Bucknell vs. Washington & Jefferson

Bucknell and Washington & Jefferson first met in 1901 and have played 16 times; Washington & Jefferson leads the series 10–⁠5–⁠1. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Bucknell 5–⁠4, and Bucknell has won the last 4.

Bucknell wins
5
Washington & Jefferson wins
10
Ties
1
First meeting
1901
Longest streak
7 Washington & Jefferson
Current streak
4 Bucknell
Last 10 meetings
Bucknell 5–⁠4
Most recent
1936

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
1920s0–⁠4–⁠1
1930s5–⁠2
Average margin
15.9 points; 6 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Bucknell
3–⁠2 Bucknell’s record at home
At Washington & Jefferson
8–⁠2–⁠1 Washington & Jefferson’s record at home
Shutouts
5

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Bucknell’s biggest win1933: Bucknell 38, Washington & Jefferson 6by 32 points
  2. Washington & Jefferson’s biggest win1913: Washington & Jefferson 52, Bucknell 0by 52 points
  3. Upset1901: Washington & Jefferson 11, Bucknell 5Washington & Jefferson had a 30% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Bucknell and Washington & Jefferson, 1901 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 Arizona republican's story of the 1914 game: THE THANKSGIVING FOOTBALL SCORES

    1914 · Arizona republican, Arizona, Nov 27, 1914

  • The Arizona republican's story of the 1921 game: Football Results FOOTBALL RESULTS SATURDAY (SAturday)

    1921 · Arizona republican, Arizona, Oct 3, 1921

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1933 game: FOOT BALL. RESUIISz&

    1933 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Nov 27, 1933

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 24, 1936Bucknell 26, Washington & Jefferson 6at Washington & Jefferson
Oct 26, 1935Bucknell 6, Washington & Jefferson 0at Bucknell
Nov 10, 1934Bucknell 13, Washington & Jefferson 7at Washington & Jefferson
Nov 25, 1933Bucknell 38, Washington & Jefferson 6at Bucknell
Nov 12, 1932Washington & Jefferson 14, Bucknell 0at Washington & Jefferson
Nov 14, 1931Bucknell 10, Washington & Jefferson 6at Bucknell
Nov 15, 1930Washington & Jefferson 7, Bucknell 6at Washington & Jefferson
Oct 12, 1929Washington & Jefferson 14, Bucknell 6at Bucknell
Nov 17, 1928Washington & Jefferson 0, Bucknell 0at Washington & Jefferson
Nov 12, 1927Washington & Jefferson 19, Bucknell 3at Bucknell
Oct 2, 1926Washington & Jefferson 17, Bucknell 2at Washington & Jefferson
Oct 1, 1921Washington & Jefferson 26, Bucknell 0at Washington & Jefferson
Nov 26, 1914Washington & Jefferson 34, Bucknell 0at Washington & Jefferson
Nov 27, 1913Washington & Jefferson 52, Bucknell 0at Washington & Jefferson
Nov 28, 1912Washington & Jefferson 22, Bucknell 7at Washington & Jefferson
Nov 9, 1901Washington & Jefferson 11, Bucknell 5at Washington & Jefferson

Every game is listed as played on the field.