Brown vs. Columbia

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

1. Brown’s biggest win1965: Brown 51, Columbia 7by 44 points
2. Columbia’s biggest win1961: Columbia 50, Brown 0by 50 points
3. Upset1937: Brown 7, Columbia 6Brown had a 17% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset2019: Brown 48, Columbia 24Brown had a 18% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
5. Upset1959: Columbia 21, Brown 6Columbia had a 18% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Brown’s side (McLaughry 4–⁠3–⁠1 against Little). 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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  1902 · The sun, New York [N.Y.], Nov 9, 1902

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  1919 · Norwich bulletin, Connecticut, Nov 28, 1919

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  1930 · The Daily Alaska empire, Nov 17, 1930

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  1932 · Evening star, Nov 13, 1932

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  1937 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 24, 1937

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.

• 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
• Columbia vs. Cornell91 meetings, Columbia 36–⁠52–⁠3
• Columbia vs. Pennsylvania84 meetings, Columbia 22–⁠61–⁠1
• Columbia vs. Yale81 meetings, Columbia 17–⁠62–⁠2
• Columbia vs. Princeton74 meetings, Columbia 12–⁠61–⁠1