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. Share
- 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
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1–1 | ||||||||||
| 1890s | 2–0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1900s | 1–1–1 | ||||||||||
| 1910s | 0–2–1 |
- 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
- Bucknell’s biggest win1907: Bucknell 48, Dickinson 0by 48 points
- Dickinson’s biggest win1889: Dickinson 20, Bucknell 4by 16 points
- Upset1889: Dickinson 20, Bucknell 4Dickinson had a 26% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Both programs through the years
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

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

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, 1919 | Dickinson 0, Bucknell 0 | at Dickinson | ||
| Nov 24, 1917 | Dickinson 7, Bucknell 0 | at Dickinson | ||
| Oct 15, 1910 | Dickinson 9, Bucknell 6 | at Dickinson | ||
| Nov 13, 1909 | Bucknell 6, Dickinson 6 | at Bucknell | ||
| Nov 14, 1908 | Dickinson 6, Bucknell 0 | at Dickinson | ||
| Nov 16, 1907 | Bucknell 48, Dickinson 0 | at Bucknell | ||
| Nov 21, 1896 | Bucknell 6, Dickinson 0 | at Bucknell | ||
| Nov 21, 1891 | Dickinson 0, Bucknell 0 | at Dickinson | ||
| Oct 17, 1890 | Bucknell 12, Dickinson 0 | at Dickinson | ||
| Oct 11, 1889 | Dickinson 20, Bucknell 4 | at Dickinson | ||
| Nov 10, 1888 | Bucknell 18, Dickinson 8 | at Bucknell |
Every game is listed as played on the field.