Carlisle at Brown

Saturday, November 20, 1909

Brown beat Carlisle 21–⁠8. It was their third meeting; after it, Brown led the series 3–⁠0.

AwayCarlisle8–⁠3–⁠1 in 1909
8
HomeBrown7–⁠3 in 1909
21

FinalHigh 57°F, low 36°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: VICTORY FOR BROWN. Defeat Carlisle in Spirited and Hard. Fought Game.

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 21, 1909, page 1

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    VICTORY FOR BROWN. Defeat Carlisle in Spirited and Hard. Fought Game. NEW YORK, November 2O-In a spirited and hard-fought game. in which old shioned foot ball predominated Brown defeated the Carlisle Indians on the Polo Grounds today by. score of Fl to s. The game was replete with sensational plays, not the least Of which was a run for the entire length Of the field by Sprackling. the Brown quarter back. He caught the ball on the In dams kickoff and landed it safely behind Carlisle’s goal line after a sprint of nearly 100 yards, with practically no interference. through the entire Indian eleven. The Indian tallies resulted from a goal from placement, which took the Providence boys by surprise, and touch down, made after an intercepted forward pass by Brown, neatly captured on the fly by Kennerly, the Carlisle right end. Brown scored three touchdowns. chiefly through straight foot ball and tackles back formation, and one goal from the field, made with splendid judgment, when the game had but one minute to go The line-lln.

  • The Omaha daily bee's story: Brown Wins from Carlisle.

    Omaha daily bee, Nebraska, November 21, 1909, page 1

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    Brown Wins from Carlisle. NEW YORK. Nov. AIN a spirited and hard fought game. In which old-fashiOned foot ball predominated, Brown defeated the Carlisle Indians today. q to s The game was replete with sensational plays, not the ‘east OF which was a run for the entire lgth OF the field BY spraekling, the Brown -tarbaCk.

  • The Los Angeles herald's story: CARLISLE INDIANS DEFEATED BY BROWN ELEVEN

    Los Angeles herald, November 21, 1909, page 20

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    CARLISLE INDIANS DEFEATED BY BROWN ELEVEN NEW YORK, Nov. 2O,--In a spirited game i’m which old-fashioned football predomin3ted, Brown defeated the Carlisle Indians today, 21 to 8. A SEN sational feature was a run the entire length of the field by Sparkling, the Brown quarterback.

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)

Carlisle 58% to win. Brown won as Elo’s underdog.

Brown leads 6–⁠3 in nine meetings, counting the six since this game.

Recent meetings
1915Brown 39, Carlisle 3
1914Brown 20, Carlisle 14
1913Carlisle 13, Brown 0
1912Carlisle 32, Brown 0
1911Carlisle 12, Brown 6
1910Brown 15, Carlisle 6

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