Penn State at Bucknell
Saturday, October 20, 1945 Share
Penn State beat Bucknell 46–7. It was their 29th meeting; after it, Penn State led the series 19–10.
FinalHigh 68°F, low 38°FAttendance 5,319
In the newspapers

The Wilmington morning star, Wilmington, N.C., October 21, 1945, page 11
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Penn State Spells Bucknell Homecoming With 46–7 Triumph LEWISBURG, Pa, Oct. 20.-W.H Penn States big and powerful nittany Lions spoiled Bucknell Uni versity’s Homecoming today by clawing the Bisons, 46–7, before $500 fans at Memorial Stadium. It was States first victory over Bucknen at Lewisburg since 1909. Although the Lions heralded threat, Joe Tepsicn failed to get going, his fellow backs, Al Bellas, Floyd Lang and Larry Cooney gained yardage almost at will against the injury-riddled Bisons. Cooney gave foretaste of things to come by taking the ball early in the opening period and circling left end for 81 yards and a touchdown.
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 65% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Penn State–Bucknell gamePenn State leads 22–10 in 32 meetings, counting the three 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
Penn State
- Next gamevs. SyracuseNov. 3, 1945
- SeasonPenn State in 1945
- ProgramPenn State history and records
Bucknell
- Next gameat LafayetteOct. 27, 1945
- SeasonBucknell in 1945
- ProgramBucknell history and records

