Bucknell vs. Cornell

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

1. Bucknell’s biggest win1980: Bucknell 33, Cornell 16by 17 points
2. Cornell’s biggest win1889: Cornell 66, Bucknell 0by 66 points
3. Upset1979: Bucknell 10, Cornell 0Bucknell had a 11% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1891: Bucknell 4, Cornell 0Bucknell had a 22% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
5. Upset2016: Cornell 24, Bucknell 16Cornell had a 28% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Bucknell’s side (Hoskins 0–⁠3 against Warner). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

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.

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  1901 · Akron daily Democrat, Akron, Ohio, Oct 7, 1901

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  1903 · The sun, Oct 18, 1903

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  1904 · The Washington times, Washington [D.C.], Oct 16, 1904

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  1905 · Evening star, Oct 8, 1905

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  1906 · New-York tribune, New York, Oct 14, 1906

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 is listed as played on the field.

• Bucknell vs. Colgate55 meetings, Bucknell 13–⁠42
• Bucknell vs. Lafayette43 meetings, Bucknell 12–⁠28–⁠3
• Bucknell vs. Lehigh36 meetings, Bucknell 14–⁠20–⁠2
• Bucknell vs. Penn State32 meetings, Bucknell 10–⁠22
• Cornell vs. Pennsylvania110 meetings, Cornell 40–⁠65–⁠5
• Cornell vs. Columbia91 meetings, Cornell 52–⁠36–⁠3
• Cornell vs. Colgate90 meetings, Cornell 48–⁠39–⁠3
• Cornell vs. Dartmouth87 meetings, Cornell 32–⁠54–⁠1