Bucknell at Swarthmore

Saturday, November 20, 1909

Swarthmore beat Bucknell 29–⁠0. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Bucknell led the series 3–⁠2.

AwayBucknell3–⁠4–⁠2 in 1909
0
HomeSwarthmore1–⁠3 in 1909
29

Final

In the newspapers

  • The The Washington herald's story: BUCKNELL GOES DOWN. SwarthmOre Wins Thrilling Game Score. % to q.

    The Washington herald, District of Columbia, November 21, 1909, page 1

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    BUCKNELL GOES DOWN. SwarthmOre Wins Thrilling Game Score. % to q. SwarthmOre. Pa, Nov. 20-In a game Of thrills, forward passes that brought the spectators 20 their feet. and sensational runs. SwarthmOre def ,ated Buck nell here this Afternoon by the score OF % 20 0. In weight the elevens seemed evenly matched. II had been forecasted that the Lead burgers would trim the Garnet. but the little collegians rose 20 the occasion. opening up with a touchdown on Wick hams wonderfully accurate pass Of 81 yards 20 Perkins. who scored the first touchdown, and the stocky little end also booted the goal This feat was performed fin the first two minutes Of play. and the Quakers got the cue 10 the situation when they responded by scoring three more touch downs before the conclusion OF the first session The lue-up-

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)

Swarthmore 69% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Swarthmore leads 6–⁠4 in 10 meetings, counting the five since this game.

Recent meetings
1917Bucknell 16, Swarthmore 7
1915Swarthmore 3, Bucknell 0
1914Swarthmore 9, Bucknell 0
1912Swarthmore 14, Bucknell 13
1910Swarthmore 23, Bucknell 18
1909Swarthmore 29, Bucknell 0

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