Bucknell at Princeton
Wednesday, October 21, 1903 Share
Princeton beat Bucknell 17–0. It was their first meeting; after it, Princeton led the series 1–0.
FinalHigh 62°F, low 40°F
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Bucknell–Princeton gamePrinceton leads 8–1 in nine meetings, counting the eight since this game.
| 2019 | Princeton 56, Bucknell 23 | |
| 2011 | Bucknell 34, Princeton 9 | |
| 1916 | Princeton 42, Bucknell 0 | |
| 1914 | Princeton 10, Bucknell 0 | |
| 1913 | Princeton 28, Bucknell 6 | |
| 1907 | Princeton 52, Bucknell 0 |
Around this game
Bucknell
- Next gameat PennsylvaniaOct. 31, 1903
- SeasonBucknell in 1903
- ProgramBucknell history and records
Princeton
- Next gamevs. DartmouthOct. 24, 1903
- SeasonPrinceton in 1903
- ProgramPrinceton history and records

