Bucknell vs. Pennsylvania

Bucknell and Pennsylvania have 29 meetings on file, the first in 1895; Pennsylvania leads the series 27–⁠2 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Pennsylvania 10–⁠0, and Pennsylvania has won the last 13.

Bucknell wins
2
Pennsylvania wins
27
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1895
Longest streak
14 Pennsylvania
Current streak
13 Pennsylvania
Last 10 meetings
Pennsylvania 10–⁠0
Most recent
2026

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1890s0–⁠5
1900s0–⁠5
1910s0–⁠2
1920s0–⁠1
1960s2–⁠3
2000s0–⁠5
2010s0–⁠2
2020s0–⁠4
Average margin
17.8 points; 8 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Bucknell
0–⁠7 Bucknell’s record at home
At Pennsylvania
20–⁠2 Pennsylvania’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 win1966: Bucknell 28, Pennsylvania 21by 7 points
  2. Pennsylvania’s biggest win2005: Pennsylvania 53, Bucknell 7by 46 points
  3. Upset1966: Bucknell 28, Pennsylvania 21Bucknell had a 14% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1967: Bucknell 28, Pennsylvania 27Bucknell had a 16% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Bucknell and Pennsylvania, 1895 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 1899 game: OTHER GAMES At Amherst-Amherst 22, Williston O. At Providence-Brown 6, Tufts o. PENNsYLvANIA sCoREn ON

    1899 · The daily morning journal and courier, Oct 5, 1899

  • The The Topeka state journal's story of the 1901 game: SATURDAYS Football Games,

    1901 · The Topeka state journal, Topeka, Kansas, Oct 21, 1901

  • The The Saint Paul globe's story of the 1902 game: PENN HAS A CLOSE CALL. Wins From BuckneII by the Narrow Mar gin of to 5.

    1902 · The Saint Paul globe, St. Paul, Minn., Oct 26, 1902

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1903 game: FOOTBALL RESULTS.

    1903 · The Birmingham age-herald, Nov 1, 1903

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1908 game: BEATS BUCKNELL. PENN. All the Scoring Done TN First Half bg VARSITY Men.

    1908 · New-York tribune, New York, Oct 4, 1908

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

Sep 19, 2026Pennsylvania 20, Bucknell 7at Bucknell
Oct 12, 2024Pennsylvania 31, Bucknell 21at Pennsylvania
Sep 23, 2023Pennsylvania 37, Bucknell 21at Bucknell
Sep 18, 2021Pennsylvania 30, Bucknell 6at Bucknell
Sep 15, 2018Pennsylvania 34, Bucknell 17at Pennsylvania
Oct 9, 2010Pennsylvania 31, Bucknell 10at Bucknell
Oct 10, 2009Pennsylvania 21, Bucknell 3at Pennsylvania
Oct 7, 2006Pennsylvania 34, Bucknell 24at Bucknell
Oct 8, 2005Pennsylvania 53, Bucknell 7at Pennsylvania
Oct 9, 2004Pennsylvania 32, Bucknell 25at Bucknell
Oct 11, 2003Pennsylvania 14, Bucknell 13at Pennsylvania
Sep 27, 1969Pennsylvania 28, Bucknell 17at Pennsylvania
Sep 28, 1968Pennsylvania 27, Bucknell 10at Pennsylvania
Oct 21, 1967Bucknell 28, Pennsylvania 27at Pennsylvania
Oct 15, 1966Bucknell 28, Pennsylvania 21at Pennsylvania
Oct 16, 1965Pennsylvania 16, Bucknell 13at Pennsylvania
Oct 2, 1920Pennsylvania 7, Bucknell 0at Pennsylvania
Sep 27, 1919Pennsylvania 16, Bucknell 0at Pennsylvania
Oct 20, 1917Pennsylvania 20, Bucknell 6at Pennsylvania
Oct 3, 1908Pennsylvania 16, Bucknell 0at Pennsylvania
Oct 5, 1907Pennsylvania 29, Bucknell 2at Pennsylvania
Oct 31, 1903Pennsylvania 47, Bucknell 6at Pennsylvania
Oct 25, 1902Pennsylvania 6, Bucknell 5at Pennsylvania
Oct 19, 1901Pennsylvania 6, Bucknell 0at Pennsylvania
Oct 4, 1899Pennsylvania 47, Bucknell 10at Pennsylvania
Oct 2, 1897Pennsylvania 33, Bucknell 0at Pennsylvania
Sep 22, 1897Pennsylvania 17, Bucknell 0at Bucknell
Oct 3, 1896Pennsylvania 40, Bucknell 0at Pennsylvania
Oct 2, 1895Pennsylvania 40, Bucknell 0at Pennsylvania

Every game is listed as played on the field.