Bucknell at Boston University

Saturday, October 30, 1954

Boston University beat Bucknell 20–⁠7. It was their first meeting; after it, Boston University led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayBucknell0–⁠2 in 1954
7
HomeBoston University7–⁠2 in 1954
20

Final

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: BuckneII Topp|ed By Boston u, 2O-7

    Evening star, October 31, 1954, page 67

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    BuckneII Topp|ed By Boston u, 2O-7 BOSTON, Oct. 30.-Bost on University, tumbled from the ranks of undefeated football teams only a week ago, bounced back tonight and inflicted the same treatment on Bucknell. defeating the Pennsylvanians, 20–⁠7. Quarterback Tom G astall, passed for two Boston U. touch downs and scored the third on a one-yard sneak. The Terriers, who lost by 14–⁠13 to Holy Cross a week ago, had two other apparent touchdowns called back because of offside penalties. Bucknell took a shortlived 7–⁠6 lead in the third period when Bob Ford smashed over from the three. Boston University – s o 80 Scoring: Bucknell. touchdown-Ford Point after uchdown-Hendricks Boston University – Bredice, HaEerstrom. Gastall; Points after touchdown-Terrasi (o1

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)

Boston University 94% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Boston University leads 2–⁠0 in two meetings, counting the one since this game.

Recent meetings
1957Boston University 28, Bucknell 0
1954Boston University 20, Bucknell 7

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