Bucknell vs. Muhlenberg

Bucknell and Muhlenberg first met in 1911 and have played 10 times; Bucknell leads the series 6–⁠3–⁠1. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Bucknell 6–⁠3.

Bucknell wins
6
Muhlenberg wins
3
Ties
1
First meeting
1911
Longest streak
4 Bucknell
Current streak
1 Muhlenberg
Last 10 meetings
Bucknell 6–⁠3
Most recent
1946

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1910s3–⁠2–⁠1
1930s1–⁠0
1940s2–⁠1
Average margin
13.1 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Bucknell
5–⁠2 Bucknell’s record at home
At Muhlenberg
1–⁠1–⁠1 Muhlenberg’s record at home
Shutouts
5

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Bucknell’s biggest win1919: Bucknell 27, Muhlenberg 0by 27 points
  2. Muhlenberg’s biggest win1916: Muhlenberg 17, Bucknell 0by 17 points
  3. Upset1915: Muhlenberg 3, Bucknell 0Muhlenberg had a 14% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1946: Muhlenberg 6, Bucknell 0Muhlenberg had a 22% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  5. Upset1916: Muhlenberg 17, Bucknell 0Muhlenberg had a 31% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Bucknell and Muhlenberg, 1911 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 New-York tribune's story of the 1919 game: Bucknell Triumphs Over Muhlenberg 30

    1919 · New-York tribune, Oct 19, 1919

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1946 game: FOOTBALL . SCORES

    1946 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Oct 14, 1946

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 12, 1946Muhlenberg 6, Bucknell 0at Bucknell
Sep 23, 1944Bucknell 14, Muhlenberg 0at Bucknell
Sep 16, 1944Bucknell 24, Muhlenberg 7at Muhlenberg
Nov 18, 1939Bucknell 25, Muhlenberg 3at Bucknell
Oct 18, 1919Bucknell 27, Muhlenberg 0at Bucknell
Oct 28, 1916Muhlenberg 17, Bucknell 0at Muhlenberg
Oct 27, 1915Muhlenberg 3, Bucknell 0at Bucknell
Oct 31, 1914Muhlenberg 0, Bucknell 0at Muhlenberg
Nov 22, 1913Bucknell 14, Muhlenberg 6at Bucknell
Nov 18, 1911Bucknell 20, Muhlenberg 3at Bucknell

Every game is listed as played on the field.