Brown vs. Tufts
Brown and Tufts first met in 1891 and have played 25 times; Brown leads the series 23–2. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Brown 10–0, and Brown has won the last 23. Share
- Brown wins
- 23
- Tufts wins
- 2
- Ties
- 0
- First meeting
- 1891
- Longest streak
- 23 Brown
- Current streak
- 23 Brown
- Last 10 meetings
- Brown 10–0
- Most recent
- 1944
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 6–2 | ||||||||||
| 1900s | 3–0 | ||||||||||
| 1910s | 2–0 | ||||||||||
| 1920s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 7–0 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 4–0 |
- Average margin
- 25.7 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Brown
- 23–2 Brown’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 10
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Brown’s biggest win1938: Brown 48, Tufts 0by 48 points
- Tufts’s biggest win1891: Tufts 34, Brown 12by 22 points
- Upset1891: Tufts 34, Brown 12Tufts had a 22% 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
1893 · The Providence news, Providence [R.I.], Nov 24, 1893
1895 · The Topeka state journal, Topeka, Kansas, Oct 16, 1895
1899 · The Providence news, Providence [R.I.], Oct 5, 1899
1904 · The Providence news, Providence [R.I.], Nov 3, 1904
1910 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Oct 30, 1910
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 30, 1944 | Brown 44, Tufts 0 | at Brown | ||
| Sep 25, 1943 | Brown 35, Tufts 6 | at Brown | ||
| Oct 18, 1941 | Brown 28, Tufts 6 | at Brown | ||
| Oct 19, 1940 | Brown 26, Tufts 6 | at Brown | ||
| Nov 4, 1939 | Brown 54, Tufts 7 | at Brown | ||
| Oct 29, 1938 | Brown 48, Tufts 0 | at Brown | ||
| Oct 30, 1937 | Brown 19, Tufts 0 | at Brown | ||
| Oct 31, 1936 | Brown 38, Tufts 7 | at Brown | ||
| Oct 22, 1932 | Brown 11, Tufts 0 | at Brown | ||
| Oct 17, 1931 | Brown 33, Tufts 12 | at Brown | ||
| Nov 8, 1930 | Brown 32, Tufts 7 | at Brown | ||
| Oct 27, 1928 | Brown 19, Tufts 13 | at Brown | ||
| Nov 4, 1911 | Brown 30, Tufts 0 | at Brown | ||
| Oct 29, 1910 | Brown 27, Tufts 9 | at Brown | ||
| Nov 2, 1904 | Brown 41, Tufts 0 | at Brown | ||
| Nov 5, 1902 | Brown 45, Tufts 12 | at Brown | ||
| Nov 10, 1900 | Brown 26, Tufts 5 | at Brown | ||
| Oct 4, 1899 | Brown 6, Tufts 0 | at Brown | ||
| Oct 5, 1898 | Brown 29, Tufts 6 | at Brown | ||
| Sep 25, 1897 | Brown 24, Tufts 0 | at Brown | ||
| Oct 12, 1895 | Brown 28, Tufts 0 | at Brown | ||
| Oct 31, 1894 | Brown 30, Tufts 0 | at Brown | ||
| Nov 18, 1893 | Brown 30, Tufts 6 | at Brown | ||
| Oct 22, 1892 | Tufts 24, Brown 4 | at Brown | ||
| Nov 26, 1891 | Tufts 34, Brown 12 | at Brown |
Every game is listed as played on the field.