Bucknell vs. West Virginia

Bucknell and West Virginia have 3 meetings on file, the first in 1909; Bucknell leads the series 1–⁠0–⁠2 in the games on file. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Bucknell 1–⁠0.

Bucknell wins
1
West Virginia wins
0
Ties
2
Earliest on file
1909
Longest streak
1 Bucknell
Current streak
0 tie
Last 10 meetings
Bucknell 1–⁠0
Most recent
1921

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s0–⁠0–⁠1
1910s1–⁠0
1920s0–⁠0–⁠1
Average margin
3 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At West Virginia
0–⁠1–⁠2 West Virginia’s record at home
Shutouts
1

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 West Virginia, 1909 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 Fairmont West Virginian's story of the 1909 game: w. Y. U. in Tue WEST VIRGINIA. AND BUcKNELL Play 10 A DRAW oNA MUDDY FIELD.

    1909 · The Fairmont West Virginian, Fairmont, W. Va., Oct 25, 1909

  • The The Washington times's story of the 1921 game: FOOTBALL RESULTS

    1921 · The Washington times, District of Columbia, Oct 23, 1921

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 22, 1921West Virginia 0, Bucknell 0at West Virginia
Oct 22, 1910Bucknell 9, West Virginia 0at West Virginia
Oct 23, 1909West Virginia 6, Bucknell 6at West Virginia

Every game is listed as played on the field.