Brown vs. Holy Cross

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

1. Brown’s biggest win1977: Brown 44, Holy Cross 13by 31 points
2. Holy Cross’s biggest win1952: Holy Cross 46, Brown 0by 46 points
3. Upset1953: Brown 6, Holy Cross 0Brown had a 30% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1975: Holy Cross 21, Brown 20Holy Cross had a 31% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
5. Upset1948: Brown 14, Holy Cross 6Brown had a 31% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Brown’s side (Robinson 2–⁠0–⁠1 against Connor). 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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  1901 · New-York tribune, New York, Oct 27, 1901

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  1917 · Norwich bulletin, Oct 13, 1917

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  1928 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 4, 1928

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  1929 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 3, 1929

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  1930 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 26, 1930

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
• Holy Cross vs. Colgate67 meetings, Holy Cross 30–⁠32–⁠5
• Holy Cross vs. Dartmouth60 meetings, Holy Cross 25–⁠31–⁠4
• Holy Cross vs. Harvard57 meetings, Holy Cross 16–⁠40–⁠1
• Holy Cross vs. Boston College55 meetings, Holy Cross 19–⁠36