Brown vs. Norwich

Brown and Norwich first met in 1906 and have played 8 times; Brown leads the series 8–⁠0. Over the last 8 meetings it’s Brown 8–⁠0, and Brown has won the last 8.

Brown wins
8
Norwich wins
0
Ties
0
First meeting
1906
Longest streak
8 Brown
Current streak
8 Brown
Last 10 meetings
Brown 8–⁠0
Most recent
1929

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s2–⁠0
1910s4–⁠0
1920s2–⁠0
Average margin
27.8 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Brown
8–⁠0 Brown’s record at home
Shutouts
5

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Brown’s biggest win1929: Brown 66, Norwich 6by 60 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Brown and Norwich, 1906 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 1912 game: BROWN BEATS NORWICH Winners Rely Chiefly on Old Style, Straight Football. LOSERS GOOD IN OPEN PLAY Mystify Opponents by Trick Plays, but Fail to Score at Critical Points.

    1912 · New-York tribune, New York, Nov 24, 1912

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1914 game: LEADING TEN RUN GETTERs. EASY GAME FOR BROWN Defeats Norwich by a Free Use of Open Play.

    1914 · New-York tribune, Sep 27, 1914

  • The The sun's story of the 1919 game: BROWN SUBS BEAT NORWICH BY 20 TO 0 New Star Quarterback Uncov- cred in "Curly" Oden- Herriott Breaks Leg.

    1919 · The sun, New York, Oct 26, 1919

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 16, 1929Brown 66, Norwich 6at Brown
Nov 6, 1926Brown 27, Norwich 0at Brown
Oct 25, 1919Brown 20, Norwich 0at Brown
Sep 26, 1914Brown 24, Norwich 0at Brown
Nov 23, 1912Brown 21, Norwich 7at Brown
Sep 24, 1910Brown 31, Norwich 0at Brown
Oct 5, 1907Brown 24, Norwich 0at Brown
Oct 27, 1906Brown 26, Norwich 4at Brown

Every game is listed as played on the field.