Bucknell at Harvard
Saturday, October 29, 1955 Share
Bucknell and Harvard tied 26–26. It was their first meeting; after it, the series stood even at 0–0–1.
FinalHigh 64°F, low 39°F, 1.01 in. of rain
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, October 30, 1955, page 65
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buckneII Ties l6-l6 CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Oct. 20 CAP. “A lightly regarded BuckneIl football team. sparked BY harddriving Fullback Bob Ford, turned two Harvard fumbles and a pass interrogation into touchdowns today while holding IA |yored Harvard to I 26–26 tie. Harvard. q two t0nchdown Ia |yorite. was forced “ come from behind with d touchdown in the Anal period to gain 4 deadlock with the thrice beaten Bisofis from Pennsylvania before 5000 lat the sunny stadium. Ford, Q chunky 200-pound sem lior from Collingswood. N. j., crashed over for three touch downs. two Of them in the third period when Bucknell tailed IL points TO take q 26-I0 lead. Ford bucked over from one yard out In the first period. and lin the third session raced into lthe end zone on bursts Of Ave land three yards. Halfb1ck Bob Sierer scored the lcthcr Bucknell touchdown. while 1.-THE Harvard touchdowns were scored by Jim Joslin. Johnn, Simourian. Walt Stahura alit bob Morrison. iBuckneli ---.--4-- 0 10 0--2l Harvard 4, 9 u go
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)
Harvard 90% to win.
The series
Every Bucknell–Harvard gameHarvard leads 4–1–1 in six meetings, counting the five since this game.
| 2012 | Harvard 35, Bucknell 7 | |
| 2011 | Harvard 42, Bucknell 3 | |
| 1968 | Harvard 59, Bucknell 0 | |
| 1964 | Bucknell 24, Harvard 21 | |
| 1959 | Harvard 20, Bucknell 6 | |
| 1955 | Bucknell 26, Harvard 26 |
Around this game
Bucknell
- Next gamevs. ColgateNov. 5, 1955
- SeasonBucknell in 1955
- ProgramBucknell history and records
Harvard
- Next gamevs. PrincetonNov. 5, 1955
- SeasonHarvard in 1955
- ProgramHarvard history and records

