Brown vs. Colby
Brown and Colby first met in 1898 and have played 17 times; Brown leads the series 16–1. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Brown 9–1, and Brown has won the last 9. Share
- Brown wins
- 16
- Colby wins
- 1
- Ties
- 0
- First meeting
- 1898
- Longest streak
- 9 Brown
- Current streak
- 9 Brown
- Last 10 meetings
- Brown 9–1
- Most recent
- 1936
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1900s | 5–0 | ||||||||||
| 1910s | 2–1 | ||||||||||
| 1920s | 6–0 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 2–0 |
- Average margin
- 25.7 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Brown
- 16–1 Brown’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 13
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Brown’s biggest win1905: Brown 70, Colby 0by 70 points
- Colby’s biggest win1913: Colby 10, Brown 0by 10 points
- Upset1913: Colby 10, Brown 0Colby had a 10% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
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
1901 · The Providence news, Providence [R.I.], Oct 3, 1901
1903 · The Providence news, Providence [R.I.], Oct 1, 1903
1905 · Daily Kennebec journal, Augusta, Me., Oct 12, 1905
1912 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Oct 3, 1912
1913 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Sep 28, 1913
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 21, 1936 | Brown 19, Colby 6 | at Brown | ||
| Sep 26, 1931 | Brown 22, Colby 0 | at Brown | ||
| Oct 2, 1926 | Brown 35, Colby 0 | at Brown | ||
| Oct 3, 1925 | Brown 33, Colby 0 | at Brown | ||
| Oct 4, 1924 | Brown 45, Colby 0 | at Brown | ||
| Oct 6, 1923 | Brown 33, Colby 0 | at Brown | ||
| Oct 7, 1922 | Brown 13, Colby 0 | at Brown | ||
| Oct 1, 1921 | Brown 12, Colby 7 | at Brown | ||
| Nov 24, 1917 | Brown 19, Colby 7 | at Brown | ||
| Sep 27, 1913 | Colby 10, Brown 0 | at Brown | ||
| Sep 28, 1912 | Brown 3, Colby 0 | at Brown | ||
| Oct 7, 1905 | Brown 70, Colby 0 | at Brown | ||
| Nov 12, 1904 | Brown 41, Colby 0 | at Brown | ||
| Sep 26, 1903 | Brown 23, Colby 0 | at Brown | ||
| Oct 2, 1901 | Brown 16, Colby 0 | at Brown | ||
| Sep 29, 1900 | Brown 27, Colby 0 | at Brown | ||
| Oct 12, 1898 | Brown 41, Colby 5 | at Brown |
Every game is listed as played on the field.