Bucknell at Syracuse

Saturday, November 2, 1907

Syracuse beat Bucknell 20–⁠6. It was their first meeting; after it, Syracuse led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayBucknell4–⁠7 in 1907
6
HomeSyracuse5–⁠3–⁠1 in 1907
20

FinalHigh 55°F, low 43°F, 0.19 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: MANY MINOR ACCIDENTS. Syracuse Defeats Bucknell by the Score of 20 to 6.

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 3, 1907, page 53

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    MANY MINOR ACCIDENTS. Syracuse Defeats Bucknell by the Score of 20 to 6. SYRACUSE, n. Y, November I’m a game with brilliant runs by Horn, right tackle of Syracuse, and Banks, quarter back of Syracuse, Syracuse University defeated Bucknell College by the score ot 20 to today. Bucknell made her only score in the first half, when a tumble by Banks gave OBrien of Bucknell an opportunity, and he picked up the ball and ran sixty yards for a touchdown. There were many accidents owing to the slippery grounds. Tolbert and Nipple of Bucknell and Banks and Burton of SYRIA cuse had to leave the game because of twisted ankles.

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)

Syracuse 73% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Syracuse leads 4–⁠0 in four meetings, counting the three since this game.

Recent meetings
1919Syracuse 9, Bucknell 0
1917Syracuse 42, Bucknell 0
1915Syracuse 6, Bucknell 0
1907Syracuse 20, Bucknell 6

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