Rhode Island at Brown

Saturday, October 4, 1913

Brown beat Rhode Island 19–⁠0. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Brown led the series 5–⁠0.

AwayRhode Island0–⁠1 in 1913
0
HomeBrown4–⁠5 in 1913
19

FinalHigh 60°F, low 54°F, 0.49 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The New-York tribune's story: BROWN TAKES A BRACE Shows Real Power in Defeating Rhode Island State.

    New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], October 9, 1913, page 12

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    BROWN TAKES A BRACE Shows Real Power in Defeating Rhode Island State. Providence. Oct Sin a game which was clean and fast despite a rain soaked gridron. Brown scored an easy victory over the Rhode Island State College eleven- on Andrews Field to-day. Fierce line plunging gave the home team three touch downs. the final score standing 10 to 0. The Brown team which took the field today was a different aggregation from that which received 10 to o beating from Colby a week and a half ago. The Brunonians showed remarkable Improvement both on the offence and defence. The backfield displayed a power and ageressiveness which wore down the visitors and tore their line to pieces in the last part OF the game. Browns first two touchdowns came In the opening quarter as the result OF straight line plunges. At the end Of the last period. Casey tore loose for a 30 yard run, and later carried the ball over. The lineup follows:

  • The Newark evening star and Newark advertiser's story: Brown, Reorganized, Whips Rhode Island State, 1910

    Newark evening star and Newark advertiser, Newark, N.J., October 9, 1913, page 15

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    Brown, Reorganized, Whips Rhode Island State, 1910 PROVIDENCE. r. l., Oct. Sin a game which was clean and fast despite a rain-soaked gridiron. Brown scored an easy victory over the Rhode Island State College eleven on An ‘drews Field yesterday. Fierce line plunging gave the home team three touchdowns, the final score standing 10 TO o. The Brunonians showed remarkabie Improvement. both on the offense Lao defense. The backfield displayed a power and aggressiveness which wore down the visitors and tore their line TO pieces in the last part of the game, Browns first two touchdowns came in the opening quarter. as the result of straight line plunges. At the end of the last period, Casey tore loose for a 30-yard run, and later carried the ball over.

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 92% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Brown leads 65–⁠23–⁠2 in 90 meetings, counting the 85 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Rhode Island 13, Brown 10
2025Brown 28, Rhode Island 21
2024Rhode Island 31, Brown 21
2023Rhode Island 34, Brown 30
2022Rhode Island 38, Brown 10
2021Rhode Island 45, Brown 24

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