Brown vs. UConn

Brown and UConn have 7 meetings on file, the first in 1936; Brown leads the series 6–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 7 meetings it’s Brown 6–⁠1, and Brown has won the last 6.

Brown wins
6
UConn wins
1
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1936
Longest streak
6 Brown
Current streak
6 Brown
Last 10 meetings
Brown 6–⁠1
Most recent
1953

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1930s2–⁠1
1940s2–⁠0
1950s2–⁠0
Average margin
27.7 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Brown
6–⁠1 Brown’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 win1948: Brown 49, UConn 6by 43 points
  2. UConn’s biggest win1936: UConn 27, Brown 0by 27 points
  3. Upset1936: UConn 27, Brown 0UConn had a 14% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Brown and UConn, 1936 on130015001700194019501960197019801990200020102020

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 The Waterbury Democrat's story of the 1936 game: CONNECTICUT ii PROVIDES SHOCK TO GRID WORLD Brown Shut Ont 27-O By Christian Football Ma- 1 chine at Providence

    1936 · The Waterbury Democrat, Connecticut, Sep 28, 1936

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1947 game: FOOTBALL q SCORES

    1947 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Sep 29, 1947

  • The Evening star's story of the 1948 game: Connecticut Is Humbled .Bv Versatile Brown

    1948 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 24, 1948

  • The Evening star's story of the 1952 game: Brown Beats Connecticut |After II STRAIGHT Losses

    1952 · Evening star, Nov 9, 1952

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 7, 1953Brown 42, UConn 7at Brown
Nov 8, 1952Brown 21, UConn 13at Brown
Oct 23, 1948Brown 49, UConn 6at Brown
Sep 27, 1947Brown 33, UConn 13at Brown
Nov 18, 1939Brown 41, UConn 0at Brown
Sep 25, 1937Brown 20, UConn 0at Brown
Sep 26, 1936UConn 27, Brown 0at Brown

Every game is listed as played on the field.