Bucknell at Cornell

Saturday, October 16, 1915

Cornell beat Bucknell 41–⁠0. It was their 16th meeting; after it, Cornell led the series 15–⁠1.

AwayBucknell2–⁠6–⁠3 in 1915
0
HomeCornell9–⁠0 in 1915
41

FinalHigh 59°F, low 46°F

In the newspapers

  • The The sun's story: BARRETT STARS IN CORNELL VICTORY lthacan Captain pashes Through Bucknell Eleven for Many Long Runs. LINE SHOWS MUCH POWER

    The sun, New York [N.Y.], October 17, 1915, page 1

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    BARRETT STARS IN CORNELL VICTORY lthacan Captain pashes Through Bucknell Eleven for Many Long Runs. LINE SHOWS MUCH POWER ITHACA, oct i6 cornell defeated Bucknell. ~ to ., this afternoon. finding in the PENNSYLVANIA eleven another easy mark and not a sufficiently strong defence to give the home team a real test. Nevertheless cornell showed unmistakable power In attack. and although Buck nell scored SIX frs, downs, Il Of which was a twenty-five yard gain on Il for ward pass. the Cornell defence showed up well IN every department. The game served to bring Charlie Bar rett. Coruell’s great leader. into the lime light once more. In the sec nd play after the first kickoff Barrett, broke Loose for a severtH yard run FOR a touchdown, A few minutes after Cornell rushed tifty yards for u score. only TO he called back for ofside. After Bucknell had kicked from the 20 yard line the lthacans returned to the attack, n Barrett tore IF forty yards for another touchdown, shaking on four Buckuell men on m” way. lie scored two NOR, touchdowuS and kicked four goals in all collins van him a close second IN ground gaining, and Shiverick and Mueller also con tributed. The play OF the cornell team on the whole waS an Improvement over las, week. the ends covering kicks better and the line showing plenty Of power one of the ncatest PLAYS OF the game came in the last period. when shock threw a long forward pass To Xan-r, who caught it back Of m” goal line ana scored. Almost al Of the second half was played for Cornell by second and third string men. The lineup

  • The Evening star's story: CORNELL WINS EASILY FROM BUCKNELL TEAM Expected Test Of Strength Fails to Show and Ithacans Crumple 0p- position Line.

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 17, 1915, page 59

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    CORNELL WINS EASILY FROM BUCKNELL TEAM Expected Test Of Strength Fails to Show and Ithacans Crumple 0p- position Line. ITHACA, N. r, October 1s.-Cornelrs expected test Of strength with Buck nell failed to materialize. today and the Ithacans won easily by II to 0. The Bucknell line crumbled like paper hefore the Cornell attack. Capt. Barrett scoring four touchdowns, two Of them on Sensational long runs. On the vary first lineup of the game Barrett on a fake kick, eluded tho entire Bucknell held and ran 10 yards for touch down. A few minutes later. after Cor nell worked the ball to within striking distance. the fleet Barrett sped 20 yards for a touchdown. Collins. shiveriol<, Schlicter and Mueller aided Barrett in puncturing the Bucknell line for steady gains. In the third quarter CornelPs second varsity replaced the first team, and in the final quarter the third-string men went in. Each Of the new squads scored = touchdown.

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)

Cornell 78% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Cornell leads 39–⁠10 in 49 meetings, counting the 33 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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