Bucknell at Pennsylvania

Saturday, October 3, 1908

Pennsylvania beat Bucknell 16–⁠0. It was their 10th meeting; after it, Pennsylvania led the series 10–⁠0.

AwayBucknell3–⁠5–⁠2 in 1908
0
HomePennsylvania11–⁠0–⁠1 in 1908
16

FinalHigh 58°F, low 32°F

In the newspapers

  • The New-York tribune's story: BEATS BUCKNELL. PENN. All the Scoring Done TN First Half bg VARSITY Men.

    New-York tribune, New York, October 4, 1908, page 9

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    BEATS BUCKNELL. PENN. All the Scoring Done TN First Half bg VARSITY Men. Philadelphia. Oct 3--The University OF FeilH sy1,.ants football team encountered hard opponent this afternoon in BuckneIl. and, although winning by a score of IS to 0. the Quakers were frequently hard pressed. All the points were scored IN the first half. Early in the second half substitutes Went H. anu oI++ogt rha hall was taken within fve-yard line three separate times II impossible to carry II over IT being lost either on funhles or on downs Three men were sent from The field for unnecessary roughness Two were Bueknell men and one was Pennsvlvanian The lineup and summary follow

  • The The Washington times's story: PENN ADDS ANOTHER SCALP TO ITS STRING

    The Washington times, District of Columbia, October 4, 1908, page 1

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    PENN ADDS ANOTHER SCALP TO ITS STRING Against the stiffest opposition encountered this year, the University of Penn sylyania football team defeated Buck nell today, 16 to 0. first half. when the ouakers playe red with great dash and strength. On three other occasions the local team had the ball inside the 5-yard line, but either lost in on downs or fumbles. Cap tam HollenbaCk was the best ground gamer for Penn. Pennsylvania had very poor results with the forward pass. losing the ball the three times It was tried.

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 82% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Pennsylvania leads 27–⁠2 in 29 meetings, counting the 19 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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