Colby at Brown
Saturday, September 27, 1913 Share
Colby beat Brown 10–0. It was their eighth meeting; after it, Brown led the series 7–1.
FinalHigh 66°F, low 53°F
In the newspapers

New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], September 28, 1913, page 13
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COLBY TRIPS UP BROWN Blocked Punt and Drop Kick Score for Victors. Providence. Sept. PA blocked punt and a drop kick gave Colby a well deserved 10 to 0 victory over Brown to-day in as ragged a game Of football as ever WAS seen on Andrews Field. Fraser, Colby’s captain and left haif’ plaved A remarkable individual game c,rcling Browns end time after time for big gains late in the third period. He also dropped a pretty goal from the 30 yard line. Colby’s work. as well as that OF the home team, was marred by frequent pen aIties The visitors first score came In the third quarter. After bucking against stone wall defence for three downs Henry kicked from the 3S-yard line. The punt was blocked. however. the pail rolling back OF the goal line, where Pendergast. NJ Colby. fell on il for touchdown. Fraser kicked the goal. Brown was practically powerless TO cone with Colbys veteran backs. and was unable TO gain through strong defence. The whole team showed a lamentable lack of knowledge OF signals. but the coaches are confident that the eleven can he whippod into condition for next weeks

Omaha daily bee, September 29, 1913, page 7
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BROWN, 0UTPLAYED, LOSES TO COLBY TEAM PROVIDENCE, r. l.. Sept 2S.-Outplayed in every period the Brown eR~en lost 20 Colby today. The score was 10 to 0. A touchdown in the third quarter followed the blocking OF one of the home teams punts. In the final period Frazer OF Colby placed pretty drop Kick he tween the Brown goal posts The visitors presented an eleven of veterans. while the Providence team was composed almost wholly OF green players.

The Fargo forum and daily republican, Fargo, N.D., September 29, 1913, page 1 (results column)
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FOOTBALL SATURDAY. West. Minnesota, IA: South Dakota, O.. Indiana, 48; Depauw, 8. Ames, 6; Grinnell, 0. Nebraska, So: Omaha UNIVERSE ty. 6. Normal, O. Carleton, 11S; School for Deaf, O.. Drake, “a; Central College, O.. Buchtel, 27; Case, 6. Oberlin, As; Heidelberg, O.. Otterbein, Is; Ohio Wesleyan, 7. University Of Cincinnati, As; Georgetown. O.. Northwest. Fargo High, So; Crookston, 0. . Pillsbury, 20; Rochester High, O.. Hastings High, s: Saltwater, 80. Winona High, 8; Lake City High, 3. Ames. Ia. High, 26; East Des Moines, 0. Pierre, s. D. so; Fort Pierre. 7. st. Cloud High, 46: Milaca High, 6. Hutchinson High. 10; Litchfeld High, Z. st. James High, 25; Worthington High. O.. University or North Dakota, 6; Grand Forks High, O.. East. Harvard, 81; University of Maine, O.. University of Pittsburgh, Ct; Ohio, Northwestern University, 8. Syracuse, Al; Hobart, 0. Pennsylvania, So; Gettysburg, O.. Springfield Training School, %; Worcester Polly, 7. Dartmouth, 10; Mass. Agri., 8. Bucknell, 3; Hillman Academy, O.. Amherst, 10; r. I. State Col lege, O.. Carlisle, 25; West Virginia wesleyan, o. Yale, 10; Holy Cross, 0. Princeton, IA; Rutgers, 4. Cornell, o.; Colgate, 0. Williams, ID; Rensselaer,, 0. Lafayette, Z: Muhlenberg, Z. Bowdoin, IT; New Hampshire, State. 0. Princeton, IA; Rutgers, 8. Colby, 10; Brown, 0. Lehigh, 81; Albright, 0. Tufts, Is; Bates, 7.
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 90% to win. Colby pulled the upset.
The series
Every Colby–Brown gameBrown leads 16–1 in 17 meetings, counting the nine since this game.
| 1936 | Brown 19, Colby 6 | |
| 1931 | Brown 22, Colby 0 | |
| 1926 | Brown 35, Colby 0 | |
| 1925 | Brown 33, Colby 0 | |
| 1924 | Brown 45, Colby 0 | |
| 1923 | Brown 33, Colby 0 |
Around this game
Colby
- Next gameat DartmouthOct. 4, 1913
- SeasonColby in 1913
- ProgramColby history and records
Brown
- Next gamevs. Rhode IslandOct. 4, 1913
- SeasonBrown in 1913
- ProgramBrown history and records
