Bucknell vs. Dickinson

Bucknell and Dickinson have 11 meetings on file, the first in 1888; the series is tied 4–⁠4–⁠3 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Dickinson 4–⁠3.

Bucknell wins
4
Dickinson wins
4
Ties
3
Earliest on file
1888
Longest streak
2 Bucknell
Current streak
0 tie
Last 10 meetings
Dickinson 4–⁠3
Most recent
1919

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1880s1–⁠1
1890s2–⁠0–⁠1
1900s1–⁠1–⁠1
1910s0–⁠2–⁠1
Average margin
9.8 points; 4 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Bucknell
3–⁠0–⁠1 Bucknell’s record at home
At Dickinson
4–⁠1–⁠2 Dickinson’s record at home
Shutouts
5

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Bucknell’s biggest win1907: Bucknell 48, Dickinson 0by 48 points
  2. Dickinson’s biggest win1889: Dickinson 20, Bucknell 4by 16 points
  3. Upset1889: Dickinson 20, Bucknell 4Dickinson had a 26% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Bucknell and Dickinson, 1888 on1300150017001900192019401960198020002020

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 Fairmont West Virginian's story of the 1908 game: e MANY FOOTBALL SURPRISES. Michigan. Tech, Princeton Went Down to Defeat Saturday

    1908 · The Fairmont West Virginian, Fairmont, W. Va., Nov 16, 1908

  • The The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram's story of the 1909 game: Football Results Eastern Games.

    1909 · The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram, Richmond, Ind., Nov 14, 1909

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 27, 1919Dickinson 0, Bucknell 0at Dickinson
Nov 24, 1917Dickinson 7, Bucknell 0at Dickinson
Oct 15, 1910Dickinson 9, Bucknell 6at Dickinson
Nov 13, 1909Bucknell 6, Dickinson 6at Bucknell
Nov 14, 1908Dickinson 6, Bucknell 0at Dickinson
Nov 16, 1907Bucknell 48, Dickinson 0at Bucknell
Nov 21, 1896Bucknell 6, Dickinson 0at Bucknell
Nov 21, 1891Dickinson 0, Bucknell 0at Dickinson
Oct 17, 1890Bucknell 12, Dickinson 0at Dickinson
Oct 11, 1889Dickinson 20, Bucknell 4at Dickinson
Nov 10, 1888Bucknell 18, Dickinson 8at Bucknell

Every game is listed as played on the field.