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Brown vs. Carlisle

Brown and Carlisle first met in 1896 and have played 9 times; Brown leads the series 6–⁠3. Over the last 9 meetings it’s Brown 6–⁠3, and Brown has won the last 2.

Brown wins
6
Carlisle wins
3
Ties
0
First meeting
1896
Longest streak
4 Brown
Current streak
2 Brown
Last 10 meetings
Brown 6–⁠3
Most recent
1915

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1890s2–⁠0
1900s1–⁠0
1910s3–⁠3
Average margin
14.6 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Brown
5–⁠3 Brown’s record at home
At Carlisle
0–⁠1 Carlisle’s record at home
Shutouts
2

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Brown’s biggest win1915: Brown 39, Carlisle 3by 36 points
  2. Carlisle’s biggest win1912: Carlisle 32, Brown 0by 32 points

Coach against coach

YearsBrownSeriesCarlisle
1910–⁠1914Edward Robinson2–⁠3Pop Warner

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Brown’s side (Robinson 2–⁠3 against Warner). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Brown and Carlisle, 1896 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 morning times's story of the 1896 game: BROWN a, CARLISLE z. Indians Routed by a Much Lighter Team. THEIR TACKLING WAS POOR Fultz and GammOns Made Large Gains-Red Men Unable to Run as Fast as Their Competitors.

    1896 · The morning times, District of Columbia, Nov 27, 1896

  • The The San Francisco call's story of the 1897 game: BROWN THE WINNER. Burly Indians CT the Carlisle Scnooi Beaten in Most Fierce Struggle.

    1897 · The San Francisco call, California, Nov 14, 1897

  • The Evening star's story of the 1909 game: VICTORY FOR BROWN. Defeat Carlisle in Spirited and Hard. Fought Game.

    1909 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 21, 1909

  • The Albuquerque morning journal's story of the 1910 game: BROWN BEATS CARLISLE INDIANS IS TO 6

    1910 · Albuquerque morning journal, Albuquerque, N.M., Nov 25, 1910

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1911 game: CARLISLE DEFEATS BROWN ThOrpe's Goals from Placement Win for the Indians. EACH TEAM HAS TOUCHDOWN Forward Pass Fails Eleven Times and Slippery Field Hampers Whites.

    1911 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Dec 1, 1911

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

Nov 27, 1915Brown 39, Carlisle 3at Brown
Nov 26, 1914Brown 20, Carlisle 14at Brown
Nov 27, 1913Carlisle 13, Brown 0at Brown
Nov 28, 1912Carlisle 32, Brown 0at Brown
Nov 30, 1911Carlisle 12, Brown 6at Brown
Nov 24, 1910Brown 15, Carlisle 6at Brown
Nov 20, 1909Brown 21, Carlisle 8at Brown
Nov 13, 1897Brown 18, Carlisle 14at Brown
Nov 26, 1896Brown 24, Carlisle 12at Carlisle

Every game is listed as played on the field.