Bucknell vs. Penn State

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

1. Bucknell’s biggest win1929: Bucknell 27, Penn State 6by 21 points
2. Penn State’s biggest win1947: Penn State 54, Bucknell 0by 54 points
3. Upset1938: Bucknell 14, Penn State 0Bucknell had a 22% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1928: Bucknell 6, Penn State 0Bucknell had a 32% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Bucknell’s side (Snavely 3–⁠0 against Bezdek). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

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.

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  1896 · The Middleburgh post, Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa., Nov 5, 1896

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  1909 · Los Angeles herald, California, Nov 7, 1909

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  1928 · New Britain herald, Connecticut, Oct 18, 1928

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  1929 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 17, 1929

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  1930 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 2, 1930

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 is listed as played on the field.

• Bucknell vs. Colgate55 meetings, Bucknell 13–⁠42
• Bucknell vs. Cornell49 meetings, Bucknell 10–⁠39
• Bucknell vs. Lafayette43 meetings, Bucknell 12–⁠28–⁠3
• Bucknell vs. Lehigh36 meetings, Bucknell 14–⁠20–⁠2
• Penn State vs. Pittsburgh99 meetings, Penn State 52–⁠43–⁠4
• Penn State vs. Syracuse71 meetings, Penn State 43–⁠23–⁠5
• Penn State vs. West Virginia61 meetings, Penn State 50–⁠9–⁠2
• Penn State vs. Maryland48 meetings, Penn State 44–⁠3–⁠1