Bucknell at Cornell

Saturday, October 13, 1906

Cornell beat Bucknell 24–⁠6. It was their 12th meeting; after it, Cornell led the series 11–⁠1.

AwayBucknell3–⁠4–⁠1 in 1906
6
HomeCornell8–⁠1–⁠2 in 1906
24

FinalHigh 57°F, low 30°F

In the newspapers

  • The New-York tribune's story: Pennsylyania CoD Swsrrhmore IA BUCKNELL SCORES ON CORNELL. Ithacans Win Punting Match by End Runs Behind Good Interference.

    New-York tribune, New York, October 14, 1906, page 8

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    Pennsylyania CoD Swsrrhmore IA BUCKNELL SCORES ON CORNELL. Ithacans Win Punting Match by End Runs Behind Good Interference. Ithaca. n. Y. Oct. y-Cornell defeated Buoknell football to day by q score OF “a to s. The game a series OF punts. Bunknell held Cornell often and Walders was forced 10 Kick. Cornell scored its touchdowns by hne end runs behind good interference Bucknelis touchdown made on an attApopt oF Ienhart 10 make place kick The hall was blocked and seized by Shade. who carried il over.

  • The Evening star's story: CORNELL DEFEATS BUcKNELL. Victors Scored by End Runs and Line Plunging.

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 14, 1906, page 1

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    CORNELL DEFEATS BUcKNELL. Victors Scored by End Runs and Line Plunging. ITHACA..N. Y. October 13.-Cornell defeated Bucknell at foot ball today. p to 6. The game was series of punts. The Cor neflians scored their touchdowns by end runs behind good Interference and effective line plunging. Bucknelis touchdown was made on an attempt Of Lenhart to make a place kick. The ball was blocked and seized by Shade, who carried 1t over. The lineup:

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 64% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Cornell leads 39–⁠10 in 49 meetings, counting the 37 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Cornell 30, Bucknell 20
2024Cornell 34, Bucknell 21
2023Bucknell 21, Cornell 13
2021Bucknell 21, Cornell 10
2017Bucknell 26, Cornell 18
2016Cornell 24, Bucknell 16

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