Andover vs. Brown

Andover and Brown first met in 1891 and have played 5 times; Brown leads the series 4–⁠1. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Brown 4–⁠1, and Brown has won the last 4.

Andover wins
1
Brown wins
4
Ties
0
First meeting
1891
Longest streak
4 Brown
Current streak
4 Brown
Last 10 meetings
Brown 4–⁠1
Most recent
1897

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1890s1–⁠4
Average margin
13.6 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Andover
1–⁠4 Andover’s record at home
Shutouts
3

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Andover’s biggest win1891: Andover 26, Brown 0by 26 points
  2. Brown’s biggest win1897: Brown 20, Andover 4by 16 points
  3. Upset1891: Andover 26, Brown 0Andover had a 23% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Andover and Brown, 1891 on130015001700189519001905

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 The Portland daily press's story of the 1891 game

    1891 · The Portland daily press, Portland, Me., Oct 17, 1891

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

Oct 16, 1897Brown 20, Andover 4at Andover
Oct 20, 1894Brown 14, Andover 0at Andover
Oct 21, 1893Brown 10, Andover 0at Andover
Oct 12, 1892Brown 6, Andover 4at Andover
Oct 17, 1891Andover 26, Brown 0at Andover

Every game is listed as played on the field.