Bucknell at Rutgers

Saturday, November 25, 1922

Bucknell beat Rutgers 20–⁠13. It was their first meeting; after it, Bucknell led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayBucknell2–⁠3 in 1922
20
HomeRutgers5–⁠4 in 1922
13

FinalHigh 44°F, low 32°F

In the newspapers

  • The New-York tribune's story: Bucknell's Early Lead Gives Victory Over Rutgers, 2o-l3

    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.

  • The Bisbee daily review's story: Football Results

    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.

  • The Imperial Valley press's story: FOOTBALL RESULTS

    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 The New York herald's story: FOOTBALL RESULTS

    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.

Rutgers leads 11–⁠3 in 14 meetings, counting the 13 since this game.

Recent meetings
1979Rutgers 16, Bucknell 14
1978Rutgers 27, Bucknell 13
1977Rutgers 36, Bucknell 14
1976Rutgers 19, Bucknell 7
1975Rutgers 47, Bucknell 3
1974Rutgers 16, Bucknell 14

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