Carlisle at Brown

Thursday, November 26, 1914

Brown beat Carlisle 20–⁠14. It was their eighth meeting; after it, Brown led the series 5–⁠3.

AwayCarlisle5–⁠10–⁠1 in 1914
14
HomeBrown5–⁠2–⁠2 in 1914
20

FinalHigh 58°F, low 41°F

In the newspapers

  • The New-York tribune's story: Brown, Outplayed, Humbles Indians Gordon Stands Out as Real Hero Because of Great Punting. CALAC A POWER IN CARLISLE ATTACK tumble Paves Way for Victor, First Touchdown Before Red. Skins Get Under Way.

    New-York tribune, November 27, 1914, page 8

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    Brown, Outplayed, Humbles Indians Gordon Stands Out as Real Hero Because of Great Punting. CALAC A POWER IN CARLISLE ATTACK tumble Paves Way for Victor, First Touchdown Before Red. Skins Get Under Way. iBy ro.ersDh b, N. 1-r-,., Providence, Eov. % r.. Dnlyersity ‘,y team Wound up i,s ,oo,b.n ,gsn season with v.ctory. b. a scor. go. - :. 10 IA, over the Carlisle India, y y ms morning, before a crowd “a : ~ ~ ~ is the first time in four yss,, ~ ~. the home team 1as beaten ,bs Ms’ All 10 al, 70 vas me most sati,s,.,-‘‘ game Of The season, being bard ~ from every standpoint ‘‘-sl’ Brown won by getting the ,u- the aborgInes, twice turning c..sI,’, ~ fumbies into touchdowns. n, I’‘ s.I.’ score being the result Of b..r,’.’s’s’ y.ss’ executed forward pass, Gordon “a D.. ~ may seem strange 70 say ,h,, ~. nome team, although d. won. wa, ~. @ played, jet b. Is rever.heless ,bs 49,, - Outside OF the kicking and the Ne, y. !; forward passes, Brown rated ,.,.,i !. best IN the struggle. ‘l’ Although bo’n cievens we’re ,,,.., 20 punt often, the indian I’m, 1,. 49, stronger Of the Two, a. vas ,l,, ~ l’ offence. y gained twice as r.,. ground as Brown, making fifteen a., 49, downs and reelng or two m.,@,’s ~ marches down the eed IN n. s..i quarter, when +. made its touebso... Gordon, Of Brown. had a kckiny A., with White and Ca’ac. and b,3 u. best Of the argument, several ot n, boots going for sixty yards or -,,, The Brunonians lived I’d 20 ,hs;, So 49, tati0n in forward passing. uski.g dozen successful ones Tor long “a, Gordon and Clark doing The thros;,, Calac the Indians Msinstay. Both OF the Carlisle scores CARA, the result OF straigh. football a. most Of the credit for them is %, !, Captain Calac. who carried N, III, more than half of tae tine. pr.., 49, the two Brokers gave him consid,ug. aid az times. Clark. Andres, Orn,s, and Blue did the best work for preEr. Brown started scoring in n. fu, period, tumble furnishing the chs,o Pratt fumbied one o. Gordon, ru,,, on his l6-yard line. Gordon picked !, the ball and ran behind the Nn, b, when tackled dropped the ball, AL Orm sby recovered for a touehdor, Gordon kicked the goal. Gordon opened the second c.r.l throwing a forward pass from IA, 4. yard line % Blue, who was s,snGr, on the goal line. the pass nettisg score Gordon kicked The goal S,-. eral exchanges OF punts followed. A.. each team was pena.ized ff;een ysrs, for holding A few minutes betor, 4, close OF the period Brown missed great chance for another score Blue took Whites kick in the e,-t, OF the field. and after several ,sogains, a pair OF beautiful foTw passes. Clark % Fanum and CLARK . Ormsby, netted twenty-one and uy, teen yards, respectively. and brsgs., the ball 20 the Indians 4-yard m, Blue failed 90 gain. and when Clsrt threw another forward pass Willess intercepted b. Then the Indians started IN o-i march down the field. With Wh!nr Calac hitting the line they made tire first downs. carrying the ball % q, middle Of the field. where tine va called for the first haH Gordon’s Long Punt a Life Saver In the second ha.t after me lnai,n had received the ball on Wards n,l they were forced 90 punt Frazer, A.. drews and Clark made a first tos,, bringing the ball % the Indians 8. yard line. from where Gordon tried field goal and failed. Calac made 4 first down and he Indians pun,t! . Clark, who ran back 20 the Brown, q yard line. Brown last thirty yard, s. TWO penalties for holding and with L, ball on their l7-yard lire Gor!n kicked out Of danger punting ssys,ly’ one yards. The Indians could not gain q: kicked and Brown .n It’s turn rssg of a fine forward pass. Clark 70 Co. don, for an lSyari gain. Murphy E eight yards and Clark failed 20 ga, Murphy made three yards and Gorts, , on the fourth down punted. Prst, q the ball bound out OF his hands q. / Woffard also umblei McBee, b. [ brilliant run. sw0oped down on the b just over the line Tor Browns sri \ score. Gordon’s try az & al failed. 1 With the opening o. The fnsl pea’t the Indians began line p p’unCng ss-‘ that swept the Brown line OF It’s ,@ Noftard and Cslac made first tor, Wotfard dove through left guard ~ i’ve yards and then Caiac went thrc.;i | left tackle for a i9-yard run, Eae brought the ball 20 the 2O-ysri h’. In TWO tries he made another FIRST eo’i and it took three more tries for hlpush over the LIT tally. Calse a. kicked the goal Getting the bau on Browns . ra line, Pratt drove the line for u yi’a made & short gair and then thr’g forward pass 90 J. Broker which ns” eleven yards. Another forward p~ failed and then Pratt reeled Of q yards. which brought the ball Browns l7-yard line. r. Broker nis 1 a short gain and Calac fumblsd = then recovered on the ll-yard Inc v the next play he plunged thro ga : guard for the necessary distance. iG score. lie puH-ed out and then Nas the goal FOR the fna. score Of ‘he s’‘‘ Tn lineup follows:

