Bucknell at Penn State

Saturday, October 7, 1939

Penn State beat Bucknell 13–⁠3. It was their 23rd meeting; after it, Penn State led the series 13–⁠10.

AwayBucknell3–⁠5 in 1939
3
HomePenn State5–⁠1–⁠2 in 1939
13

FinalHigh 78°F, low 51°FAttendance 11,143

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOTBALL SCORES

    The Daily Alaska empire, October 7, 1939, page 1 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL SCORES The following are final scores of football games played this after noon in various parts of the states as received up to press time: University of Washington T; U. c. L. A. A. Alabama T; Fordham g. West Virginia 0; Pitt 20. Missouri O.; Ohio State 19. Bates O; Harvard 20. Rochester o; Oberlin 12. Western Reserve 12;‘ Ohio U. IA. DePauw 6; Ohio Wesleyan B. Virginia Military Institute 2; Day. idson 0. Auburn 0; Tulane 12. Texas Christian 13; Arkansas IA. Iowa State 32; Indiana 29. Kentucky 21; Vanderbilt 13. Brown 20; Amherst IA. Syracuse 6; Cornell 19. Rhode Island 0; Maine 24 Franklin Marshall T; Boston U. 13 New York U 43; Penn Military o. Michigan State 13; Michigan 26. Lafayette O; Pennsylvania 6. Bucknell 3; Penn State 13. Worcester Tech 6; Coast Guard Academy 0. Williams 6; Princeton 26. Center 6; Army ‘. Columbia ?: Yale 10. Louisiana State 26; Holy Cross ‘. Carnegie Tech 6; Temple 0. Colgate 0; Duke 37. Texas IT; Wisconsin 7 Iowa State 0; Kansas IA. Minnesota 0; Nebraska 6. Georgia Tech IA; Notre Dame IT. Oklahoma 8; Northwestern 0.

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 69% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Penn State leads 22–⁠10 in 32 meetings, counting the nine since this game.

Recent meetings
1948Penn State 35, Bucknell 0
1947Penn State 54, Bucknell 0
1946Penn State 48, Bucknell 6
1945Penn State 46, Bucknell 7
1944Penn State 20, Bucknell 6
1943Penn State 14, Bucknell 0

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