Bucknell at Rutgers
Saturday, November 25, 1922 Share
Bucknell beat Rutgers 20–13. It was their first meeting; after it, Bucknell led the series 1–0.
FinalHigh 44°F, low 32°F
In the newspapers

New-York tribune, New York, November 26, 1922, page 18
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Bucknell’s Early Lead Gives Victory Over Rutgers, 2o-l3 NEW BRUNSWICK, Nov. a5.--Rutgers closed It’s season by falling before Bucknell, 20 to IS. The Pennsylvanians, with trick forward pass play, scored two touchdowns, and on a Rutgers tumble scored q third touch. down in the opening quarter. The Scarlet eleven gathered itself together and the two teams hattied on even terms for the rest Of the game. However. Bucknell had strong forward line and held the eleven for downs at critical times. Rutgers scored its opening points on drop kick by Benkert in the second quarter and a goal from placement In the third quarter by Captain Raup in the final period Rutgers advanced the ball from the 2o-yard line bv straight football and scored its lone touchdown. A twenty-yard penalty shortly after ward, when Coach Sanford’s pupils were on the 5-yard mark, deprived them OF an opportunity to tie the The Imam.

Bisbee daily review, Arizona, November 26, 1922, page 5 (results column)
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Football Results Harvard 10; Yale 2. Army IF; Navy IA. Notre Dame 19; Carnegie Tech 0. Purdue 2; Indiana s (tie). Ohio Northern 6; Case ‘. Iowa 37; Northwestern 3. Michigan 16; Minnesota 2. Bucknell 20; Rutgers 13. Gonzales IA; University of Idaho 2. Swarthmore 25; Haverford ?. Boston University IA; Tufts o. Lafayette B; Lehigh o. Dartmouth ‘; Brown 0. Ohio State 6; Illinois 3. Nebraska 54; Ames 6. Wisconsin o; Chicago (tie). Oregon Aggies 16; Washington State O.. Boston College O; Georgetown 0. Atlanta 12: Oglethorpe O. Wabash 30; De Pauw O. Alabama 10; Georgia 6. California 2S; Stanford 0. Colorado School of Mines o; Univer. sity of Colorado 16. Colorado Agricultural College 33; Brigham Young University 0. Pomona 10; Occidental 3. Whitman 13; University of Monta ma 0.

Imperial Valley press, November 25, 1922, page 1 (results column)
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FOOTBALL RESULTS Wisconsin, o. Chicago, 0. Brown, O.; Dartmouth, 7. Lafayette, 3; Lehigh, 0. Detroit, 20; Washington and JET ferson, 8. Army, II; Navy, IA. Harvard, 10; Yale, 8. Iowa, ST; Northwestern, 3. Illinois, 5; Ohio State, 6. Delaware, 21; Dickinson, O. Notre Dame, 6; Carnegie Tech, 0. Bucknell, 20; Rutgers, 13. Sioux City, 13; Council Bluffs, 6. Purdue, T. Indiana, 7 (tie). Michigan Aggies, 5; Massachusetts Aggies, o. Army, IT; Navy, IA. Tufts, 0; Boston University IA. st. Johns, 7; Johns Hopkins, 16. California, 7; Stanford, 0. (first uuarter).

The New York herald, November 26, 1922, page 1 (results column)
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FOOTBALL RESULTS Harvard, 10; Yale, 3. Army, IL; Navy, ID. Dartmouth, 7; Brown, o. Lafayette, 3; Lehigh, o. Bucknell, 20; Rutgers, 13. Notre Da me, 10; Carnegie Tech, o. Georgetown, o; Boston College, 0. Muhlenberg, 20; Fordham, 20. Detroit, 20; w. & j., 9. Iowa, 81; Northwestern, 3. Ohio State, 6; Illinois. 3. Chicago, o; Wisconsin, o. Michigan, 16; Minnesota, Z. Full details of these and other football games will be found on sporting pages.
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 text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Rutgers 59% to win. Bucknell won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Bucknell–Rutgers gameRutgers leads 11–3 in 14 meetings, counting the 13 since this game.
| 1979 | Rutgers 16, Bucknell 14 | |
| 1978 | Rutgers 27, Bucknell 13 | |
| 1977 | Rutgers 36, Bucknell 14 | |
| 1976 | Rutgers 19, Bucknell 7 | |
| 1975 | Rutgers 47, Bucknell 3 | |
| 1974 | Rutgers 16, Bucknell 14 |
Around this game
Bucknell
- Next gamevs. PittsburghSept. 29, 1923
- SeasonBucknell in 1922
- ProgramBucknell history and records
Rutgers
- Next gamevs. Pennsylvania MilitarySept. 29, 1923
- SeasonRutgers in 1922
- ProgramRutgers history and records

