Bucknell at Cornell

Saturday, October 18, 1913

Cornell beat Bucknell 10–⁠7. It was their 14th meeting; after it, Cornell led the series 13–⁠1.

AwayBucknell6–⁠4 in 1913
7
HomeCornell5–⁠4–⁠1 in 1913
10

FinalHigh 64°F, low 46°F, 0.07 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The Newark evening star and Newark advertiser's story: Cornell In Poor shape.

    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.

  • The Daily capital journal's story: FOOTBALL SCORES TODAY

    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.

Cornell leads 39–⁠10 in 49 meetings, counting the 35 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Cornell 30, Bucknell 20
2024Cornell 34, Bucknell 21
2023Bucknell 21, Cornell 13
2021Bucknell 21, Cornell 10
2017Bucknell 26, Cornell 18
2016Cornell 24, Bucknell 16

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