Brown vs. Springfield
Brown and Springfield first met in 1902 and have played 11 times; Brown leads the series 7–2–2. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Brown 6–2. Share
- Brown wins
- 7
- Springfield wins
- 2
- Ties
- 2
- First meeting
- 1902
- Longest streak
- 3 Brown
- Current streak
- 1 Brown
- Last 10 meetings
- Brown 6–2
- Most recent
- 1954
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 1–0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1910s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1920s | 1–1–1 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 3–1 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 1–0 |
- Average margin
- 11.5 points; 4 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Brown
- 7–1–2 Brown’s record at home
- At Springfield
- 1–0 Springfield’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
- Brown’s biggest win1954: Brown 40, Springfield 7by 33 points
- Springfield’s biggest win1935: Springfield 20, Brown 0by 20 points
- Upset1929: Springfield 14, Brown 6Springfield had a 16% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1935: Springfield 20, Brown 0Springfield had a 21% 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
1913 · Bisbee daily review, Oct 26, 1913
1921 · Daily Kennebec journal, Augusta, Me., Oct 24, 1921
1932 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 9, 1932
1933 · The Washington times, Oct 16, 1933
1935 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 13, 1935
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 6, 1954 | Brown 40, Springfield 7 | at Brown | ||
| Oct 12, 1935 | Springfield 20, Brown 0 | at Brown | ||
| Nov 3, 1934 | Brown 13, Springfield 7 | at Brown | ||
| Oct 14, 1933 | Brown 13, Springfield 6 | at Brown | ||
| Oct 8, 1932 | Brown 13, Springfield 6 | at Brown | ||
| Sep 28, 1929 | Springfield 14, Brown 6 | at Springfield | ||
| Oct 22, 1921 | Brown 0, Springfield 0 | at Brown | ||
| Oct 23, 1920 | Brown 14, Springfield 0 | at Brown | ||
| Oct 25, 1913 | Brown 26, Springfield 6 | at Brown | ||
| Nov 21, 1903 | Brown 6, Springfield 6 | at Brown | ||
| Nov 15, 1902 | Brown 11, Springfield 0 | at Brown |
Every game is listed as played on the field.