Bucknell vs. Pittsburgh
Bucknell and Pittsburgh have 10 meetings on file, the first in 1902; Pittsburgh leads the series 8–2 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Pittsburgh 8–2, and Pittsburgh has won the last 4. Share
- Bucknell wins
- 2
- Pittsburgh wins
- 8
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1902
- Longest streak
- 4 Pittsburgh
- Current streak
- 4 Pittsburgh
- Last 10 meetings
- Pittsburgh 8–2
- Most recent
- 2026
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0–4 | ||||||||||
| 1910s | 2–0 | ||||||||||
| 1920s | 0–2 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 2020s | 0–1 |
- Average margin
- 21 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Bucknell
- 0–1 Bucknell’s record at home
- At Pittsburgh
- 7–2 Pittsburgh’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 9
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Bucknell’s biggest win1913: Bucknell 9, Pittsburgh 0by 9 points
- Pittsburgh’s biggest win2026: Pittsburgh 59, Bucknell 0by 59 points
- Upset1912: Bucknell 6, Pittsburgh 0Bucknell had a 33% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1913: Bucknell 9, Pittsburgh 0Bucknell had a 34% 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.
Stars of the series
Biggest days
| Mason Heintschel Pittsburgh | 29 of 37, 403 yards, 6 TD | 2026 Passing |
Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).
From the newspapers

1913 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 2, 1913

1922 · Albuquerque morning journal, Albuquerque, N.M., Oct 29, 1922

1945 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Oct 8, 1945
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 26, 2026 | Pittsburgh 59, Bucknell 0 | at Pittsburgh | ||
| Oct 6, 1945 | Pittsburgh 38, Bucknell 0 | at Pittsburgh | ||
| Sep 29, 1923 | Pittsburgh 21, Bucknell 0 | at Bucknell | ||
| Oct 28, 1922 | Pittsburgh 7, Bucknell 0 | at Pittsburgh | ||
| Nov 1, 1913 | Bucknell 9, Pittsburgh 0 | at Pittsburgh | ||
| Oct 12, 1912 | Bucknell 6, Pittsburgh 0 | at Pittsburgh | ||
| Oct 16, 1909 | Pittsburgh 18, Bucknell 6 | at Pittsburgh | ||
| Oct 24, 1908 | Pittsburgh 22, Bucknell 0 | at Pittsburgh | ||
| Oct 26, 1907 | Pittsburgh 12, Bucknell 0 | at Pittsburgh | ||
| Oct 18, 1902 | Pittsburgh 24, Bucknell 0 | at Pittsburgh |
Every game is listed as played on the field.