Bucknell vs. George Washington

Bucknell and George Washington first met in 1908 and have played 7 times; Bucknell leads the series 3–⁠2–⁠2. Over the last 7 meetings it’s Bucknell 3–⁠2.

Bucknell wins
3
George Washington wins
2
Ties
2
First meeting
1908
Longest streak
2 Bucknell
Current streak
1 George Washington
Last 10 meetings
Bucknell 3–⁠2
Most recent
1952

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s1–⁠0–⁠1
1930s1–⁠1
1940s1–⁠0–⁠1
1950s0–⁠1
Average margin
6.1 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Bucknell
1–⁠0 Bucknell’s record at home
At George Washington
2–⁠2–⁠2 George Washington’s record at home
Shutouts
2

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Bucknell’s biggest win1938: Bucknell 16, George Washington 0by 16 points
  2. George Washington’s biggest win1952: George Washington 21, Bucknell 7by 14 points
  3. Upset1909: Bucknell 12, George Washington 6Bucknell had a 34% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Bucknell and George Washington, 1908 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 Daily Arizona silver belt's story of the 1908 game: FOOTBALL SCORES.

    1908 · Daily Arizona silver belt, Arizona, Nov 27, 1908

  • The Evening star's story of the 1939 game: Atchison

    1939 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 27, 1939

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 8, 1952George Washington 21, Bucknell 7at George Washington
Nov 15, 1941Bucknell 6, George Washington 0at George Washington
Nov 9, 1940George Washington 0, Bucknell 0at George Washington
Nov 25, 1939George Washington 7, Bucknell 6at George Washington
Nov 19, 1938Bucknell 16, George Washington 0at Bucknell
Nov 25, 1909Bucknell 12, George Washington 6at George Washington
Nov 26, 1908George Washington 5, Bucknell 5at George Washington

Every game is listed as played on the field.