Bucknell at Pennsylvania

Saturday, October 31, 1903

Pennsylvania beat Bucknell 47–⁠6. It was their eighth meeting; after it, Pennsylvania led the series 8–⁠0.

AwayBucknell4–⁠5 in 1903
6
HomePennsylvania9–⁠3 in 1903
47

Final

In the newspapers

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story: FOOTBALL RESULTS.

    The Birmingham age-herald, November 1, 1903, page 1 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL RESULTS. ‘ Yale, 25; Columbia, o. ‘ ‘ Harvard, 2; Carlisle l.. | ‘ West Point, 20; Vermont, O. { % University of Pennsylvania, 47; | ‘ Bucknell, 6. { . Lehigh, I7; Dickinson, 0. I ‘ Pennsylvania (State colloge). IF; { ‘ Annapolis, o. < + Princeton, A; Cornell, o. | < Brown, %; Williams, o. < Dartmouth, 34; Wesleyan, 6. { ‘ University of Maine l6; Bow { . doin, 0. | ‘ Andover, 23; Yale Freshmen, 0. < . Union, l2 LeRoy H.. < . Holy Cross, 36; Amherst, O. { . Tennessee, 10; University of { . Nashville 0. < ‘ University of Kentucky, 6; North | Carolina, o. < . Chicago, 15; Wisconsin, 6. { ‘ Michigan, 6; Minnesota, 6. . . Swartmore, l7; Franklin and Mar ‘ : shall, O. . University of Virginia, 22; David . . son College, 0. . : Marchmont College, 2a; Hampden- . . Sydney O. . . Nebraska, l7; Iowa, O. . ‘ Haskell Indians, l2; Missouri Uni- : ‘ versity. 0. . ‘ Vanderbilt. a3; Georgia, o. ‘ ‘ Sewanee, AZ; Auburn, O. . ‘ Georgia Techs, 37; Howard Col . . lege, 0. .

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)

Pennsylvania 74% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Pennsylvania leads 27–⁠2 in 29 meetings, counting the 21 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Pennsylvania 20, Bucknell 7
2024Pennsylvania 31, Bucknell 21
2023Pennsylvania 37, Bucknell 21
2021Pennsylvania 30, Bucknell 6
2018Pennsylvania 34, Bucknell 17
2010Pennsylvania 31, Bucknell 10

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