Bucknell at Lafayette
Saturday, October 27, 1945 Share
Bucknell beat Lafayette 26–2. It was their 18th meeting; after it, Lafayette led the series 11–4–3.
FinalHigh 55°F, low 39°F
In the newspapers

The Daily Alaska empire, October 29, 1945, page 3 (results column)
Read the text
FOOTBALL SCORES 1. Following are tho final football scores of games played over the weekend; West Washington, 13; use, T. Washington State 21; Idaho, O. California, l9; Nevada, G. Farragut Navy, 2l; Montana, 13. Midwest Ohio State, 20. Minnesota, ‘. Northwestern, 26; Purdue, IA. Notre Dame, 56; Iowa, O. Michigan, 19; Illinois, O. Missouri, 19; Nebraska, 0. Kansas, 13; Wichita, 0. Marquette, Is; Michigan State, l3 (tie). North Dakota State, SC; North Dakota, T East Navy, IA Penn, 2. Army, 48; Duke, 13 Princeton, l4; Rutgers. 6. Yale, 18; Cornell, T. Harvard, 25; c. G, Academy, 0. Holy Gross. 21: Colgate, 0. Columbia. 27; Brown, 6. Temple, 6; Pittsburgh, 0. Bucknell, 26; Lafayette, 2. Dartmouth, 8; Syracuse, 0. South Alabama. 28; Georgia, IA. Georgia Tech, 20 Auburn, ‘. Tennessee, 33; Villanova. 2. Tulane, 19; Southern Methodist, T. Virginia, 31; V. P. l., 13. Cincinnati, Is; Kentucky, T. West Virginia, 13; Maryland, 13. jtie) L.S.U., 30; Vanderbilt, T. Southwest Rice, ‘; Texas, 6. Oklahoma A. and M, 25; Texas 12. Arkansas, l9; Mississippi, 0. Texas A. and M, 19; Baylor, 0. Oklahoma, 4l;. Kansas State, 13. Rocky Mountain Region Utah, 2S; Colorado A, and M, 0. Denver, fl; Utah State, 6.
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 66% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Bucknell–Lafayette gameLafayette leads 28–12–3 in 43 meetings, counting the 25 since this game.
| 2026 | Lafayette 20, Bucknell 7 | |
| 2025 | Lafayette 62, Bucknell 24 | |
| 2024 | Bucknell 21, Lafayette 14 | |
| 2023 | Lafayette 56, Bucknell 22 | |
| 2022 | Lafayette 24, Bucknell 14 | |
| 2021 | Lafayette 27, Bucknell 0 |
Around this game
Bucknell
- Next gameat CornellSept. 28, 1946
- SeasonBucknell in 1945
- ProgramBucknell history and records
Lafayette
- Next gameat TempleNov. 3, 1945
- SeasonLafayette in 1945
- ProgramLafayette history and records

