Albright vs. Bucknell

Albright and Bucknell first met in 1914 and have played 8 times; Bucknell leads the series 7–⁠1. Over the last 8 meetings it’s Bucknell 7–⁠1, and Bucknell has won the last 2.

Albright wins
1
Bucknell wins
7
Ties
0
First meeting
1914
Longest streak
5 Bucknell
Current streak
2 Bucknell
Last 10 meetings
Bucknell 7–⁠1
Most recent
1939

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1910s0–⁠2
1930s1–⁠5
Average margin
19.4 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Albright
1–⁠0 Albright’s record at home
At Bucknell
7–⁠0 Bucknell’s record at home
Shutouts
6

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Albright’s biggest win1937: Albright 6, Bucknell 0by 6 points
  2. Bucknell’s biggest win1914: Bucknell 42, Albright 0by 42 points
  3. Upset1937: Albright 6, Bucknell 0Albright had a 28% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Albright and Bucknell, 1914 on130015001700192019401960198020002020

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

From the newspapers

  • The The sun's story of the 1914 game: BUCKNELL BEATS ALBRIGHT. scores SIX Touchdown mud Con- ycrts All Of Them.

    1914 · The sun, New York [N.Y.], Nov 8, 1914

  • The The Key West citizen. (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current's story of the 1938 game: This PICSKIN WEEKEND

    1938 · The Key West citizen. (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, Florida, Oct 28, 1938

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 earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

Every game

Oct 14, 1939Bucknell 15, Albright 0at Bucknell
Oct 22, 1938Bucknell 6, Albright 0at Bucknell
Oct 30, 1937Albright 6, Bucknell 0at Albright
Oct 1, 1932Bucknell 13, Albright 6at Bucknell
Oct 10, 1931Bucknell 23, Albright 7at Bucknell
Oct 4, 1930Bucknell 26, Albright 0at Bucknell
Sep 30, 1916Bucknell 37, Albright 0at Bucknell
Nov 7, 1914Bucknell 42, Albright 0at Bucknell

Every game is listed as played on the field.