Bucknell at Cornell

Saturday, September 29, 1945

Cornell beat Bucknell 19–⁠8. It was their 21st meeting; after it, Cornell led the series 20–⁠1.

AwayBucknell2–⁠5 in 1945
8
HomeCornell5–⁠4 in 1945
19

FinalHigh 83°F, low 52°F, 0.01 in. of rain

In the newspapers

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

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 1, 1945, page 3 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL SCORES Following are the final scores of leading football games played last Saturday: East Navy, 49; Villanova, O. Army, 32; AAF Personnel Dis tribution Command, 0. Colgate, 48; Rochester, 0. Cornell, 19; Bucknell, 8. Yale, 27; Tufts, T. Penn State, AT; Muhlenberg, T. Boston College, l3; Squantum Navy, 0. Holy Cross, 13: Dartmouth, 6. Pennsylvania, 30; Brown, Q. Connecticut, 46; Worcester, 0. Franklin & Marshall, T. Swarth- more; ‘ (tie) Columbia, 40; Lafayette, IA. Midwest Indiana, 2; Northwestern, ‘ ttie). Michigan, 40; Michigan State, 0. Ohio State, AT; Missouri, 6. Purdue, 20; Great Lakes, 6. Oklahoma, 20; Nebraska, o. Wisconsin, 40j Marquette, 13. Iowa, IA; Bergstrom Field, l3. Notre Dame, ‘; Illinois, 0. Oberlin, 34; Denison, IA. Muskingum, 0; Otterbein, 0 ttie). :. Bowling Green, 6; Ohio Univer- sity, 0. Kansas, 20; Denver, l9 South Georgia Tech, 20; North Carolina, A. Georgia, 20 Clemson, 0. Duke, 76; Bogue Field, 0. Southwest Texas Christian, T; Baylor, 6. Mississippi State, 31 South West Louisiana Institute, 0. South Carolina, 40; Presbyterian, O. Virginia, 2S; North Carolina State, 6. Tennessee, 2; Wake Forest, 6. Vanderbilt, 12; Tennessee Poly, O. Southwest Oklahoma A & M, 19; Arkansas, IA. Texas, 46; Southwestern, O. Midwest Iowa State, AS; Iowa State Teachers, 13. West Colorado, IS; Colorado College, 0. Nevada, 33; Utah, IS. Southern California, l3; Cali fornia, 2. Washington, 20; Oregon, 6. Washington State, 43; Idaho, l2. UCLA, 20: San Diego Navy, IA. Oregon State, IA; Camp Beale, l4 (tie).

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)

Bucknell 60% to win. Cornell won as Elo’s underdog.

Cornell leads 39–⁠10 in 49 meetings, counting the 28 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Cornell 30, Bucknell 20
2024Cornell 34, Bucknell 21
2023Bucknell 21, Cornell 13
2021Bucknell 21, Cornell 10
2017Bucknell 26, Cornell 18
2016Cornell 24, Bucknell 16

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