Bucknell at Villanova
Saturday, October 16, 1943 Share
Villanova beat Bucknell 12–8. It was their 14th meeting; after it, Bucknell led the series 8–4–2.
Final0.39 in. of rain
In the newspapers

The Daily Alaska empire, October 18, 1943, page 5 (results column)
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FOOTBALL i. SCORES The following are scores of prin- cipal footbal games played last Sat urday afternoon: Southern California 34, San Fran cisco 0. California 13, UCLA O. College of Pacific 16, Del Monte Preflight ‘. March Field 2, Naval Training Station 0. Iowa State 27, Nebraska 6. Texas A. M. 13, Texas Christian O. Southern Methodist 12, Rice 0. Fort Riley AT, Denver 0. Colorado IA, Salt Lake City Air Base 0. Vanderbilt 20, Tennessee Poly 0. Louisiana State 28, Louisiana State ASTU ‘. Norman Navy 20, Oklahoma A. M o. Rochester IA, Colgate 6. Georgia Tech 27, Fort Benning O. Willamette University 25, Univer- sity of Oregon Ducks 6. Notre Dame 50. Wisconsin o. Great Lakes 0, Northwestern 13. Ursinus 10, Temple 6 Southwestern 26, North Texas Aggies 0. Drake 19 Missouri Valley ‘. Lakehurst Naval Air Station 6 Pennsylvania “A Maryland ?, West Virginia 6. Lehigh o, Carnegie Tech O. Penn State 6, Navy IA. Indiana T, Iowa 2. Camp Grant ‘, Minnesota 13. Army 52, Columbia 0. Pittsburgh 25, Illinois 33. Holy Cross ‘, Cornell 20. 1 Arkansas 0, Texas 34 Purdue 30, Ohio State ‘. Duke A. North Carolina 2 Spokane Air Force CommandoS l2, Whitman College G. Alameda Coast Guard 21, St. MaryS 2. Chicago Bears AS, Phil-Pitt Eagles I21. Washington Red Skins 33, Green Bay Packers ‘. Detroit Lions ‘, Chicago Cardin- als 0. Brooklyn Dodgers 0, New York Giants 20. Wake Forest 54, North Carolina State 6. Iowa Seahawks 21, Missouri 6. Villanova 12/Bucknell 8.
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 58% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Bucknell–Villanova gameVillanova leads 11–9–2 in 22 meetings, counting the eight 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 TempleOct. 23, 1943
- SeasonBucknell in 1943
- ProgramBucknell history and records
Villanova
- Next gamevs. Lakehurst NASOct. 23, 1943
- SeasonVillanova in 1943
- ProgramVillanova history and records

