Bucknell vs. Fordham
Bucknell and Fordham have 27 meetings on file, the first in 1929; Fordham leads the series 17–10 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Fordham 8–2, and Bucknell has won the last 2. Share
- Bucknell wins
- 10
- Fordham wins
- 17
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1929
- Longest streak
- 11 Fordham
- Current streak
- 2 Bucknell
- Last 10 meetings
- Fordham 8–2
- Most recent
- 2025
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 1–2 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 5–2 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 2–8 | ||||||||||
| 2020s | 2–4 |
- Average margin
- 12.9 points; 11 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Bucknell
- 5–6 Bucknell’s record at home
- At Fordham
- 6–2 Fordham’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 3–5 Bucknell first
- Shutouts
- 4
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Bucknell’s biggest win2011: Bucknell 21, Fordham 0by 21 points
- Fordham’s biggest win2021: Fordham 66, Bucknell 21by 45 points
- Upset2007: Bucknell 38, Fordham 24Bucknell had a 22% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1931: Bucknell 14, Fordham 13Bucknell had a 30% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Coach against coach
| Years | Bucknell | Series | Fordham |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1929–1932 | Carl Snavely | 1–3 | Frank Cavanaugh |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Bucknell’s side (Snavely 1–3 against Cavanaugh). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
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

1929 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 24, 1929

1930 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 23, 1930
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
Every game is listed as played on the field.