Bucknell vs. Colgate

Bucknell and Colgate have 55 meetings on file, the first in 1917; Colgate leads the series 42–⁠13 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Colgate 7–⁠3.

Bucknell wins
13
Colgate wins
42
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1917
Longest streak
8 Colgate
Current streak
1 Colgate
Last 10 meetings
Colgate 7–⁠3
Most recent
2025

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1910s0–⁠1
1950s1–⁠9
1960s3–⁠7
1970s3–⁠7
1980s0–⁠2
2000s2–⁠5
2010s2–⁠8
2020s2–⁠3
Average margin
17.1 points; 15 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Bucknell
6–⁠17 Bucknell’s record at home
At Colgate
25–⁠7 Colgate’s record at home
Shutouts
9

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Bucknell’s biggest win2004: Bucknell 42, Colgate 7by 35 points
  2. Colgate’s biggest win2003: Colgate 50, Bucknell 6by 44 points
  3. Upset1975: Bucknell 24, Colgate 16Bucknell had a 11% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1963: Bucknell 14, Colgate 0Bucknell had a 13% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  5. Upset1972: Bucknell 41, Colgate 7Bucknell had a 14% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Bucknell and Colgate, 1917 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 Evening star's story of the 1951 game

    1951 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 16, 1951

  • The Evening star's story of the 1955 game: Colgate Beats BuckneII, 35-7

    1955 · Evening star, Nov 6, 1955

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

Nov 21, 2026Colgate at Bucknell upcomingat Bucknell
Nov 22, 2025Colgate 38, Bucknell 19at Colgate
Nov 23, 2024Bucknell 48, Colgate 34at Bucknell
Oct 28, 2023Bucknell 49, Colgate 34at Colgate
Oct 29, 2022Colgate 13, Bucknell 7at Bucknell
Oct 30, 2021Colgate 33, Bucknell 10at Colgate
Oct 12, 2019Bucknell 32, Colgate 14at Colgate
Oct 6, 2018Colgate 27, Bucknell 3at Bucknell
Oct 28, 2017Colgate 40, Bucknell 3at Colgate
Oct 15, 2016Colgate 27, Bucknell 7at Bucknell
Nov 21, 2015Colgate 14, Bucknell 10at Colgate
Nov 22, 2014Colgate 21, Bucknell 6at Bucknell
Nov 2, 2013Bucknell 28, Colgate 7at Colgate
Oct 27, 2012Colgate 47, Bucknell 33at Bucknell
Nov 19, 2011Colgate 21, Bucknell 6at Colgate
Nov 13, 2010Colgate 31, Bucknell 7at Bucknell
Nov 14, 2009Colgate 29, Bucknell 14at Colgate
Oct 25, 2008Colgate 52, Bucknell 28at Bucknell
Oct 6, 2007Colgate 28, Bucknell 24at Colgate
Nov 18, 2006Bucknell 31, Colgate 28at Bucknell
Nov 12, 2005Colgate 16, Bucknell 10at Colgate
Nov 13, 2004Bucknell 42, Colgate 7at Bucknell
Oct 25, 2003Colgate 50, Bucknell 6at Colgate
Nov 7, 1981Colgate 24, Bucknell 6at Colgate
Nov 15, 1980Colgate 17, Bucknell 14at Bucknell
Nov 10, 1979Colgate 20, Bucknell 2at Colgate
Nov 11, 1978Bucknell 7, Colgate 0at Bucknell
Nov 5, 1977Colgate 49, Bucknell 17at Colgate
Nov 6, 1976Colgate 24, Bucknell 13at Bucknell
Nov 8, 1975Bucknell 24, Colgate 16at Colgate
Nov 9, 1974Colgate 34, Bucknell 21at Bucknell
Oct 27, 1973Colgate 41, Bucknell 23at Colgate
Nov 11, 1972Bucknell 41, Colgate 7at Bucknell
Nov 6, 1971Colgate 47, Bucknell 24at Colgate
Nov 7, 1970Colgate 44, Bucknell 14at Bucknell
Nov 8, 1969Colgate 28, Bucknell 7at Colgate
Nov 9, 1968Colgate 48, Bucknell 34at Bucknell
Nov 11, 1967Colgate 38, Bucknell 0at Colgate
Nov 5, 1966Colgate 20, Bucknell 0at Bucknell
Nov 6, 1965Colgate 21, Bucknell 7at Colgate
Nov 7, 1964Colgate 14, Bucknell 6at Bucknell
Nov 9, 1963Bucknell 14, Colgate 0at Colgate
Nov 10, 1962Bucknell 32, Colgate 14at Bucknell
Oct 7, 1961Colgate 13, Bucknell 0at Colgate
Nov 5, 1960Bucknell 12, Colgate 8at Colgate
Nov 7, 1959Colgate 16, Bucknell 13at Colgate
Oct 11, 1958Colgate 7, Bucknell 0at Bucknell
Nov 9, 1957Colgate 32, Bucknell 0at Colgate
Nov 10, 1956Colgate 26, Bucknell 12at Colgate
Nov 5, 1955Colgate 35, Bucknell 7at Bucknell
Nov 6, 1954Colgate 20, Bucknell 14at Colgate
Nov 7, 1953Colgate 19, Bucknell 12at Colgate
Oct 25, 1952Colgate 28, Bucknell 0at Bucknell
Nov 10, 1951Bucknell 21, Colgate 20at Colgate
Oct 21, 1950Colgate 23, Bucknell 12at Colgate
Oct 13, 1917Colgate 24, Bucknell 0at Colgate

Every game is listed as played on the field.