Bucknell at Penn State
Saturday, October 7, 1939 Share
Penn State beat Bucknell 13–3. It was their 23rd meeting; after it, Penn State led the series 13–10.
FinalHigh 78°F, low 51°FAttendance 11,143
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Bucknell–Penn State gamePenn State leads 22–10 in 32 meetings, counting the nine 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. AlbrightOct. 14, 1939
- SeasonBucknell in 1939
- ProgramBucknell history and records
Penn State
- Next gamevs. LehighOct. 14, 1939
- SeasonPenn State in 1939
- ProgramPenn State history and records

