Bucknell vs. Harvard
Bucknell and Harvard have 6 meetings on file, the first in 1955; Harvard leads the series 4–1–1 in the games on file. Over the last 6 meetings it’s Harvard 4–1, and Harvard has won the last 3. Share
- Bucknell wins
- 1
- Harvard wins
- 4
- Ties
- 1
- Earliest on file
- 1955
- Longest streak
- 3 Harvard
- Current streak
- 3 Harvard
- Last 10 meetings
- Harvard 4–1
- Most recent
- 2012
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 23.8 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Harvard
- 4–1–1 Harvard’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 1
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Bucknell’s biggest win1964: Bucknell 24, Harvard 21by 3 points
- Harvard’s biggest win1968: Harvard 59, Bucknell 0by 59 points
- Upset1964: Bucknell 24, Harvard 21Bucknell had a 8% 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
1955 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 30, 1955
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
| Oct 13, 2012 | Harvard 35, Bucknell 7 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 15, 2011 | Harvard 42, Bucknell 3 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 5, 1968 | Harvard 59, Bucknell 0 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 3, 1964 | Bucknell 24, Harvard 21 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 3, 1959 | Harvard 20, Bucknell 6 | at Harvard | ||
| Oct 29, 1955 | Harvard 26, Bucknell 26 | at Harvard |
Every game is listed as played on the field.