Bucknell at Cornell
Saturday, October 18, 1913 Share
Cornell beat Bucknell 10–7. It was their 14th meeting; after it, Cornell led the series 13–1.
FinalHigh 64°F, low 46°F, 0.07 in. of rain
In the newspapers

Newark evening star and Newark advertiser, Newark, N.J., October 20, 1913, page 1
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Cornell In Poor shape. Cornell defeated Bucknell Saturday by 10 to 7 score. Bucknell played we’ll and succeeded in getting through some good plays. On the other hand CornelPs playing was below stand ard. Fritz made several long runs which counted for great deal and was the biggest ground gamer O’Hearne at end also distinguished himself by many good tackles. II was during the first half that Cor nell made its only touchdown. Buck nell had made three attempts at for ward passes, and on the fourth down punted to Tabor, who fumbled the ball, it being recovered by Munns. On the next play Fritz circled Bucknelrs left end for thirty-f1ve yards and placed the ball in between the goal posts. During the rest of the quarter Bucknell took brace, but lost the ball to Cornell by a forward pass directly in Shelton’s hands on Cor nell’s twenty-yard line.

Daily capital journal, Salem, Oregon, October 18, 1913, page 1 (results column)
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FOOTBALL SCORES TODAY lafayette, 10; Swarthmore, 0. Cornell, 10; Bucknell, 7. Pennsylvania, 2S Brown, o. Princeton, 10; Syracuse, 0. Washington and jefferson, IL; Penn sylvania STATE, 0. Pitt, ~; Carlisle, O. Michigan Aggies l2; Michigan, 0. aitmouth, As; Williams, 8. Harvard, ~; Hp’y Cross, Z. Tufts, 10; Maine, G.
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)
Bucknell 52% to win. Cornell won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Bucknell–Cornell gameCornell leads 39–10 in 49 meetings, counting the 35 since this game.
| 2025 | Cornell 30, Bucknell 20 | |
| 2024 | Cornell 34, Bucknell 21 | |
| 2023 | Bucknell 21, Cornell 13 | |
| 2021 | Bucknell 21, Cornell 10 | |
| 2017 | Bucknell 26, Cornell 18 | |
| 2016 | Cornell 24, Bucknell 16 |
Around this game
Bucknell
- Next gamevs. St. BonaventureOct. 25, 1913
- SeasonBucknell in 1913
- ProgramBucknell history and records
Cornell
- Next gamevs. PittsburghOct. 25, 1913
- SeasonCornell in 1913
- ProgramCornell history and records

