Brown–Rhode Island football rivalry

Brown–Rhode Island football rivalry

Brown Bears Rhode Island Rams
First meeting	September 29, 1909 Brown, 6–0
Latest meeting	October 12, 2024 Rhode Island, 31–21
Next meeting	October 4, 2025
Trophy	Governor's Cup
Statistics
Meetings total	108
All-time series	Brown leads, 73–33–2
Trophy series	Rhode Island leads, 23–19
Largest victory	Brown, 55–6 (1947)
Longest win streak	Brown, 23 (1909–1934)
Current win streak	Rhode Island, 6 (2018–present)

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Rhode Island

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Locations of Brown and Rhode Island

2021 Governor's Cup, September 18

Governor Daniel McKee with URI president Marc Parlange and Brown president Christina Paxson

The teams meet after the game

The Brown–Rhode Island football rivalry is an American college football rivalry^[1][2] between the Brown Bears and Rhode Island Rams.

History

They have met 107 times. They have played annually since 1909, except for 1918, 1923–24, 1943–45, 1992, and 2020. Since 1981, the Governor's Cup is given to the winner of the game. The Brown-Rhode Island game is played in late September or early October, and the venue alternates between Brown Stadium and Meade Stadium. Brown leads the series 73–33–2, but since the introduction of the Governor's Cup, the series is much closer, with Rhode Island leading 23–19.^[3][4]

