SINCE 1891
THE BROWN DAILY HERALD VOLUME CLX, ISSUE 17
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26
Brown vs. Harvard over the years The fairly uncompetitive history of a one-sided rivalry with the Crimson
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14 years. This Saturday, they’ll attempt to secure their first back-to-back win in 26 years, and after last weekend’s massacre against Georgetown, there’s reason for hope. During the Bears’ season-opening 46-0 shutout against the Hoyas, Brown flexed an electric offense and suffocating defense. It was the Bears’ largest margin of victory since 1949, and the 18th-largest margin of victory in the history of Bruno football. So after a historically strong first game of the season, the Bears will try to turn the page to a new age of competitive football this Saturday at 6 p.m. But with decades of dominance in their back pocket, the Crimson have other plans. Will Brown keep the momentum going, or was last year’s win just a fluke? It all relies on Head Coach James Perry ’00 and his seemingly revamped football squad. The storied Brown-Harvard rivalry is, admittedly, one-sided. As Perry told The Herald, Harvard’s “rival is Yale.” But this unilateral dynamic opens up an opportunity for Brown to “play this game on our terms,” Perry said. “We love it. And if they don’t view it the exact same way, that’s fine.” Below is an in-depth breakdown of the entire history of the Brown–Harvard rivalry, from 1893 to the present. 1893: In their first-ever game against Harvard, the Brown football team lost by a historic margin of 58 points while failing to put up any points of their own. The Bears’ first rival
was not Harvard, but Dartmouth, according to Brown Athletics Archivist Peter Mackie ’59. “Brown and Dartmouth were not big enough or powerful enough to compete with Harvard and Yale, so they created their own rivalry which was really, really intense,” Mackie said. But at the same time, the games between Harvard and Brown continued in 1894 with two face-offs that year — the only time the two teams have faced off twice in one regular season. The first game that year saw Bruno’s first touchdown against the Crimson after a 60yard run by quarterback William Hopkins, class of 1897. But Brown still lost the game 4-18. At the time, touchdowns had different point allowances. The second game of the year was highly anticipated by students. “All the team are anxious to meet Harvard again and will undoubtedly play a game which will not in any way lower Brown’s reputation on the football field,” The Herald wrote prior to the game. Despite high hopes, Brown lost to the Crimson yet again. A Herald contributor complained of the referee’s decisions, writing that “his most conspicuous unfair decisions were made when Harvard was most in need of them” and “even the most enthusiastic Harvard supporters exchanged knowing looks.” From 1893 to 1913, Bruno suffered 21 consecutive losses to the Crimson. No game was played between the two schools in 1904, when Harvard’s manager said Brown’s team was too strong to “play late in the season,” The Herald reported. Bruno had suffered a harrowing 0-29 loss to the Crimson the year before. In 1914, Bruno finally broke their losing streak — albeit with a tie. But the
game was dirty, and The Herald wrote that Harvard could “claim the moral victory.” To celebrate ending the losing streak, first-year students were sent to gather wood for a bonfire. The Crimson gifted the Bears the game ball, which was presented in a ceremony with thenBrown President William Faunce, class of 1880. 1916: Two years later, the Bears finally had their first victory. Running back Fritz Pollard, class of 1919 and later the first Black head coach in the NFL, helped lead Brown to its first triumph over Harvard. Pollard “changed the trajectory of Brown football,” Mackie said. At that 1916 game, the stadium was “just packed with people,” Mackie said. “Pollard ran wild in that game.” “From every point of view, Fritz Pollard was the feature player of the game,” The Herald wrote at the time. “His spectacular work on offence and defense brought the 32,000 people in the stands to their feet time and again, and it may be said with truth that without Pollard the final score would have been decidedly different.” According to Mackie, Harvard used to claim that they played their second string against Brown in the early 1900s games. “That was an issue that really rankled Brown because it had signaled they really didn’t respect us,” Mackie said. In 1917, World War I began to impact Brown football, Mackie said. No
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BY CIARA MEYER, IAN RITTER & CALEB ELLENBERG WITH LYDELL DYER On Saturday, the Brown football team will travel to Harvard Stadium, seeking their first road win against Harvard this century. As Brunonians head north on the commuter rail or I-95 to follow the Bears to Boston, they might wonder how Brown has historically performed in this storied matchup. The answer? Poorly. Last year, the Bears stunned the Crimson, stealing a game-winning touchdown in the final 30 seconds of the game to clinch their first victory against Harvard in
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claimed Etta Robb ’26, an organizer with the Defense Line Against Deportation and Police Brutality. Defense Line is coordinated by the Alliance to Mobilize Our Resistance, or AMOR — an organization that provides legal support to families of detained individuals. Robb claimed that the man was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents while he was with his son. Defense Line declined to share further information about the detained man. The detainment came one day after Mayor Brett Smiley signed an executive order affirming that the Providence Police Department would not proactively collaborate with ICE or other federal immigration agencies. The order, titled “A
game was played that year, since Harvard did not have a formal team. Bruno got their second-ever win in 1918 against a weakened Crimson. 1925: In 1925, Brown vs. Harvard was held in Providence for the first time, following the completion of Brown Stadium. Brown lost that game, breaking a three-year win streak. The stadium celebrates its 100th anniversary this season. A 30-acre athletic complex was constructed in addition to the stadium, Mackie noted. These improved facilities “put Brown on the athletic map.” In 1926, Brown had its only undefeated season — led by the “Brown Iron Men,” a group that earned its name by playing consecutive games against Yale and Dartmouth without any substitu-
Starting this week, the University will notify 48 employees that they will be laid off, University officials wrote in a Monday morning Today@Brown announcement. The move is part of the University’s efforts to reach $15 million in reductions, which will also include the elimination of 55 previously budgeted, unfilled positions, a more aggressive reduction in operating costs and an end to the University-wide hiring freeze. It remains unclear which departments will be hit by the layoffs. “The imple-
mentation of these measures will take place across a range of academic and administrative departments and offices on campus,” University Spokesperson Brian Clark wrote in an email to The Herald. The University plans to provide support to impacted employees, including severance packages and outplacement services, wrote President Christina Paxson P’19 P’MD’20, Provost Francis Doyle and Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration Sarah Latham in the announcement. Brown plans to eliminate five administrative positions across 16 of the smallest academic departments, The Herald previously reported. The financial measures came in response to a multi-million dollar
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