Bucknell at Princeton
Saturday, November 4, 1916 Share
Princeton beat Bucknell 42–0. It was their seventh meeting; after it, Princeton led the series 7–0.
FinalHigh 57°F, low 28°F
In the newspapers

The Washington herald, November 5, 1916, page 13
Read the text
BUCKNELL SWAMPED BY PRINCETON TIGERS Princeton. N. j.. Nov. L-Princeton had a walkaway in its game with Bucknell this afternoon and was able to roll up a larger score than IN any other contest this season. The final score was a to o. The overwhelming superiority of the Tigers is easily seen by the fact that the Princeton backs gained a total Of 1858 yards by straight football while Buck nell could only gather IS. Princeton made twenty-one first downs and when Eddie briggs was called upon to punt he OUT booted Waddell by eight yards to the kick. The lineup:
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)
Princeton 89% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Bucknell–Princeton gamePrinceton leads 8–1 in nine meetings, counting the two since this game.
| 2019 | Princeton 56, Bucknell 23 | |
| 2011 | Bucknell 34, Princeton 9 | |
| 1916 | Princeton 42, Bucknell 0 | |
| 1914 | Princeton 10, Bucknell 0 | |
| 1913 | Princeton 28, Bucknell 6 | |
| 1907 | Princeton 52, Bucknell 0 |
Around this game
Bucknell
- Next gameat New York UniversityNov. 8, 1916
- SeasonBucknell in 1916
- ProgramBucknell history and records
Princeton
- Next gameat HarvardNov. 11, 1916
- SeasonPrinceton in 1916
- ProgramPrinceton history and records

