Bucknell at Princeton

Saturday, November 4, 1916

Princeton beat Bucknell 42–⁠0. It was their seventh meeting; after it, Princeton led the series 7–⁠0.

AwayBucknell3–⁠9 in 1916
0
HomePrinceton6–⁠2 in 1916
42

FinalHigh 57°F, low 28°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Washington herald's story: BUCKNELL SWAMPED BY PRINCETON TIGERS

    The Washington herald, November 5, 1916, page 13

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    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.

Princeton leads 8–⁠1 in nine meetings, counting the two since this game.

Recent meetings
2019Princeton 56, Bucknell 23
2011Bucknell 34, Princeton 9
1916Princeton 42, Bucknell 0
1914Princeton 10, Bucknell 0
1913Princeton 28, Bucknell 6
1907Princeton 52, Bucknell 0

Around this game

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