Bucknell vs. Villanova

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

1. Bucknell’s biggest win1902: Bucknell 62, Villanova 5by 57 points
2. Villanova’s biggest win2021: Villanova 55, Bucknell 3by 52 points
3. Upset1945: Villanova 19, Bucknell 7Villanova had a 32% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1933: Bucknell 19, Villanova 17Bucknell had a 33% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Bucknell’s side (Snavely 3–⁠1–⁠1 against Stuhldreher). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

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.

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  1935 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 13, 1935

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  1937 · Evening star, Oct 24, 1937

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  1943 · The Daily Alaska empire, Oct 18, 1943

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 is listed as played on the field.

• Bucknell vs. Colgate55 meetings, Bucknell 13–⁠42
• Bucknell vs. Cornell49 meetings, Bucknell 10–⁠39
• Bucknell vs. Lafayette43 meetings, Bucknell 12–⁠28–⁠3
• Bucknell vs. Lehigh36 meetings, Bucknell 14–⁠20–⁠2
• Villanova vs. Boston College42 meetings, Villanova 14–⁠27–⁠1
• Villanova vs. Delaware40 meetings, Villanova 26–⁠13–⁠1
• Villanova vs. Detroit Mercy32 meetings, Villanova 18–⁠12–⁠2
• Villanova vs. Temple32 meetings, Villanova 15–⁠16–⁠1