Game results

Brown victories

Rhode Island victories

Tie games

No. Date Location Winner Score 1 September 29, 1909 Providence Brown 6–0 2 October 5, 1910 Providence Brown 5–0 3 October 4, 1911 Providence Brown 12–0 4 October 5, 1912 Providence Brown 14–0 5 October 4, 1913 Providence Brown 19–0 6 October 3, 1914 Providence Brown 20–0 7 September 25, 1915 Providence Brown 38–0 8 September 30, 1916 Providence Brown 18–0 9 September 29, 1917 Providence Brown 27–0 10 September 27, 1919 Providence Brown 27–0 11 September 25, 1920 Providence Brown 25–0 12 September 24, 1921 Providence Brown 6–0 13 September 30, 1922 Providence Brown 27–0 14 September 26, 1925 Providence Brown 33–0 15 September 25, 1926 Providence Brown 14–0 16 September 24, 1927 Providence Brown 27–0 17 November 24, 1928 Providence Brown 33–7 18 October 5, 1929 Providence Brown 14–6 19 September 27, 1930 Providence Brown 7–0 20 October 3, 1931 Providence Brown 18–0 21 October 1, 1932 Providence Brown 19–0 22 October 7, 1933 Providence Brown 26–0 23 October 6, 1934 Providence Brown 13–0 24 October 5, 1935 Providence Rhode Island 13–7 25 October 3, 1936 Providence Brown 7–6 26 October 2, 1937 Providence Brown 13–6 27 October 22, 1938 Providence Brown 40–21 28 September 30, 1939 Providence Brown 34–0 29 October 5, 1940 Providence Brown 20–17 30 October 11, 1941 Providence Brown 14–7 31 October 3, 1942 Providence Brown 28–0 32 October 12, 1946 Providence Brown 29–0 33 October 11, 1947 Providence Brown 55–6 34 October 9, 1948 Providence Brown 33–0 35 October 8, 1949 Providence Brown 46–0 36 October 14, 1950 Providence Brown 55–13 37 October 13, 1951 Providence Brown 20–13 38 October 11, 1952 Providence Rhode Island 7–6 39 October 10, 1953 Providence Rhode Island 19–13 40 October 9, 1954 Providence Brown 35–0 41 October 22, 1955 Providence Rhode Island 19–7 42 October 27, 1956 Providence Brown 27–7 43 October 26, 1957 Providence Brown 21–7 44 October 25, 1958 Providence Brown 47–6 45 October 24, 1959 Providence Brown 6–0 46 October 22, 1960 Providence Brown 36–14 47 October 28, 1961 Providence Rhode Island 12–9 48 October 27, 1962 Providence Tie 12–12 49 October 26, 1963 Providence Brown 33–7 50 October 24, 1964 Providence Brown 30–14 51 September 25, 1965 Providence Rhode Island 14–6 52 September 24, 1966 Providence Brown 40–14 53 September 30, 1967 Providence Rhode Island 12–8 54 September 28, 1968 Providence Brown 10–9 55 September 27, 1969 Providence Brown 21–0 No. Date Location Winner Score 56 September 26, 1970 Providence Brown 21–14 57 September 25, 1971 Providence Rhode Island 34–21 58 September 30, 1972 Providence Rhode Island 21–17 59 September 29, 1973 Providence Tie 20–20 60 September 28, 1974 Providence Brown 45–15 61 September 27, 1975 Providence Brown 41–20 62 September 25, 1976 Providence Brown 3–0 63 September 24, 1977 Providence Brown 28–10 64 September 30, 1978 Providence Rhode Island 17–3 65 September 29, 1979 Providence Brown 31–13 66 November 27, 1980 Providence Brown 9–3 67 November 7, 1981 Kingston Brown 10–8 68 September 25, 1982 Providence Brown 24–20 69 September 24, 1983 Providence Rhode Island 30–16 70 September 29, 1984 Providence Rhode Island 34–13 71 September 28, 1985 Providence Brown 32–27 72 September 27, 1986 Kingston Brown 27–7 73 September 26, 1987 Providence Brown 17–15 74 September 24, 1988 Kingston Rhode Island 17–10 75 September 30, 1989 Providence Rhode Island 18–13 76 September 22, 1990 Kingston Rhode Island 23–3 77 October 5, 1991 Providence Rhode Island 38–36 78 October 2, 1993 Providence Rhode Island 30–7 79 September 24, 1994 Kingston Brown 32–29 80 September 23, 1995 Providence Brown 31–28 81 September 28, 1996 Kingston Rhode Island 28–13 82 October 18, 1997 Providence Brown 23–15 83 October 3, 1998 Kingston Rhode Island 44–16 84 October 16, 1999 Providence Brown 27–25 85 September 30, 2000 Kingston Brown 29–19 86 September 29, 2001 Providence Rhode Island 42–38 87 October 5, 2002 Kingston Rhode Island 38–28 88 October 4, 2003 Providence Rhode Island 27–9 89 October 2, 2004 Kingston Brown 20–13 90 October 1, 2005 Providence Brown 45–35 91 September 30, 2006 Kingston Rhode Island 28–21 92 September 29, 2007 Providence Rhode Island 49–42 93 October 4, 2008 Kingston Rhode Island 37–13 94 October 3, 2009 Providence Brown 28–20 95 October 2, 2010 Kingston Rhode Island 27–24 96 October 1, 2011 Providence Brown 35–21 97 October 6, 2012 Kingston Brown 17–7 98 October 5, 2013 Providence Brown 31–14 99 October 4, 2014 Kingston Brown 20–13 100 October 3, 2015 Providence Brown 41–31 101 October 1, 2016 Kingston Rhode Island 28–13 102 September 30, 2017 Providence Brown 24–21 103 October 6, 2018 Kingston Rhode Island 48–0 104 October 5, 2019 Providence Rhode Island 31–28 105 September 18, 2021 Providence Rhode Island 45–24 106 October 1, 2022 Kingston Rhode Island 38–10 107 October 7, 2023 Providence Rhode Island 34–30 108 October 12, 2024 Kingston Rhode Island 31–21 Series: Brown leads 73–33–2

See also

• List of NCAA college football rivalry games
• List of most-played college football series in NCAA Division I

References

1. Swiss, Matt (September 30, 2011). "First and 10: URI/Brown Game One of College Football's Best Rivalries". University of Rhode Island Athletics. Retrieved October 24, 2018.
2. Koch, Bill (September 29, 2017). "URI looking to retain Governor's Cup against Brown on Saturday night". Providence Journal. Retrieved October 24, 2018. The Governor's Cup is officially a rivalry once again, with the nail finally switching roles and becoming the hammer.
3. "Priore throws for 4 TDs as Rhode Island rolls Brown 48–0". ESPN.com. Associated Press. October 6, 2018. Retrieved October 16, 2018.
4. Whittingham, Richard (2001). Rites of Autumn: The Story of College Football. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9780743222198.