributed. The lineup.

The Lake County times, Hammond, Ind., October 26, 1908, page 3 (results column)
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FOOTBALL RESULTS. West. West. Northwestern, IA; Beloit, A. Michigan, 10; Ohio State, 6. Iowa, 16; Morningside, 0. Nebraska, 10; Haskell, 0. Drake, 8; Grinnell, o. Notre Dame, IS; P. and s., 0. Wisconsin, “a; Freshmen. Is. st. Louis I’m. 4; Wabash, 0. Lake Forest, %; Knox, 0. Ames, 90; South Dakota, 0. De Paul. 0; Michigan A. c., 0. Monmouth, IL; Normal Un., 6. Lawrence, IL; Hamline, 0. Creighton, 16; Ottawa Un., 0. Oberlin, IS; Case, 10. Depauw, A; Georgetown, 6. Stanford, II; Nevada, 0. East. Pennsylvania, 6; Carlisle, 6. Yale, 50; Wash. and Jefferson, o. Harvard, 6; Navy, 6. Princeton, 0; Syracuse, 0. Cornell. 8: Vermont, 0. West Point, 6; Colgate, 0. Dartmouth, 12 Holy Cross, 5. Lafayette, 8: Brown. 6. Williams, 40; Mass. Ag., 0. Bates, IL; New Hampshire, 0. Tufts, %; Maine, 5. Pittsburg Uni, %; Bucknell, 0. Carnegie Tech, IL; Allegheny, 0. South. Vanderbilt, 20; Mississippi, 0. Arkansas, 5; Henderson, 0. Auburn, 6; Sewanee, 0. Colorado College, Is; Texas, Q. MemDhis IT 40: Memphis Medics Tulane, 10; Central of KY, 0.

Missouri Valley times, Missouri Valley, Iowa, October 29, 1908, page 1 (results column)
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Following is the result Of the football games played Saturday:: Nebraska, 5; Haskell, o Yale, %; Washington, 0 Navy, 6; Harvard, 6 Brown, 6; Lafayette, 8 Army, 6; Colgate, 0 Syracuse, 0; Princeton, 0 Cornell, 9; Vermont, 0 Dartmouth, 30; Holy Cross, 5 Northwestern, AZ; Beloit, a Michigan, 10; Ohio, 6 st Louis, a; Wabash, 0. Drake, 9; Grinnell, 0 Ames,.26; South Dakota, 0 Kansas, 10; Washburn, 0 Miss Anabel Little of Cold vile, Idaho arrived this even. ing for a visit with Miss Edith Amen. 7. Vincent Bird is home from Dallas, South Dakota where he had been acting as notary dur ing the registration. He was kept busy signing papers bu, stated that he could have done more. Miss Josephine johnson lef1 Saturday afternoon for Chad ron, Nebraska where she wi be a guest of the VIM. Bower. family for a week. Mrs. Krauskpof has accept. ed a position in the Big Racket 0A0roREA. AsnN >>1h KIT Yl HAN Axas osgt -; . llszzlS75s1
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 56% to win. Lafayette won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Lafayette–Brown gameBrown leads 5–3 in eight meetings, counting the five since this game.
| 1964 | Brown 20, Lafayette 3 | |
| 1942 | Brown 7, Lafayette 0 | |
| 1941 | Brown 13, Lafayette 0 | |
| 1938 | Brown 20, Lafayette 0 | |
| 1912 | Brown 21, Lafayette 7 | |
| 1908 | Lafayette 8, Brown 6 |
Around this game
Lafayette
- Next gamevs. BucknellOct. 31, 1908
- SeasonLafayette in 1908
- ProgramLafayette history and records
Brown
- Next gameat HarvardOct. 31, 1908
- SeasonBrown in 1908
- ProgramBrown history and records

