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Brown at Holy Cross

Saturday, October 13, 1917

Brown beat Holy Cross 27–⁠6. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Brown led the series 4–⁠0–⁠1.

AwayBrown8–⁠2 in 1917
27
HomeHoly Cross0–⁠2 in 1917
6

FinalHigh 56°F, low 42°F, 0.52 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The Norwich bulletin's story: HOLY CROSS SCORED ON BROWN UNIVERSITY, Brown Won the Game by Score of 27 to 6.

    Norwich bulletin, October 13, 1917, page 3

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    HOLY CROSS SCORED ON BROWN UNIVERSITY, Brown Won the Game by Score of 27 to 6. Worcester, Mass, Oct 12-Brown university football team was scored on for the first time this year today by Holy Cross, which played it’s first game of the season, and crossed the Brown goal line for touchdown. Brown won the game by a score of 27 to s. Sum

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 60% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

The series

Every Brown–Holy Cross game

Holy Cross leads 24–⁠23–⁠2 in 49 meetings, counting the 44 since this game.

Recent meetings
2019Holy Cross 47, Brown 31
2015Brown 25, Holy Cross 24
2014Brown 27, Holy Cross 24
2012Brown 24, Holy Cross 21
2011Brown 20, Holy Cross 13
2010Holy Cross 17, Brown 13

Around this game

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Holy Cross