Bucknell at West Virginia
Saturday, October 23, 1909 Share
Bucknell and West Virginia tied 6–6. It was their first meeting; after it, the series stood even at 0–0–1.
FinalHigh 54°F, low 43°F, 0.63 in. of rain
In the newspapers

The Fairmont West Virginian, Fairmont, W. Va., October 25, 1909, page 1
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w. Y. U. in Tue WEST VIRGINIA. AND BUcKNELL Play 10 A DRAW oNA MUDDY FIELD. MoRGANToWN, Oct 26.-In field +of mud and with clothes as slick aS ‘eeis, west Virginia and Huckness play led q de game before a large and en- .thusiastic crowd IA hight ram was failing during the game; but 50 hosly was the game that the entire audi. ence remained at their posts. Both teams made q touchdown q the firstihaR and the Becond4haf was played IN the center of tae field at an times. West Virginia war within one yard of their gnalsin+the first half but lost the ball. The Varsity made their touchdown by blocking the Rick of |Bucknerl after they had lost the ball almost on the goal. When West Virginia was making a forward PISS. Left Halfback Clark made a great jump, pulled down the ball and made an 80 yard run with the Varsity boys at mis- heels, thus max ing the score a tie. Hutchinson and Wiley played a fine game and were on the spot at all times. Cole was tried at right guard and BuHarG played right tackle and both played the game we’ll. Although the score was tied the Varsity played Rgthgh9por as they considerably Ga8fSaeig5Shse&s sA1 e. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. class rus1 E%tdchqwIs14o be pulled of Saturday vas was pfa5s8dpsSSpe6 because OF the bad condIffoAo6rc+hg grounds: 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)
West Virginia 62% to win.
The series
Every Bucknell–West Virginia gameBucknell leads 1–0–2 in three meetings, counting the two since this game.
| 1921 | Bucknell 0, West Virginia 0 | |
| 1910 | Bucknell 9, West Virginia 0 | |
| 1909 | Bucknell 6, West Virginia 6 |
Around this game
Bucknell
- Next gamevs. Penn StateNov. 6, 1909
- SeasonBucknell in 1909
- ProgramBucknell history and records
West Virginia
- Next gamevs. MariettaOct. 30, 1909
- SeasonWest Virginia in 1909
- ProgramWest Virginia history and records

