Bucknell at Villanova
Saturday, October 23, 1937 Share
Villanova beat Bucknell 21–0. It was their 13th meeting; after it, Bucknell led the series 8–3–2.
Final0.63 in. of rainAttendance 3,500
In the newspapers
Evening star, October 24, 1937, page 25
Read the text
VILLAN0VA AHEAD, 21–0 Blends Running, Passing Attack to Defeat Bucknell. PHILADELPHIA, October % (F).villanova mixed 4 nice running at tack with forward passes today to defeat Bucknell, 81 to 0, before . crowd of 10000 at Shibe Park. The game had been underway less than 6 minutes when Halfback Andy Stopper threw q 4-yard forward to Ray Stoviak over the goal line. In the last period q forward-lateral, Stopper to Nowak to Stoviak. was good for another touchdown. Raimo plunged for the last score, climaxing q 31-yard drive.
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)
Villanova 75% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Bucknell–Villanova gameVillanova leads 11–9–2 in 22 meetings, counting the nine since this game.
| 2026 | Villanova 17, Bucknell 16 | |
| 2021 | Villanova 55, Bucknell 3 | |
| 2019 | Villanova 45, Bucknell 10 | |
| 2018 | Villanova 49, Bucknell 7 | |
| 2005 | Villanova 38, Bucknell 10 | |
| 2004 | Villanova 20, Bucknell 14 |
Around this game
Bucknell
- Next gameat AlbrightOct. 30, 1937
- SeasonBucknell in 1937
- ProgramBucknell history and records
Villanova
- Next gameat Detroit MercyOct. 30, 1937
- SeasonVillanova in 1937
- ProgramVillanova history and records