  • The Omaha daily bee's story: Brown Wins from. Carlisle Indians, Twenty to Fourteen

    Omaha daily bee, Nebraska, November 27, 1914, page 1

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    Brown Wins from. Carlisle Indians, Twenty to Fourteen PROVIDENCE. Nov. %-New and YER satile foot ball enabled Brown to defeat Carlisle. 20 TO Il, today. Buried under a score OF 20 to o. the Indians, fighting gamely. outplayed the home eleven decisively In the last quarter. on straight foot ball they twice marched nearly the length OF the field for touchdowns. Co lac, in addition TO carrying the ball across the goal line in both instances. kicked the goals. Calac was the Indians only consistent ground gamer and his kicking was n feature. Brown outclassed Carlisle In the first half OF the game. A series of fumbles gave Brown touchdown near the start of the game. With the ball deep In Carllsle’s territory, Pratt OF the Indians dropped the ball on pass. Gordon recovered Il and ran behind Cariisle’s goal posts, where he fumbled. OrInsby saved the touchdown by falling on the ball. Gordon kicked goal Brown scored it’s second touchdown within a minute after the opening OF the second period. The quarter started with the ball near the lndians’ goal and after a few plays Blue. the Brown full back. tailed on a long forward pass from Gordon and a ten-yard run. Cor don kicked the goal Wallette intercepted forward pass in the shadow OF the Carlisle goal and prevented another score toward the end OF the period The Indians scored soon after the beginning Of the final period. The quarter opened with the ball in Browns ter ritory, and Carlisle, by plugging the OPP position line for small but consistent gains, obtained a touchdown Calnc crossed the line and kicked goal Near the end of the period Calao again scored and kicked another goal.

  • The Norwich bulletin's story: BROWN DEFEATED CARLISLE 20 TO IA Indians Scored All Their Points il Last Period.

    Norwich bulletin, Connecticut, November 27, 1914, page 3

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    BROWN DEFEATED CARLISLE 20 TO IA Indians Scored All Their Points il Last Period. Providence, Nov. 26.-New and ver- satile football enabled Brown to defeat Carlisle 20 to fl today. Buried under a score of 20 to 0 the Indians, fighting gamely, outplayed the home eleven decisively in the last quarter. On straight football they two marched nearly the length of the tion to carrying the ball across the goal line in both instances, kicked the goals Brown outclassed Carlisle in the first half of the game. The Brunanians uncovered a versatile attack, in which new football played an important part and had a defense that stiffened when ever Carlisle entered Browns territory Brown used the forward pass repeat edly for large gains. the ball being thrown from a kick formation several times. The first touchdown was made by the Providence team as a result of a fiuke, but the second was the outcome of good football. In the third period the Indians show ed improvement and in the last quar- ter they found themselves and the Brown line weakened somewhat by substitutions, was not able to hold against Calac’s assaults. Score by periods: Brown ..-..-.......... 2 o-2o CarllSle .....s...s..... 14-l4 Referee-M J. Thompson, George town. Umpire-Carl Marshall, liar yard. Head Linesman-Fred Bur leigh. Exeter. Time of periods, 15 minutes each. Brown scoring: Touchdowns, Orms- by. Blue, McBees: goals from touch downs, Gordon.

  • The The Wheeling intelligencer's story: CARLISLE LOSES Went Down Before Brown by Score OF 20 TO t4Hvietors Out elassed Indians.

    The Wheeling intelligencer, Wheeling, W. Va., November 27, 1914, page 7

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    CARLISLE LOSES Went Down Before Brown by Score OF 20 TO t4Hvietors Out elassed Indians. PROVIDENCE. r. I. Nov. 2s.-New and versatile foot ball enabled Brown TO defeat Carlisle. 20 to II. today. Buried under a score OF 20 TO o, the Indians. fighting gamely, out. played the home eleven decisively In the last quarter. On straight foot ball they twice marched nearly the length OF the held for touchdowns. Calac. In addition to carrying the ball across the goal line in both instances, kicked the goals. Calac was the Indians only consist ent ground gamer and his kicking was a feature. Brown outclassed Carlisle in the nrst half OF the game. The Brunonians uncovered a versatile attack. In which new foot ball played an import ant part. and had a defense that stiff fened whenever Carlisle entered Browns territory. Brown used the forward pass repeatedly for large gains. the ball being thrown from a kick formation several times. The first touchdown was made by the Providence team. as a result Of a fiuke. but the second was the outcome OF good foot ball. In the third period the Indians showed Improvement. and In the last quarter they found themselves. and the Brown line. weakened somewhat by substitutions. was not able to hold against Calac’s assaults.

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

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Our ratings (scores only)

Brown 63% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Brown leads 6–⁠3 in nine meetings, counting the one 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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