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.

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

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s0–⁠4
1910s2–⁠0
1920s0–⁠2
1940s0–⁠1
2020s0–⁠1
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

  1. Bucknell’s biggest win1913: Bucknell 9, Pittsburgh 0by 9 points
  2. Pittsburgh’s biggest win2026: Pittsburgh 59, Bucknell 0by 59 points
  3. Upset1912: Bucknell 6, Pittsburgh 0Bucknell had a 33% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1913: Bucknell 9, Pittsburgh 0Bucknell had a 34% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Bucknell and Pittsburgh, 1902 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.

Stars of the series

Biggest days

Mason Heintschel Pittsburgh29 of 37, 403 yards, 6 TD2026 Passing

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).

From the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story of the 1913 game: BUCKNELL A WINNER Pittsburgh Fails to Score Be- cause of FumbIing. STRENUOUS PLAY AT FINISH Neither Side Able to Gain Advan- tage in the Final Two Periods. STRENUOUS PLAY AT FINISH

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

  • The Albuquerque morning journal's story of the 1922 game: FOOTBALL RESULTS

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

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1945 game: FOOTBALL SCORES

    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, 2026Pittsburgh 59, Bucknell 0at Pittsburgh
Oct 6, 1945Pittsburgh 38, Bucknell 0at Pittsburgh
Sep 29, 1923Pittsburgh 21, Bucknell 0at Bucknell
Oct 28, 1922Pittsburgh 7, Bucknell 0at Pittsburgh
Nov 1, 1913Bucknell 9, Pittsburgh 0at Pittsburgh
Oct 12, 1912Bucknell 6, Pittsburgh 0at Pittsburgh
Oct 16, 1909Pittsburgh 18, Bucknell 6at Pittsburgh
Oct 24, 1908Pittsburgh 22, Bucknell 0at Pittsburgh
Oct 26, 1907Pittsburgh 12, Bucknell 0at Pittsburgh
Oct 18, 1902Pittsburgh 24, Bucknell 0at Pittsburgh

Every game is listed as played on the field.