Bucknell vs. Rutgers
Bucknell and Rutgers have 14 meetings on file, the first in 1922; Rutgers leads the series 11–3 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Rutgers 9–1, and Rutgers has won the last 6. Share
- Bucknell wins
- 3
- Rutgers wins
- 11
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1922
- Longest streak
- 6 Rutgers
- Current streak
- 6 Rutgers
- Last 10 meetings
- Rutgers 9–1
- Most recent
- 1979
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 1–1 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 0–2 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 1–7 |
- Average margin
- 15.3 points; 6 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Bucknell
- 2–4 Bucknell’s record at home
- At Rutgers
- 7–1 Rutgers’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 1
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Bucknell’s biggest win1959: Bucknell 15, Rutgers 8by 7 points
- Rutgers’s biggest win1958: Rutgers 57, Bucknell 12by 45 points
- Upset1959: Bucknell 15, Rutgers 8Bucknell had a 9% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1971: Bucknell 14, Rutgers 13Bucknell had a 30% 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
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 22, 1979 | Rutgers 16, Bucknell 14 | at Rutgers | ||
| Sep 23, 1978 | Rutgers 27, Bucknell 13 | at Bucknell | ||
| Sep 17, 1977 | Rutgers 36, Bucknell 14 | at Rutgers | ||
| Sep 18, 1976 | Rutgers 19, Bucknell 7 | at Bucknell | ||
| Sep 20, 1975 | Rutgers 47, Bucknell 3 | at Rutgers | ||
| Sep 21, 1974 | Rutgers 16, Bucknell 14 | at Bucknell | ||
| Oct 30, 1971 | Bucknell 14, Rutgers 13 | at Bucknell | ||
| Oct 31, 1970 | Rutgers 21, Bucknell 7 | at Rutgers | ||
| Oct 14, 1961 | Rutgers 21, Bucknell 6 | at Bucknell | ||
| Oct 15, 1960 | Rutgers 23, Bucknell 19 | at Rutgers | ||
| Oct 17, 1959 | Bucknell 15, Rutgers 8 | at Bucknell | ||
| Oct 18, 1958 | Rutgers 57, Bucknell 12 | at Rutgers | ||
| Nov 23, 1946 | Rutgers 25, Bucknell 0 | at Rutgers | ||
| Nov 25, 1922 | Bucknell 20, Rutgers 13 | at Rutgers |
Every game is listed as played on the field.