Bucknell vs. Ursinus

Bucknell and Ursinus first met in 1908 and have played 5 times; Bucknell leads the series 4–⁠0–⁠1. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Bucknell 4–⁠0, and Bucknell has won the last 3.

Bucknell wins
4
Ursinus wins
0
Ties
1
First meeting
1908
Longest streak
3 Bucknell
Current streak
3 Bucknell
Last 10 meetings
Bucknell 4–⁠0
Most recent
1937

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s1–⁠0
1910s0–⁠0–⁠1
1930s3–⁠0
Average margin
10.6 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Bucknell
4–⁠0 Bucknell’s record at home
At Ursinus
0–⁠0–⁠1 Ursinus’s record at home
Shutouts
3

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Bucknell’s biggest win1937: Bucknell 21, Ursinus 0by 21 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Bucknell and Ursinus, 1908 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 The Washington times's story of the 1911 game: 'Ursinus Plays Bucknell Brilliant Tie Game

    1911 · The Washington times, Dec 1, 1911

  • The The Indianapolis times's story of the 1935 game: Football Results

    1935 · The Indianapolis times, Indianapolis [Ind.], Oct 5, 1935

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 25, 1937Bucknell 21, Ursinus 0at Bucknell
Sep 26, 1936Bucknell 6, Ursinus 0at Bucknell
Oct 5, 1935Bucknell 20, Ursinus 0at Bucknell
Nov 30, 1911Ursinus 3, Bucknell 3at Ursinus
Nov 21, 1908Bucknell 17, Ursinus 11at Bucknell

Every game is listed as played on the field.