Bucknell vs. Lehigh

Bucknell and Lehigh have 36 meetings on file, the first in 1888; Lehigh leads the series 20–⁠14–⁠2 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Lehigh 6–⁠4.

Bucknell wins
14
Lehigh wins
20
Ties
2
Earliest on file
1888
Longest streak
10 Lehigh
Current streak
1 Lehigh
Last 10 meetings
Lehigh 6–⁠4
Most recent
2025

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1880s0–⁠1
1890s2–⁠1–⁠1
1900s1–⁠1
1910s1–⁠0
1920s1–⁠0–⁠1
1960s3–⁠0
2000s0–⁠7
2010s3–⁠7
2020s3–⁠3
Average margin
19.5 points; 9 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Bucknell
5–⁠10–⁠1 Bucknell’s record at home
At Lehigh
10–⁠9–⁠1 Lehigh’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 win1965: Bucknell 41, Lehigh 0by 41 points
  2. Lehigh’s biggest win1888: Lehigh 74, Bucknell 0by 74 points
  3. Upset2013: Bucknell 48, Lehigh 10Bucknell had a 22% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1900: Lehigh 12, Bucknell 6Lehigh had a 24% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  5. Upset2015: Lehigh 21, Bucknell 10Lehigh had a 29% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Bucknell and Lehigh, 1888 on1300150017001900192019401960198020002020

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 The daily morning journal and courier's story of the 1898 game: FOoTRALL. Results of Saturdays oontests on tn, GrIdiron.

    1898 · The daily morning journal and courier, Oct 31, 1898

  • The The evening herald's story of the 1899 game

    1899 · The evening herald, Shenandoah, Pa., Oct 16, 1899

  • The Evening star's story of the 1922 game: BUCKNELL TEAM SCORES AT EXPENSE OF LEHIGH

    1922 · Evening star, Nov 12, 1922

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 31, 2026Bucknell at Lehigh upcomingat Lehigh
Sep 20, 2025Lehigh 41, Bucknell 24at Bucknell
Sep 28, 2024Bucknell 38, Lehigh 35at Lehigh
Oct 21, 2023Lehigh 27, Bucknell 18at Bucknell
Oct 22, 2022Bucknell 19, Lehigh 17at Lehigh
Nov 6, 2021Lehigh 38, Bucknell 6at Bucknell
Apr 3, 2021Bucknell 6, Lehigh 0at Lehigh
Nov 9, 2019Bucknell 20, Lehigh 10at Bucknell
Nov 3, 2018Lehigh 45, Bucknell 17at Lehigh
Nov 4, 2017Lehigh 42, Bucknell 21at Bucknell
Nov 5, 2016Lehigh 20, Bucknell 13at Lehigh
Oct 10, 2015Lehigh 21, Bucknell 10at Bucknell
Oct 11, 2014Bucknell 45, Lehigh 24at Lehigh
Oct 26, 2013Bucknell 48, Lehigh 10at Bucknell
Oct 20, 2012Lehigh 42, Bucknell 19at Lehigh
Oct 8, 2011Lehigh 30, Bucknell 6at Bucknell
Oct 23, 2010Lehigh 32, Bucknell 10at Lehigh
Oct 24, 2009Lehigh 35, Bucknell 16at Bucknell
Nov 15, 2008Lehigh 31, Bucknell 15at Lehigh
Nov 10, 2007Lehigh 38, Bucknell 10at Bucknell
Oct 21, 2006Lehigh 38, Bucknell 7at Lehigh
Oct 22, 2005Lehigh 42, Bucknell 10at Bucknell
Oct 23, 2004Lehigh 40, Bucknell 17at Lehigh
Nov 15, 2003Lehigh 45, Bucknell 9at Bucknell
Nov 13, 1965Bucknell 41, Lehigh 0at Bucknell
Nov 14, 1964Bucknell 3, Lehigh 0at Lehigh
Nov 16, 1963Bucknell 34, Lehigh 12at Bucknell
Nov 3, 1923Bucknell 7, Lehigh 7at Bucknell
Nov 11, 1922Bucknell 14, Lehigh 0at Lehigh
Oct 7, 1911Bucknell 3, Lehigh 0at Lehigh
Oct 26, 1901Bucknell 10, Lehigh 0at Lehigh
Oct 13, 1900Lehigh 12, Bucknell 6at Lehigh
Oct 14, 1899Bucknell 5, Lehigh 0at Lehigh
Oct 29, 1898Lehigh 0, Bucknell 0at Lehigh
Oct 23, 1897Bucknell 28, Lehigh 20at Bucknell
Sep 29, 1891Lehigh 62, Bucknell 4at Lehigh
Oct 24, 1888Lehigh 74, Bucknell 0at Lehigh

Every game is listed as played on the field.