Brown–Princeton football rivalry

Brown–Princeton football rivalry

Brown Bears Princeton Tigers
First meeting	October 29, 1898 Princeton 23, Brown 0
Latest meeting	October 14, 2017 Princeton 53, Brown 0
Next meeting	TBA

The Brown–Princeton football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Brown Bears and Princeton Tigers. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Princeton won the first five games, played from 1898 to 1903. ^{[1] [4] [5] [6]} Princeton won national championship in three of those five years and defeated Brown by a combined total of 122 to 11. The 1899 Princeton team shut out 10 of its 13 opponents, with Brown one of only three teams to score against the Tigers. ^[7]

After a 25-year hiatus, the series resumed in 1929. Brown won three consecutive games from 1929 to 1931, ^{[8] [9]} becoming the first team in history to win three consecutive games against Princeton. ^[1]

The series has been an annual match since 1946, as both teams became members of the Ivy League in 1946. ^[2] Princeton's longest winning streak in the series was 18 games, running from 1955 to 1972. Brown's longest winning streak was eight games, running from 1973 to 1980.

The series has been competitive in the 21st century, with Princeton winning ten games and Brown winning eight games.

Game results

Brown victories

Princeton victories

No. Date Location Winner Score 1 October 29, 1898 Princeton, NJ Princeton 23–0 2 November 4, 1899 Princeton, NJ Princeton 18–6 3 October 27, 1900 Providence, RI Princeton 17–5 4 October 19, 1901 Princeton, NJ Princeton 35–0 5 October 10, 1903 Providence, RI Princeton 29–0 6 October 12, 1929 Princeton, NJ Brown 13–12 7 October 11, 1930 Princeton, NJ Brown 7–0 8 October 10, 1931 Princeton, NJ Brown 19–7 9 November 4, 1933 Providence, RI Princeton 33–0 10 October 28, 1939 Princeton, NJ Princeton 26–12 11 October 24, 1942 Princeton, NJ Princeton 32–13 12 October 16, 1943 Princeton, NJ Brown 28–20 13 October 5, 1946 Princeton, NJ Princeton 33–12 14 September 30, 1947 Princeton, NJ Princeton 21–7 15 October 2, 1948 Princeton, NJ Brown 23–20 16 October 15, 1949 Princeton, NJ Princeton 27–14 17 October 21, 1950 Providence, RI Princeton 34–0 18 November 3, 1951 Princeton, NJ Princeton 12–0 19 November 1, 1952 Princeton, NJ Princeton 39–0 20 October 31, 1953 Princeton, NJ Princeton 27–13 21 October 16, 1954 Providence, RI Brown 21–20 22 October 29, 1955 Princeton, NJ Princeton 14–7 23 November 3, 1956 Princeton, NJ Princeton 21–7 24 November 2, 1957 Providence, RI Princeton 7–0 25 November 1, 1958 Princeton, NJ Princeton 28–18 26 October 31, 1959 Princeton, NJ Princeton 7–0 27 October 29, 1960 Princeton, NJ Princeton 54–21 28 November 4, 1961 Providence, RI Princeton 52–0 29 November 3, 1962 Princeton, NJ Princeton 28–12 30 November 2, 1963 Princeton, NJ Princeton 34–13 31 October 31, 1964 Providence, RI Princeton 14–0 32 October 30, 1965 Princeton, NJ Princeton 45–27 33 October 29, 1966 Providence, RI Princeton 24–7 34 November 4, 1967 Princeton, NJ Princeton 48–14 35 November 2, 1968 Providence, RI Princeton 50–7 36 November 1, 1969 Princeton, NJ Princeton 33–6 37 October 31, 1970 Providence, RI Princeton 45–14 38 October 30, 1971 Princeton, NJ Princeton 49–21 39 November 4, 1972 Princeton, NJ Princeton 31–10 40 November 3, 1973 Princeton, NJ Brown 7–6 41 November 2, 1974 Providence, RI Brown 17–13 42 November 1, 1975 Princeton, NJ Brown 24–16 43 October 2, 1976 Princeton, NJ Brown 13–7 No. Date Location Winner Score 44 October 1, 1977 Providence, RI Brown 10–7 45 October 7, 1978 Princeton, NJ Brown 44–16 46 October 6, 1979 Providence, RI Brown 31–12 47 October 4, 1980 Princeton, NJ Brown 28–11 48 October 3, 1981 Providence, RI Princeton 20–17 49 October 2, 1982 Princeton, NJ Princeton 28–23 50 October 1, 1983 Providence, RI Princeton 27–16 51 October 6, 1984 Princeton, NJ Brown 32–30 52 October 5, 1985 Providence, RI Brown 17–0 53 October 4, 1986 Princeton, NJ Brown 24–10 54 October 3, 1987 Providence, RI Brown 13–7 55 October 1, 1988 Princeton, NJ Princeton 31–27 56 October 7, 1989 Providence, RI Princeton 38–15 57 October 6, 1990 Princeton, NJ Princeton 27–23 58 October 12, 1991 Providence, RI Princeton 59–37 59 October 10, 1992 Princeton, NJ Princeton 28–14 60 October 9, 1993 Providence, RI Princeton 34–16 61 October 8, 1994 Princeton, NJ Princeton 31–10 62 October 7, 1995 Providence, RI Princeton 21–19 63 October 12, 1996 Princeton, NJ Brown 27–23 64 October 11, 1997 Providence, RI Princeton 30–13 65 October 10, 1998 Princeton, NJ Princeton 31–17 66 October 9, 1999 Providence, RI Brown 53–30 67 October 14, 2000 Princeton, NJ Princeton 55–28 68 October 13, 2001 Providence, RI Brown 35–24 69 October 19, 2002 Princeton, NJ Princeton 16–14 70 October 18, 2003 Providence, RI Princeton 34–14 71 October 16, 2004 Princeton, NJ Princeton 24–10 72 October 15, 2005 Providence, RI Brown 31–28 73 October 14, 2006 Princeton, NJ Princeton 17–3 74 October 13, 2007 Providence, RI Brown 33–24 75 October 18, 2008 Princeton, NJ Brown 31–10 76 October 17, 2009 Providence, RI Brown 34–17 77 October 16, 2010 Princeton, NJ Brown 17–13 78 October 15, 2011 Providence, RI Brown 34–0 79 October 13, 2012 Princeton, NJ Princeton 19–0 80 October 19, 2013 Providence, RI Princeton 39–17 81 October 18, 2014 Princeton, NJ Princeton 27–16 82 October 17, 2015 Providence, RI Brown 38–31 83 October 15, 2016 Princeton, NJ Princeton 31–7 84 October 14, 2017 Providence, RI Princeton 53–0 Series: Princeton leads 56–28

