Bucknell at Lafayette

Saturday, October 27, 1945

Bucknell beat Lafayette 26–⁠2. It was their 18th meeting; after it, Lafayette led the series 11–⁠4–⁠3.

AwayBucknell2–⁠5 in 1945
26
HomeLafayette1–⁠7–⁠1 in 1945
2

FinalHigh 55°F, low 39°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOTBALL SCORES 1.

    The Daily Alaska empire, October 29, 1945, page 3 (results column)

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    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.

Lafayette leads 28–⁠12–⁠3 in 43 meetings, counting the 25 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Lafayette 20, Bucknell 7
2025Lafayette 62, Bucknell 24
2024Bucknell 21, Lafayette 14
2023Lafayette 56, Bucknell 22
2022Lafayette 24, Bucknell 14
2021Lafayette 27, Bucknell 0

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