Boston College vs. Brown

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

1. Brown’s biggest win1945: Brown 51, Boston College 6by 45 points

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Boston College’s side (Dunlop 0–⁠3 against Robinson). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

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.

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  1899 · The Worcester spy, Worcester, Mass., Nov 19, 1899

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  1901 · The Providence news, Providence [R.I.], Sep 30, 1901

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  1917 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Oct 21, 1917

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  1945 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Oct 8, 1945

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 is listed as played on the field.

• Boston College vs. Syracuse59 meetings, Boston College 25–⁠34
• Boston College vs. Holy Cross55 meetings, Boston College 36–⁠19
• Boston College vs. Villanova42 meetings, Boston College 27–⁠14–⁠1
• Boston College vs. Army39 meetings, Boston College 26–⁠13
• Brown vs. Yale108 meetings, Brown 25–⁠79–⁠4
• Brown vs. Harvard104 meetings, Brown 24–⁠78–⁠2
• Brown vs. Rhode Island90 meetings, Brown 65–⁠23–⁠2
• Brown vs. Dartmouth81 meetings, Brown 24–⁠54–⁠3