Bucknell vs. Lafayette

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

1. Bucknell’s biggest win1946: Bucknell 29, Lafayette 0by 29 points
2. Lafayette’s biggest win1888: Lafayette 54, Bucknell 0by 54 points
3. Upset2011: Bucknell 39, Lafayette 13Bucknell had a 29% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Bucknell’s side (Reynolds 0–⁠3 against Sutherland). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

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.

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  1898 · The times, District of Columbia, Nov 20, 1898

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  1907 · Waterbury evening Democrat, Nov 11, 1907

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  1911 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 5, 1911

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  1920 · The New York herald, New York, N.Y., Nov 7, 1920

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  1921 · Daily Kennebec journal, Maine, Oct 17, 1921

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 is listed as played on the field.

• Bucknell vs. Colgate55 meetings, Bucknell 13–⁠42
• Bucknell vs. Cornell49 meetings, Bucknell 10–⁠39
• Bucknell vs. Lehigh36 meetings, Bucknell 14–⁠20–⁠2
• Bucknell vs. Penn State32 meetings, Bucknell 10–⁠22
• Lafayette vs. Lehigh88 meetings, Lafayette 46–⁠38–⁠4
• Lafayette vs. Pennsylvania80 meetings, Lafayette 21–⁠55–⁠4
• Lafayette vs. Rutgers52 meetings, Lafayette 16–⁠35–⁠1
• Lafayette vs. Colgate49 meetings, Lafayette 11–⁠35–⁠3