Bucknell at Penn State
Saturday, September 25, 1943 Share
Penn State beat Bucknell 14–0. It was their 27th meeting; after it, Penn State led the series 17–10.
FinalHigh 58°F, low 37°FAttendance 6,639
In the newspapers
Evening star, September 26, 1943, page 35
Read the text
Passes by Penn State Down BuckneN, 14–0 0s tiIe hSSOCldGcQ freSS. STATE COLLEGE, Pa, Sept. 25.- Penn State crushed Bucknell 400 today on two touchdown passes shared by fashy Jack Castignola in the season opener before 10000 fans. The 23-year-old Castig gnola a snatched a 39-yarder from Bobby Williams in the second stanza and another 10-yarder in the fourth to hit pay dirt. Dick Trumbull and Ed Czekaj place-kicked the points. Bucknell, weak on the ground, did not count a first down until midway the second period in a drive to States l2-yard line on a 47-yard heave from Mike Kostynick to Andrew Murphy.
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 73% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Bucknell–Penn State gamePenn State leads 22–10 in 32 meetings, counting the five 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 gameat VillanovaOct. 16, 1943
- SeasonBucknell in 1943
- ProgramBucknell history and records
Penn State
- Next gameat North CarolinaOct. 2, 1943
- SeasonPenn State in 1943
- ProgramPenn State history and records