Bucknell vs. Miami

Bucknell and Miami have 5 meetings on file, the first in 1934; Miami leads the series 3–⁠1–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Miami 3–⁠1, and Miami has won the last 2.

Bucknell wins
1
Miami wins
3
Ties
1
Earliest on file
1934
Longest streak
2 Miami
Current streak
2 Miami
Last 10 meetings
Miami 3–⁠1
Most recent
1955

The series at a glance

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

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Bucknell’s biggest win1934: Bucknell 26, Miami 0by 26 points
  2. Miami’s biggest win1955: Miami 46, Bucknell 0by 46 points
  3. Upset1936: Miami 6, Bucknell 0Miami had a 8% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Bucknell and Miami, 1934 on13001500170019401960198020002020

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 Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current's story of the 1934 game: TULANE RALLY BEATS TEMPLE, 2O.l4, IN SUGAR BOWL GAME Bucknell Scores 26-O Triumph Over Miami

    1934 · The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, North Dakota, Jan 2, 1935

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 11, 1955Miami 46, Bucknell 0at Miami
Nov 24, 1938Miami 19, Bucknell 0at Miami
Oct 15, 1937Bucknell 6, Miami 6at Bucknell
Oct 9, 1936Miami 6, Bucknell 0at Bucknell
Jan 1, 1935Bucknell 26, Miami 0Neutral siteOrange Bowl

Every game is listed as played on the field.