Bucknell at Army
Saturday, October 29, 1927 Share
Army beat Bucknell 34–0. It was their third meeting; after it, Army led the series 3–0.
FinalHigh 61°F, low 46°F
In the newspapers

Douglas daily dispatch, Arizona, October 30, 1927, page 7
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ARMY DOWNS BUCKNELL WEST POINT, N. Y, Oct. % (A9- An army team that followed the ball and took full advantage of enemy errors, defeated Bucknell handily todav, ga to 0. Two of the flee Army touchdowns came from intercepted passes, a third from Bucknell tumble, and the other pair from Army forward passes. MurrelI accounted for two touch downs, with long runs, one OF 70 yards, after intercepting a forward pass, ana another of 80 yards. The longest daSh of the day was by Brenthall, sub Army end, who grabbed a Bucknell pass IN the third period, and cantered 80 yards to tally

Evening star, October 30, 1927, page 83
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Army Plays Smart Foot Ball To Win Easily Over Bucknell quarter, the only extra point the Army made good. Army substituted fire. quentlY, and the scoring was. spread through tic four quarters. Only twice did Bucknell threaten to score. and both times its drive was frustrated by Intercepted passes which the Army TUNED into touchdowns. Diehl. Bucknell fullback, bore the brunt of the first thrust, and Iialicki and Mccormick, who replaced Diehl when the latter was hurt late in the first half. shared the burden of the third period

The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 31, 1927, page 5 (results column)
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WASHINGTON U BEATS WHIT MAN Scores of Other Football Games Played Last Sat urday Afternoon Last Saturday afternoon. al Sc. attle, the University of Washing. ton football team defeated Whis- man by score of G1 to :. Washington State was beaten by Oregon State, 1S to G. oregon lost to Stanford, 10 to 0. Other games resulted as fol, lows: Navy 12; Pennsylvania 6. Harvard 26; Indiana 0. Yale 19, Dartmouth o. Nebraska 2l: Syracuse 0. Princeton 35; William anI Mary ‘. Cornell 0; Columbia O. Army 34; Bucknell 0. Illinois II; Michigan o. Minnesota 13; Wisconsin T. Notre Dame 26; Georgia Tech z. Southern California 13; Califor- mia 0.

Seward daily gateway, October 31, 1927, page 1 (results column)
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MONDAY, OCTOBER, 31, 1927. FOOTBALL SCORES Washington, 61; Whitman, 2. Oregon State 13; Stanford, 19. Washington State, 6, Oregon, O. Yale. 19; Dartmouth, 0. Nebraska. 21: Syracuse, 0. Navy, 12: Pennsylvania, 6. Harvard. 26; Indiana, Q. Princeton, 35; Cornell. Q. William and Mary. 2; Columbia, 0. Army. 34: Bucknell, 0. Illinois, IA; Michigan, 0. Minnesota, 3: Wisconsin, 2. Purdue. 3s; Montana State, 2. Norte Dame. 26: Georgia, Tech, 2. Southern California, 13: California, 6.
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)
Army 70% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Bucknell–Army gameArmy leads 7–0 in seven meetings, counting the four since this game.
| 2021 | Army 63, Bucknell 10 | |
| 2015 | Army 21, Bucknell 14 | |
| 1995 | Army 37, Bucknell 6 | |
| 1988 | Army 58, Bucknell 10 | |
| 1927 | Army 34, Bucknell 0 | |
| 1911 | Army 20, Bucknell 2 |
Around this game
Bucknell
- Next gamevs. Washington & JeffersonNov. 12, 1927
- SeasonBucknell in 1927
- ProgramBucknell history and records
Army
- Next gamevs. Franklin & MarshallNov. 5, 1927
- SeasonArmy in 1927
- ProgramArmy history and records

