Bucknell vs. Lebanon Valley

Bucknell and Lebanon Valley first met in 1903 and have played 9 times; Bucknell leads the series 8–⁠1. Over the last 9 meetings it’s Bucknell 8–⁠1, and Bucknell has won the last 4.

Bucknell wins
8
Lebanon Valley wins
1
Ties
0
First meeting
1903
Longest streak
4 Bucknell
Current streak
4 Bucknell
Last 10 meetings
Bucknell 8–⁠1
Most recent
1937

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s3–⁠0
1910s2–⁠1
1930s3–⁠0
Average margin
24.8 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Bucknell
8–⁠1 Bucknell’s record at home
Shutouts
8

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Bucknell’s biggest win1913: Bucknell 45, Lebanon Valley 0by 45 points
  2. Lebanon Valley’s biggest win1915: Lebanon Valley 3, Bucknell 0by 3 points
  3. Upset1915: Lebanon Valley 3, Bucknell 0Lebanon Valley had a 19% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Bucknell and Lebanon Valley, 1903 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 Evening star's story of the 1936 game: Foot Ball Scores

    1936 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 3, 1936

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 2, 1937Bucknell 13, Lebanon Valley 0at Bucknell
Oct 3, 1936Bucknell 20, Lebanon Valley 0at Bucknell
Sep 30, 1933Bucknell 34, Lebanon Valley 0at Bucknell
Nov 30, 1916Bucknell 8, Lebanon Valley 0at Bucknell
Nov 20, 1915Lebanon Valley 3, Bucknell 0at Bucknell
Oct 4, 1913Bucknell 45, Lebanon Valley 0at Bucknell
Sep 23, 1905Bucknell 29, Lebanon Valley 0at Bucknell
Sep 24, 1904Bucknell 30, Lebanon Valley 0at Bucknell
Nov 7, 1903Bucknell 47, Lebanon Valley 6at Bucknell

Every game is listed as played on the field.