Bucknell vs. Swarthmore
Bucknell and Swarthmore first met in 1889 and have played 10 times; Swarthmore leads the series 6–4. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Swarthmore 6–4. Share
- Bucknell wins
- 4
- Swarthmore wins
- 6
- Ties
- 0
- First meeting
- 1889
- Longest streak
- 6 Swarthmore
- Current streak
- 1 Bucknell
- Last 10 meetings
- Swarthmore 6–4
- Most recent
- 1917
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1890s | 2–0 | ||||||||||
| 1900s | 0–2 | ||||||||||
| 1910s | 1–4 |
- Average margin
- 13.1 points; 4 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Bucknell
- 3–2 Bucknell’s record at home
- At Swarthmore
- 4–1 Swarthmore’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 4
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Bucknell’s biggest win1891: Bucknell 32, Swarthmore 12by 20 points
- Swarthmore’s biggest win1907: Swarthmore 35, Bucknell 4by 31 points
- Upset1915: Swarthmore 3, Bucknell 0Swarthmore had a 22% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1914: Swarthmore 9, Bucknell 0Swarthmore had a 35% 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
1907 · The Paducah evening sun, Paducah, Ky., Nov 25, 1907
1909 · The Washington herald, District of Columbia, Nov 21, 1909
1912 · The Washington times, Washington [D.C.], Nov 17, 1912
1915 · The Bridgeport evening farmer, Connecticut, Oct 11, 1915
1917 · Harrisburg telegraph, Harrisburg, Pa., Oct 8, 1917
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
| Oct 6, 1917 | Bucknell 16, Swarthmore 7 | at Bucknell | ||
| Oct 9, 1915 | Swarthmore 3, Bucknell 0 | at Bucknell | ||
| Oct 10, 1914 | Swarthmore 9, Bucknell 0 | at Swarthmore | ||
| Nov 16, 1912 | Swarthmore 14, Bucknell 13 | at Swarthmore | ||
| Nov 19, 1910 | Swarthmore 23, Bucknell 18 | at Swarthmore | ||
| Nov 20, 1909 | Swarthmore 29, Bucknell 0 | at Swarthmore | ||
| Nov 23, 1907 | Swarthmore 35, Bucknell 4 | at Bucknell | ||
| Oct 22, 1898 | Bucknell 34, Swarthmore 18 | at Bucknell | ||
| Oct 24, 1891 | Bucknell 32, Swarthmore 12 | at Bucknell | ||
| Nov 2, 1889 | Bucknell 8, Swarthmore 0 | at Swarthmore |
Every game is listed as played on the field.