Bucknell vs. New York University

Bucknell and New York University first met in 1915 and have played 7 times; the series is tied 3–⁠3–⁠1. Over the last 7 meetings it’s even at 3–⁠3, and Bucknell has won the last 2.

Bucknell wins
3
New York University wins
3
Ties
1
First meeting
1915
Longest streak
2 New York University
Current streak
2 Bucknell
Last 10 meetings
even at 3–⁠3
Most recent
1950

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1910s0–⁠1–⁠1
1930s0–⁠1
1940s2–⁠1
1950s1–⁠0
Average margin
16.3 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Bucknell
3–⁠0 Bucknell’s record at home
At New York University
3–⁠0–⁠1 New York University’s record at home
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 win1950: Bucknell 41, New York University 7by 34 points
  2. New York University’s biggest win1935: New York University 14, Bucknell 0by 14 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Bucknell and New York University, 1915 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 The sun's story of the 1915 game: N. Y. U. TIES WITH BUCKNELL AT 3-3 Home Team Is Within Yard Of Goal Line When Grid iron Battle Ends. HOME HALFRACK INJURED

    1915 · The sun, New York [N.Y.], Nov 3, 1915

  • The The Bridgeport evening farmer's story of the 1916 game: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY CLEANS UP BUCKNELL

    1916 · The Bridgeport evening farmer, Nov 8, 1916

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 4, 1950Bucknell 41, New York University 7at Bucknell
Oct 1, 1949Bucknell 14, New York University 0at Bucknell
Nov 11, 1947New York University 19, Bucknell 6at New York University
Nov 4, 1944Bucknell 26, New York University 0at Bucknell
Nov 2, 1935New York University 14, Bucknell 0at New York University
Nov 8, 1916New York University 13, Bucknell 0at New York University
Oct 30, 1915New York University 3, Bucknell 3at New York University

Every game is listed as played on the field.