Norwich at Brown

Saturday, September 26, 1914

Brown beat Norwich 24–⁠0. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Brown led the series 5–⁠0.

AwayNorwich0–⁠2 in 1914
0
HomeBrown5–⁠2–⁠2 in 1914
24

FinalHigh 61°F, low 48°F

In the newspapers

  • The New-York tribune's story: LEADING TEN RUN GETTERs. EASY GAME FOR BROWN Defeats Norwich by a Free Use of Open Play.

    New-York tribune, September 27, 1914, page 13

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    LEADING TEN RUN GETTERs. EASY GAME FOR BROWN Defeats Norwich by a Free Use of Open Play. Providence, Sept. 26.--Brown opened the football season here to-day In defcating the Norwich University eleven by a score of “a TO 8. The home players showed TO advantage in the open style of game, making many long gains on the forward pass end end runs. Murphy and Clark, who alternated at quarterback for Brown, were the stars. their open field running being brilliant. Gordan, at right halfback. also put up q good game, making field goal from the 35-yard live. fnIlotus.

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 8–⁠0 in eight meetings, counting the three since this game.

Recent meetings
1929Brown 66, Norwich 6
1926Brown 27, Norwich 0
1919Brown 20, Norwich 0
1914Brown 24, Norwich 0
1912Brown 21, Norwich 7
1910Brown 31, Norwich 0

Around this game

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