Brown vs. Vermont

Brown and Vermont first met in 1902 and have played 16 times; Brown leads the series 15–⁠0–⁠1. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Brown 10–⁠0, and Brown has won the last 15.

Brown wins
15
Vermont wins
0
Ties
1
First meeting
1902
Longest streak
15 Brown
Current streak
15 Brown
Last 10 meetings
Brown 10–⁠0
Most recent
1920

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s7–⁠0–⁠1
1910s7–⁠0
1920s1–⁠0
Average margin
24.8 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Brown
15–⁠0–⁠1 Brown’s record at home
Shutouts
13

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Brown’s biggest win1905: Brown 56, Vermont 0by 56 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Brown and Vermont, 1902 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 The Providence news's story of the 1902 game: Brown and University Of Vermont Play a Tie Game Yes erday on Andrews Field Miss Browne||, Agawam Club, Won Her Match in PreIiminar eS at BroOk|ine.

    1902 · The Providence news, Providence [R.I.], Oct 2, 1902

  • The Bisbee daily review's story of the 1903 game: Eastern Football.

    1903 · Bisbee daily review, Nov 8, 1903

  • The Herald and news's story of the 1904 game: Harvard oowned BY Penn.

    1904 · Herald and news, West Randolph, Vt., Nov 3, 1904

  • The Daily Kennebec journal's story of the 1905 game: BY LARGE SCORE Brown Easily Defeats Vermont at Providence-Score, Sc to O.

    1905 · Daily Kennebec journal, Augusta, Me., Nov 20, 1905

  • The The Brunswick news's story of the 1906 game: BIC TEAMS FOUGHT FOR A VICTORY But TIED NEITHER PRINCETON OR YALE COULD SCORE I'M BIG FOOT BALL GAME-RESULTS IN 9TH. ER COLLEGE GAMES.

    1906 · The Brunswick news, Brunswick, Ga., Nov 18, 1906

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

Oct 30, 1920Brown 35, Vermont 0at Brown
Nov 4, 1916Brown 42, Vermont 0at Brown
Oct 30, 1915Brown 46, Vermont 0at Brown
Oct 31, 1914Brown 12, Vermont 9at Brown
Nov 1, 1913Brown 19, Vermont 0at Brown
Nov 2, 1912Brown 12, Vermont 7at Brown
Nov 18, 1911Brown 6, Vermont 0at Brown
Nov 12, 1910Brown 50, Vermont 0at Brown
Nov 13, 1909Brown 17, Vermont 0at Brown
Nov 14, 1908Brown 12, Vermont 0at Brown
Nov 16, 1907Brown 36, Vermont 0at Brown
Nov 17, 1906Brown 12, Vermont 0at Brown
Nov 18, 1905Brown 56, Vermont 0at Brown
Oct 29, 1904Brown 33, Vermont 0at Brown
Nov 7, 1903Brown 24, Vermont 0at Brown
Oct 1, 1902Brown 0, Vermont 0at Brown

Every game is listed as played on the field.