Bucknell vs. Syracuse

Bucknell and Syracuse have 4 meetings on file, the first in 1907; Syracuse leads the series 4–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 4 meetings it’s Syracuse 4–⁠0, and Syracuse has won the last 4.

Bucknell wins
0
Syracuse wins
4
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1907
Longest streak
4 Syracuse
Current streak
4 Syracuse
Last 10 meetings
Syracuse 4–⁠0
Most recent
1919

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s0–⁠1
1910s0–⁠3
Average margin
17.8 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Syracuse
4–⁠0 Syracuse’s record at home
Shutouts
3

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Bucknell and Syracuse, 1907 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.

From the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story of the 1907 game: MANY MINOR ACCIDENTS. Syracuse Defeats Bucknell by the Score of 20 to 6.

    1907 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 3, 1907

  • The The Bennington evening banner's story of the 1915 game: Saturdays Football Games

    1915 · The Bennington evening banner, Bennington, Vt., Oct 4, 1915

  • The Arizona republican's story of the 1917 game: FOOTBALL RESULTS

    1917 · Arizona republican, Arizona, Nov 11, 1917

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1919 game: Syracuse Men Score An Easy Triumph Over Bucknell Team

    1919 · New-York tribune, Nov 9, 1919

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

Nov 8, 1919Syracuse 9, Bucknell 0at Syracuse
Nov 10, 1917Syracuse 42, Bucknell 0at Syracuse
Oct 2, 1915Syracuse 6, Bucknell 0at Syracuse
Nov 2, 1907Syracuse 20, Bucknell 6at Syracuse

Every game is listed as played on the field.