Bucknell at Cornell

Saturday, September 28, 1946

Cornell beat Bucknell 21–⁠0. It was their 22nd meeting; after it, Cornell led the series 21–⁠1.

AwayBucknell3–⁠6 in 1946
0
HomeCornell5–⁠3–⁠1 in 1946
21

FinalHigh 81°F, low 52°F

In the newspapers

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

    The Daily Alaska empire, September 30, 1946, page 3 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL ! SCORES The following are final scores O. weekend football games: Notre Dame 26; Illinois 6. Northwestern Al; Iowa State g. Michigan 21; Indiana O Missouri IS; Ohio State l3 ttie) Iowa 16: Purdue 0. Minnesota 33; Nebraska 6. Michigan State 42; Wayne 0. North Carolina 15; Virginia Tech Institute IA Tennessee IS; Georgia Tech g. Alabama ‘; Tulane 6, Mississippi State 4l; Chattanooga ‘. Virginia Il; Hampden Sydney o. Vanderbilt 35; Tennessee Tech o. South Carolina 21, Newberry Col lege 0. North Carolina State IS; Duke 6 Texas Christian l9; Baylor 16 Arkansas 21; Oklahoma A & M 2l (tie). Texas 76; Colorado o. Mississippi 13; Florida T Rice 6; Louisiana State 2. Kansas State T; Hardin Sim mons q. Texas Tech 6; Texas Aggie O. Tulsa 52; New Mexico Aggie 0. Pacific Lutheran 26; St. Mar tins 6. Eastern Washington 13; North Idaho State Lewiston Normal O. Whitman 2; Whitworth 6. Pacific University T; Everett J. c. 0. Hawaiian All-Stars 54; U. of Portland 13. U. of Washington 20; St. Marys 25. Bucknell 0; Cornell 21. Rutgers 2; Columbia 13 Kings Point o; Yale 33 Rhode Island IA; University of Maine l3. University of New Hampshire 13; Colby 0. College City New York T; Sus- quehanna l3. Harvard ‘; University of Con- recticut o. Villanova 0; Navy ‘. Iowa State g; Northwestern fl. St. Lawrence IA; Union 0.

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 62% to win. Cornell won as Elo’s underdog.

Cornell leads 39–⁠10 in 49 meetings, counting the 27 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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