Bucknell at Cornell
Saturday, October 17, 1903 Share
Cornell beat Bucknell 6–0. It was their ninth meeting; after it, Cornell led the series 8–1.
FinalHigh 61°F, low 48°F, 1 in. of rain
In the newspapers

The sun, October 18, 1903, page 12
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FOOTBALL IN A CLOUDBURsT. Bucknell Gives Cornell . Scare. but Latter Wins Game. q to o. ITHACA, Oct. 1.-THE football game between Cornell and Bucknell to-day ended in a veritable cloudburst and the second half wa shortened at Bucknell’s request. the final score being to o in the Ithacans’ favor. II Ia doubtful II there was ever a game played where the elements were such a determining z factor in the result. heavy rain in the morning was followed by drizzle In the early afternoon. and before fifteen minutes of ths second half had elapsed 1t was pouring in torrents and many Of the spectators were running for cover. The field, muddy at th o start. grew constantly worse. and this worked a distinct advantage to the heavy Bucknell players. who were well sch ooled in mass for nations and line plays. While Cornell out played Bucknell throughout. in the first half the y had scare. Bucknel advanc cling the ba |, after the kickoff for forty Ave yards. the visitors tackles taking the half back posi- tions and running with the ball With this one exception Cornell kept the ball in Buck nell s territory. but the lthaCans lost the ba II In the second half. tho ithacans’ superiorty was more manifest and they succeeded in scoring after about five minutes of play With the ball in mid field. Brewster fooled Bucknell and by a fake kick advanced tn q leather twenty-five yards. In the next play, visitors mapping, and sent Rice through left tackle. Capt. Hunt opening UP a big hole. while Costello took care Of his man Rice ran directly through the torn up Bucknell line. and covered thirty five yards. He was overtaken and thrown when still three yards field before his opponents could pounce on

The Washington times, Washington [D.C.], October 18, 1903, page 8
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CORNELL VICTORIOUS OVER BUCKNELL TEAM Ithacans, However, Were Lucky to Come Come Out on Top-More of a Slid ing Match Than Contest. ITHACA, N. 2. Oct. 1.-THE game between Cornell and Bucknell today was more OF sliding match than a football contest, and was won by the former in the second half by one touch down and goal Bucknell gained at viii on Cornell during the first half, rushing the ball from her 10-yard line to CornelPs 81 yard line, where It was lost on a FUN BILE. Cornell then rushed the ball back down the field. when time was called In the second half. McAllister, of Cor nell. made run of twenty yards from midheld. followed directly by Rice. who ran 10 the l0-yard line. He was tackled there by Johnson and others. but the slippery ground and me momentum of the runners carried the ball over the line after all were down. 1t rained all during the game. and the field was COW cred with water Bucknell had great advantage because of the weight in her line

Waterbury evening Democrat, October 19, 1903, page 9
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Other Games. Other Games. At New YoEk-Columbia 12. Am. herst Q. At Newton Mass-Darmouth IT. Williams 0. At Annapolis, Md--Annapolfs 5. Dickinsonso. At Philadelphia-Pen 3o. Brown 6. At Medford, Mass-Tufts 23: Rates At Exeter, N. H.--Exeter o: Har- card freshmen o. At Andover, Mass-Andover 24, Williston 0. At Garden City. L. I.-Yale Fresh men 6: St Pauls school o. At Hartford-Trinity 9: Eastman o. At Middletown-Wesl 2s; Ren- seelaer 0. At Tthica Cornell 6; Bucknell 0. At Syracuse-Colgate 10; Syracuse E4 At Boston--Dartmouth IT, vii liauas q The Mervimae Athletic clubs junior football team went 10 Napga tuck yAs-

The Mitchell capital, Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.], October 23, 1903, page 1 (results column)
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FOOTBALL RESULTS. The Score of Saturdays Games Throughout the Country. ~HTpGSNSGk llS SCoiihJ’ AT Sioux City-Morningside, Il; Western Union, Q. Al yankton-Sioux City, c; Yankton, s. - Gmaha-Creighton. 10; South Datu.a, :. At Chicag o-Chicago, o; Northwest eIN, Q. At West Poin,-Harvard, 5; West Point. O. ~ Madison-Wisconsin, 81; Belo.t, 0. = Observation-Disclosures, “a; Purdue, Q. Al Princcton-Prlnceton, II; Carlisle, 0. At Lincoln-Nebraska, &c: Haskell, 0. NJ Philadelphia, Pa.-Pennsylvania, 90; Brown, q. ~ Galss,’ug-Knox, 20: Chicago Col .eGe OF Physicians and Surgeons, @. y trnapo!is-Navy, 5; Dickinson, O.. At MinnG1polis-GIinnesota, Is; Iowa, O.. ~ Observation-Disclosures, Il; Williams, 0. ‘lrnbus-Ohio State, 80: Kenyon. 0. -noinaat!-Cniversity of Cincinnati, Q; Miami, Is. At Cambridge-Harvard freshmen, o; Ph~ill:ps-Exeter, o.. At Lexinston-kentucky State college. is; Kentucky Military institute, 0. At A1nes-Iowa college, SO: Coe col !ege, 0. At Terre Haute-Rose Polytechnic, -; Eastern Illinois normal, Q. N Io~rk-Columbus. -: Amherst, O. At 1thaca-Cornell. 6; Bucknell. 0. At Boulder-kansas, u; Colorado, II. ! IOWA HIGH SCHOOL GAMES. : at Des Moines-East High, IS; Rock Island, o. j At 3tuart-Stuart, s: Panora, 0. A. -ilta-Alta, Is: Galva, 0. ! =! Observation-Disclosures, 55: Perry, 0. At Ida GroVe-Ida Grove, 81; Sac City, O..
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)
Cornell 74% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Bucknell–Cornell gameCornell leads 39–10 in 49 meetings, counting the 40 since this game.
| 2025 | Cornell 30, Bucknell 20 | |
| 2024 | Cornell 34, Bucknell 21 | |
| 2023 | Bucknell 21, Cornell 13 | |
| 2021 | Bucknell 21, Cornell 10 | |
| 2017 | Bucknell 26, Cornell 18 | |
| 2016 | Cornell 24, Bucknell 16 |
Around this game
Bucknell
- Next gameat PrincetonOct. 21, 1903
- SeasonBucknell in 1903
- ProgramBucknell history and records
Cornell
- Next gamevs. Western ReserveOct. 24, 1903
- SeasonCornell in 1903
- ProgramCornell history and records

