Army vs. Brown

Army and Brown have 8 meetings on file, the first in 1894; Army leads the series 6–⁠2 in the games on file. Over the last 8 meetings it’s Army 6–⁠2, and Army has won the last 3.

Army wins
6
Brown wins
2
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1894
Longest streak
3 Army
Current streak
3 Army
Last 10 meetings
Army 6–⁠2
Most recent
1981

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1890s3–⁠1
1940s2–⁠1
1980s1–⁠0
Average margin
25.1 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Army
6–⁠2 Army’s record at home
Shutouts
4

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Army’s biggest win1943: Army 59, Brown 0by 59 points
  2. Brown’s biggest win1894: Brown 10, Army 0by 10 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Army and Brown, 1894 on1300150017001900192019401960198020002020

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 Salt Lake herald's story of the 1895 game: Other Kickers.

    1895 · The Salt Lake herald, Salt Lake City [Utah], Nov 24, 1895

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1896 game: BROWN BEATEN BY THE CADETS. THE YOUNG SOLDIERS WIN A GLORIOUS VICTORY OYER TILE TEAM FROM RHODE ISLAND.

    1896 · New-York tribune, New York, Nov 22, 1896

  • The The sun's story of the 1897 game: EASY FOR VEST POINT. Cadets Defeat the brown University Team by az to o.

    1897 · The sun, New York [N.Y.], Nov 21, 1897

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story of the 1940 game: brown 0UTP0lNTS ARMY BY l3 TO g Sheehan Dashes IS Yards For First Score Of Game In Third Quarter

    1940 · The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, Nov 10, 1940

  • The Evening star's story of the 1943 game: Biggest Army Score Since 1913 Crushes Brown, 50 10 0

    1943 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 21, 1943

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, 1981Army 23, Brown 17at Army
Oct 7, 1944Army 59, Brown 7at Army
Nov 20, 19437Army 59, Brown 0at Army
Nov 9, 1940Brown 13, Army 9at Army
Nov 20, 1897Army 42, Brown 0at Army
Nov 21, 1896Army 8, Brown 6at Army
Nov 23, 1895Army 26, Brown 0at Army
Oct 13, 1894Brown 10, Army 0at Army

Every game is listed as played on the field.