Brown vs. Wesleyan (CT)
Brown and Wesleyan (CT) first met in 1890 and have played 14 times; Brown leads the series 12–2. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Brown 9–1, and Brown has won the last 3. Share
- Brown wins
- 12
- Wesleyan (CT) wins
- 2
- Ties
- 0
- First meeting
- 1890
- Longest streak
- 9 Brown
- Current streak
- 3 Brown
- Last 10 meetings
- Brown 9–1
- Most recent
- 1941
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5–1 | ||||||||||
| 1900s | 4–0 | ||||||||||
| 1910s | 1–1 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 2–0 |
- Average margin
- 14.4 points; 5 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Brown
- 11–1 Brown’s record at home
- At Wesleyan (CT)
- 1–1 Wesleyan (CT)‘s record at home
- Shutouts
- 8
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Brown’s biggest win1940: Brown 41, Wesleyan (CT) 0by 41 points
- Wesleyan (CT)‘s biggest win1890: Wesleyan (CT) 34, Brown 6by 28 points
- Upset1912: Wesleyan (CT) 7, Brown 6Wesleyan (CT) had a 10% 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
1895 · The morning times, District of Columbia, Nov 7, 1895
1902 · The daily Republican, Oct 6, 1902
1903 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Oct 4, 1903
1904 · The Providence news, Providence [R.I.], Oct 13, 1904
1906 · The Washington times, District of Columbia, Oct 7, 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
| Sep 27, 1941 | Brown 20, Wesleyan (CT) 6 | at Brown | ||
| Sep 28, 1940 | Brown 41, Wesleyan (CT) 0 | at Wesleyan (CT) | ||
| Oct 17, 1914 | Brown 16, Wesleyan (CT) 0 | at Brown | ||
| Oct 12, 1912 | Wesleyan (CT) 7, Brown 6 | at Brown | ||
| Oct 6, 1906 | Brown 17, Wesleyan (CT) 0 | at Brown | ||
| Oct 12, 1904 | Brown 12, Wesleyan (CT) 0 | at Brown | ||
| Oct 3, 1903 | Brown 11, Wesleyan (CT) 0 | at Brown | ||
| Oct 4, 1902 | Brown 5, Wesleyan (CT) 0 | at Brown | ||
| Nov 27, 1897 | Brown 12, Wesleyan (CT) 4 | at Brown | ||
| Oct 6, 1897 | Brown 24, Wesleyan (CT) 12 | at Brown | ||
| Nov 2, 1895 | Brown 10, Wesleyan (CT) 5 | at Brown | ||
| Oct 24, 1894 | Brown 26, Wesleyan (CT) 0 | at Brown | ||
| Nov 19, 1892 | Brown 6, Wesleyan (CT) 0 | at Brown | ||
| Nov 22, 1890 | Wesleyan (CT) 34, Brown 6 | at Wesleyan (CT) |
Every game is listed as played on the field.