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. Share
- 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
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 0–5 | ||||||||||
| 1900s | 0–5 | ||||||||||
| 1910s | 0–2 | ||||||||||
| 1920s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 2–3 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 0–5 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 0–2 | ||||||||||
| 2020s | 0–4 |
- 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
- Bucknell’s biggest win1966: Bucknell 28, Pennsylvania 21by 7 points
- Pennsylvania’s biggest win2005: Pennsylvania 53, Bucknell 7by 46 points
- Upset1966: Bucknell 28, Pennsylvania 21Bucknell had a 14% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1967: Bucknell 28, Pennsylvania 27Bucknell had a 16% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Both programs through the years
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

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

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

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

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

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
Every game is listed as played on the field.