Boston University vs. Brown
Boston University and Brown first met in 1897 and have played 8 times; Brown leads the series 7–0–1. Over the last 8 meetings it’s Brown 7–0. Share
- Boston University wins
- 0
- Brown wins
- 7
- Ties
- 1
- First meeting
- 1897
- Longest streak
- 7 Brown
- Current streak
- 0 tie
- Last 10 meetings
- Brown 7–0
- Most recent
- 1946
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1920s | 0–4 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 0–2 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 0–0–1 |
- Average margin
- 21.8 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Brown
- 7–0–1 Brown’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
- Brown’s biggest win1897: Brown 44, Boston University 0by 44 points
Both programs through the years
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
1897 · The daily morning journal and courier, Connecticut, Oct 11, 1897
1922 · The New York herald, Oct 29, 1922
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 26, 1946 | Brown 14, Boston University 14 | at Brown | ||
| Nov 16, 1935 | Brown 14, Boston University 0 | at Brown | ||
| Sep 29, 1934 | Brown 18, Boston University 0 | at Brown | ||
| Nov 7, 1925 | Brown 42, Boston University 6 | at Brown | ||
| Oct 18, 1924 | Brown 35, Boston University 0 | at Brown | ||
| Oct 20, 1923 | Brown 20, Boston University 3 | at Brown | ||
| Oct 28, 1922 | Brown 16, Boston University 6 | at Brown | ||
| Oct 9, 1897 | Brown 44, Boston University 0 | at Brown |
Every game is listed as played on the field.