Bucknell at Gettysburg

Saturday, November 14, 1914

Bucknell beat Gettysburg 25–⁠0. It was their ninth meeting; after it, Bucknell led the series 6–⁠3.

AwayBucknell4–⁠4–⁠1 in 1914
25
HomeGettysburg0–⁠3 in 1914
0

FinalHigh 61°F, low 31°F

In the newspapers

  • The The star-independent's story: BUCKNELL EASILY wins FROM GETTYSBURG ESQ George CocHu's Crew Profits by Rough Tactics by Battlefield Stars-rop- ham Easily the Individual Star Of the Game

    The star-independent, Harrisburg, Pa., November 16, 1914, page 5

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    BUCKNELL EASILY wins FROM GETTYSBURG ESQ George CocHu’s Crew Profits by Rough Tactics by Battlefield Stars-ropham Easily the Individual Star Of the Game George Cock:u’s rules against roujvism in baseball seem TO apply where he has charge OF the football team, too, IS results in Saturdays game agains, Gettysburg show. The Harrisburg man ager : football team downed Gsttysbarg Saturday afternoon – to 0. When both teams were playing straight with No attempt ~ Sluggnand dropping on with knees and forth, Gettysburg held their opponents 10 an even struggle. but the minute rough tactics were reSortei 20. Back nell went ahead and II the final period GeltySburg went 70 pieces Buekneli prohted by Gettysburg penalties. Coeklll has been hampered this sea son BY green men and injuries 70 hi> morning Of the game that he was sure morning Of the game that ne was sljs o. using Tip TOpham. captain and +allbSeG. Gdanic, another star, started bat had 10 retire on account OF injuries. Tophsm PLAYED 5 wonderful game an oatShone the rest Of his fellows, sew eral ot whom are experts. heiser work was above par s. was that Of Da- Ns< In the first period Gettysburg PLAYED BackUeu o. even terms ana no sco-e resulted, Try Tor q FIELD goal ov Top ham being iehestel. Starting on the sixteeu-vari line IN the second per5o keiSer sooS the bail across FOR the mrs, s,0re. Topham later booted his 6rst iell goal from the 55.ysrj mark. Buekneil gained more ground than Gettysburg tGt could not score again la this period, Davis made way for ,he second touchdown in the ,airi period by g-aoc.ng q GelrysbGf. forward pass. max ing twelve yards before ne was downed. heiSer scored minute on a triple for ward pass. Buekneil added two more points IN tals period on safety, Get tEsborg PLAYED great defensive game ~ -hs start Of the final period holding ElekDsL tOr downs on the two-yari i5ne. Later Topham booted q aelI goal rom the tweHJy-vari line. He retired from the game sooB after and then Ds- ‘i> kicked q Geld goal Tae liue1p an summary:

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 77% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Bucknell leads 12–⁠5–⁠1 in 18 meetings, counting the nine since this game.

Recent meetings
1946Bucknell 19, Gettysburg 0
1939Gettysburg 6, Bucknell 0
1938Bucknell 27, Gettysburg 14
1931Bucknell 46, Gettysburg 0
1930Bucknell 26, Gettysburg 6
1919Bucknell 17, Gettysburg 0

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