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Brown vs. Lafayette

Brown and Lafayette first met in 1901 and have played 8 times; Brown leads the series 5–⁠3. Over the last 8 meetings it’s Brown 5–⁠3, and Brown has won the last 5.

Brown wins
5
Lafayette wins
3
Ties
0
First meeting
1901
Longest streak
5 Brown
Current streak
5 Brown
Last 10 meetings
Brown 5–⁠3
Most recent
1964

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s0–⁠3
1910s1–⁠0
1930s1–⁠0
1940s2–⁠0
1960s1–⁠0
Average margin
9.9 points; 4 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Brown
4–⁠2 Brown’s record at home
At Lafayette
1–⁠1 Lafayette’s record at home
Shutouts
3

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Brown’s biggest win1938: Brown 20, Lafayette 0by 20 points
  2. Lafayette’s biggest win1901: Lafayette 11, Brown 6by 5 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Brown and Lafayette, 1901 on130015001700192019401960198020002020

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 New-York tribune's story of the 1902 game: LAFAYETTE DEFEATS BROWN. THE VICTORY WON BY ONE POINT LOST By PROVIDENCE CAPTAIN IN MISSING GOAL

    1902 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Nov 2, 1902

  • The The Washington times's story of the 1908 game: LAFAYETTE WINS OVER BROWN TEAM Captain McCaa Enables Eleven to Add Victory by His Drop kicking.

    1908 · The Washington times, Washington [D.C.], Oct 25, 1908

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1912 game: CRIMSON FRESHMEN WIN TRIUMPH FOR BROWN Lafayette Beaten in an Almost FeatureIeSS Game.

    1912 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Nov 17, 1912

  • The Evening star's story of the 1938 game: BROWN SCORES AGAIN Trims Lafayette, 900, to Remain Undefeated-Hall Stars.

    1938 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 9, 1938

  • The Evening star's story of the 1942 game: Margarita's 64-Yard Run Brings Brown 7-to-0 Triumph Score in Final Period Conquers Lafayette, Nets Third Straight

    1942 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 18, 1942

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

Sep 26, 1964Brown 20, Lafayette 3at Brown
Oct 17, 1942Brown 7, Lafayette 0at Brown
Oct 25, 1941Brown 13, Lafayette 0at Lafayette
Oct 8, 1938Brown 20, Lafayette 0at Brown
Nov 16, 1912Brown 21, Lafayette 7at Brown
Oct 24, 1908Lafayette 8, Brown 6at Brown
Nov 1, 1902Lafayette 6, Brown 5at Lafayette
Nov 9, 1901Lafayette 11, Brown 6at Brown

Every game is listed as played on the field.