See also

• List of NCAA college football rivalry games

References

1. "Tigers Slated To Travel". The Courier-News. October 18, 1950 – via Newspapers.com. The Brown-Princeton rivalry has been a nip-and-tuck proposition in the "modern era" and the Tiger's ll-to-5 bulge in the all-time standings is only attributed to the five straight wins Princeton scored between 1898 and 1903. 
2. "Princeton-Brown To Write History". The Courier-News. October 2, 1946. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com. A new chapter in the history of intercollegiate football will be started next Saturday at Palmer Stadium in Princeton as the Princeton Tigers and the Brown Bears, intermittent rivals since 1898, play the first Ivy Group contest scheduled since the presidents of eight of the nation's oldest educational Institutions drafted the Ivy Group Agreement a year ago. 
3. "Close Game Expected at Palmer Stadium". The Courier-News. October 30, 1953. p. 26 – via Newspapers.com. Tomorrow's game, the 20th in the Brown-Princton rivalry, falls within two days of the 55th anniversary of the series' inception. 
4. "Princeton Defeats Brown". The New York Times. October 30, 1898. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com. 
5. "Princeton, 35; Brown, 0". New York Daily Tribune. October 20, 1901 – via Newspapers.com. 
6. "Princeton 29, Brown 0". The Boston Globe. October 11, 1903. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com. 
7. "Princeton 18, Brown 6". The Boston Globe. November 5, 1899. p. 21. 
8. "Scrappy Brown Eleven Defeats Princeton, 7-0". The Minneapolis Tribune. October 12, 1930. p. 31 – via Newspapers.com. 
9. "Bears Wallop Tiger, 19-7, for 3d Time". Daily News (New York). October 11, 1931 – via Newspapers.com.