Bucknell at Washington and Lee

Saturday, November 11, 1916

Washington and Lee beat Bucknell 55–⁠7. It was their second meeting; the series is even at 1–⁠1.

AwayBucknell3–⁠9 in 1916
7
HomeWashington and Lee5–⁠2–⁠2 in 1916
55

FinalHigh 66°F, low 30°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Richmond Virginian's story: BUCkNELL DOWNEO BY WASHINGTON AND LEE Pcnnsyivanians Arc Showed Under. Generals Win Out Over Them BY Score of So to l.

    The Richmond Virginian, Richmond, Va., November 12, 1916, page 18

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    BUCkNELL DOWNEO BY WASHINGTON AND LEE Pcnnsyivanians Arc Showed Under. Generals Win Out Over Them BY Score of So to l. Especial to The Richmond Virginian) Lexington. Va. Nov. 11.-Washington and Lee this afternoon swept Bucl<neH OFF its feet in the big home game of the season here and defeat ed the visitors. 90 to 7. Outrushing. outrunning and outpassing the Penn sylvanians, the Generals were ahlo TO gain almost at will, while the Wash ington and Lee line at all times proved impregnable. BuckneN made its touchdown IN the first period as the result Of Captain Young dropping the bah when tackled. after receiving punt at his own goal line. Tackles johnson and lgnico gained consistently through the visitors line Young and Kehoe circled their ends for long gains and once Iarkin made fftytlve yards ON forward pass The shift forward pass OF the visitors was successful three times for a total gain OF sixtyhVe yards, but they were unable to use them in the pinches. 7

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)

Washington and Lee 89% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Tied 1–⁠1 in two meetings.

Recent meetings
1916Washington and Lee 55, Bucknell 7
1907Bucknell 2, Washington and Lee 0

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