Bucknell at Temple

Friday, October 14, 1949

Temple beat Bucknell 20–⁠19. It was their 20th meeting; after it, Temple led the series 11–⁠3–⁠6.

AwayBucknell1–⁠1 in 1949
19
HomeTemple5–⁠4 in 1949
20

FinalHigh 67°F, low 56°F, 0.02 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: .710 FOOTBALL ! SCORES

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 15, 1949, page 3 (results column)

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    .710 FOOTBALL ! SCORES Final scores of college football games played yesterday are as fol- lows: Tulsa 21 Villanova 19. Purdue IA; Miami (Fla) 0. Boston U 52; West Virginia 20. Presbyterian 20; Furman 13. Temple 20; Bucknell 19. , Georgetown (DC) 21; New York U6. Boston College 25; Mississippi 25. Chattanooga 34; Oklahoma City T. Georgia T; Louisiana State o. Abilene Christian 34; Tampa 12. South Dakota Mines 48; Eastern Montana 6. Hamline 43; St. Mary’s (Minn) O. Santa Barbara IA; Fresno State T. South Dakota 40; North Dakota Aggies ‘. Central Washington 21; Puget Sound 13. San Francisco 27;- San Jose State 20 Nebraska Wesleyan 43; Midland T Omaha 20; Doane 6. Kirksville (Mo) 12; Cape Girar- deau T.

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)

Temple 78% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Temple leads 12–⁠6–⁠6 in 24 meetings, counting the four since this game.

Recent meetings
2019Temple 56, Bucknell 12
1952Bucknell 19, Temple 12
1951Bucknell 28, Temple 7
1950Bucknell 35, Temple 0
1949Temple 20, Bucknell 19
1948Temple 20, Bucknell 0

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