Bucknell at Penn State
Saturday, October 9, 1937 Share
Penn State beat Bucknell 30–14. It was their 21st meeting; after it, Penn State led the series 12–9.
FinalHigh 45°F, low 28°F, 0.25 in. of rainAttendance 11,376
In the newspapers
Evening star, October 10, 1937, page 32
Read the text
PENN STATE WINS LATE Scores in Last Four Minutes to Beat Bucknell, 2O-14. STATE COLLEGE, Pa, October 8 R.-Penn State and Bucknell thrilled . homecoming day crowd Of 1000 here today with a spectacular foot ball battle, the Nittany Lions winning in the last four minutes of play, 20 to IA. The game was played in steady downpour of rain. Bucknell put up surprising oppositon against the favored Lions and after taking flrst-quarter lead OF Z to 8 came back in the final period to go ahead. IA to 13, with eight min utes left to play.
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)
Penn State 55% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Bucknell–Penn State gamePenn State leads 22–10 in 32 meetings, counting the 11 since this game.
| 1948 | Penn State 35, Bucknell 0 | |
| 1947 | Penn State 54, Bucknell 0 | |
| 1946 | Penn State 48, Bucknell 6 | |
| 1945 | Penn State 46, Bucknell 7 | |
| 1944 | Penn State 20, Bucknell 6 | |
| 1943 | Penn State 14, Bucknell 0 |
Around this game
Bucknell
- Next gamevs. MiamiOct. 15, 1937
- SeasonBucknell in 1937
- ProgramBucknell history and records
Penn State
- Next gamevs. LehighOct. 16, 1937
- SeasonPenn State in 1937
- ProgramPenn State history and records