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Amherst vs. Brown

Amherst and Brown first met in 1878 and have played 11 times; Brown leads the series 6–⁠4–⁠1. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Brown 6–⁠3.

Amherst wins
4
Brown wins
6
Ties
1
First meeting
1878
Longest streak
3 Brown
Current streak
1 Amherst
Last 10 meetings
Brown 6–⁠3
Most recent
1953

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1870s1–⁠0
1890s0–⁠1
1900s1–⁠2
1910s1–⁠1–⁠1
1920s0–⁠1
1930s0–⁠1
1950s1–⁠0
Average margin
15.3 points; 5 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Amherst
1–⁠0 Amherst’s record at home
At Brown
6–⁠3–⁠1 Brown’s record at home
Shutouts
7

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Amherst’s biggest win1915: Amherst 7, Brown 0by 7 points
  2. Brown’s biggest win1916: Brown 69, Amherst 0by 69 points
  3. Upset1878: Amherst 1, Brown 0Amherst had a 12% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1953: Amherst 7, Brown 6Amherst had a 21% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  5. Upset1915: Amherst 7, Brown 0Amherst had a 23% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Amherst and Brown, 1878 on13001500170018801900192019401960198020002020

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

From the newspapers

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1904 game: BROWN LOSES TO AMHERST, s TO O. Providence Team Weakens at End-shat- tuck's Good Runs.

    1904 · New-York tribune, New York, Oct 23, 1904

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1907 game: BROWN WINS EASILY. amherst No Match for Providence Team ON Muddy Field.

    1907 · New-York tribune, Nov 24, 1907

  • The Rock Island Argus's story of the 1909 game: FOOTBALL RESULTS Saturday.

    1909 · Rock Island Argus, Rock Island, Ill., Oct 11, 1909

  • The Evening star's story of the 1914 game: PLAY scoRELEss TIE. Brown and Amherst Have Fierce Struggle Without Result.

    1914 · Evening star, Oct 11, 1914

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1915 game: AMHERST'S SPEED DEFEATS BROWN Heavy Providence Team Kept from Tie by Touch down and Goal.

    1915 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Oct 10, 1915

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 earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

Every game

Sep 26, 1953Amherst 7, Brown 6at Brown
Oct 7, 1939Brown 20, Amherst 14at Brown
Oct 2, 1920Brown 13, Amherst 0at Brown
Oct 14, 1916Brown 69, Amherst 0at Brown
Oct 9, 1915Amherst 7, Brown 0at Amherst
Oct 10, 1914Brown 0, Amherst 0at Brown
Oct 9, 1909Brown 10, Amherst 0at Brown
Nov 23, 1907Brown 18, Amherst 0at Brown
Oct 19, 1904Amherst 5, Brown 0at Brown
Oct 10, 1896Brown 44, Amherst 6at Brown
Oct 26, 1878Amherst 1, Brown 0at Brown

Every game is listed as played on the field.