Penn State at Bucknell

Saturday, October 20, 1945

Penn State beat Bucknell 46–⁠7. It was their 29th meeting; after it, Penn State led the series 19–⁠10.

AwayPenn State5–⁠3 in 1945
46
HomeBucknell2–⁠5 in 1945
7

FinalHigh 68°F, low 38°FAttendance 5,319

In the newspapers

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story: Penn State Spells Bucknell Homecoming With 46-7 Triumph

    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.

Penn State leads 22–⁠10 in 32 meetings, counting the three since this game.

Recent meetings
1948Penn State 35, Bucknell 0
1947Penn State 54, Bucknell 0
1946Penn State 48, Bucknell 6
1945Penn State 46, Bucknell 7
1944Penn State 20, Bucknell 6
1943Penn State 14, Bucknell 0

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