Bucknell at Princeton

Wednesday, October 21, 1903

Princeton beat Bucknell 17–⁠0. It was their first meeting; after it, Princeton led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayBucknell4–⁠5 in 1903
0
HomePrinceton11–⁠0 in 1903
17

FinalHigh 62°F, low 40°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Washington times's story: PRINCETON DEFEATS BUCKNELL, II TO o

    The Washington times, October 22, 1903, page 8

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    PRINCETON DEFEATS BUCKNELL, II TO o PRINCETON, y. J., The Tigers had 10 do the hardest playing they have done this year TO run up II points against Bucknell yesterday Bucknell did not come near scoring, never having possession of the ball in Princeton’s ter ritory, but her heavy rush line was like stone wall to the Tigers De Wits drop kick from the thirty-yard line was the only scoring done in the first half. two tOuchdOwns were made in the sec ond half, and once Bucknel held the Tigers for downs one yard from their goal Though twenty-minute halves were played. the game consumed two hours because Bucknell took out time between nearly every play.

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)

Princeton 81% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Princeton leads 8–⁠1 in nine meetings, counting the eight since this game.

Recent meetings
2019Princeton 56, Bucknell 23
2011Bucknell 34, Princeton 9
1916Princeton 42, Bucknell 0
1914Princeton 10, Bucknell 0
1913Princeton 28, Bucknell 6
1907Princeton 52, Bucknell 0

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