Bucknell at Princeton

Saturday, October 14, 1905

Princeton beat Bucknell 48–⁠0. It was their second meeting; after it, Princeton led the series 2–⁠0.

AwayBucknell5–⁠5 in 1905
0
HomePrinceton8–⁠2 in 1905
48

FinalHigh 72°F, low 35°F

In the newspapers

  • The New-York tribune's story: TIGERS CRUSH BUCKNELL. Princeton Plays AggressiUe Game, and MOtgs Dozen Opponents.

    New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], October 15, 1905, page 1

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    TIGERS CRUSH BUCKNELL. Princeton Plays AggressiUe Game, and MOtgs Dozen Opponents. Princeton. N. J.. Oct A.-Princeton had no diff Guilty in disposng OF the heavy Bucknell College team to-day, and up score of 4S to with little effort. The Princeton men showed power full attack, and moved down their opponents mercliessly in the first half making the score 81 to o. BuckneI never dangerous, and succeeded IN making her first down only twice. Her defence in the second half. however. was stronger For the first time this Captain Cooney took rest, and allowed Phillips to I’LL his position. Dillon worked his quarterback successfully on the &-yard line, and got loose for touchdown. making the most sensational play Of the game. Princeton showed slight tendency to tumble. but Recovered. ThA lina-Iln-

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 83% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Princeton leads 8–⁠1 in nine meetings, counting the seven 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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