1942 Bucknell Bison football team

The 1942 Bucknell Bison football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University as an independent during the 1942 college football season. In its sixth season under head coach Al Humphreys, the team compiled a 6–2–1 record.[1]

1942 Bucknell Bison football
ConferenceIndependent
1942 record6–2–1
Head coach
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
1942 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Williams    7 1 0
No. 19 Penn State    6 1 1
No. 8 Boston College    8 2 0
Buffalo    6 2 0
Bucknell    6 2 1
Colgate    6 2 1
Army    6 3 0
Syracuse    6 3 0
Duquesne    6 3 1
Yale    5 3 0
Fordham    5 3 1
Penn    5 3 1
No. T–19 Holy Cross    5 4 1
Dartmouth    5 4 0
Brown    4 4 0
Villanova    4 4 0
Vermont    4 3 0
Carnegie Tech    3 3 0
Boston University    4 5 0
Cornell    3 5 1
Princeton    3 5 1
Temple    2 5 3
Columbia    3 6 0
Pittsburgh    3 6 0
Tufts    2 5 1
Franklin & Marshall    1 4 2
Massachusetts State    2 5 0
Harvard    2 6 1
Drexel    2 6 0
Manhattan    2 6 0
CCNY    1 7 1
Rankings from AP Poll

The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26Lebanon ValleyW 7–0[2]
October 3at Penn StateL 7–1410,303[3]
October 9at TempleT 7–7[4]
October 17at RutgersL 7–9[5]
October 24at Boston UniversityW 13–7[6]
October 31Lafayette
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lewisburg, PA
W 13–77,000[7]
November 7Gettysburg
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lewisburg, PA
W 7–6[8]
November 13at CaseW 21–6[9]
November 26at Franklin & Marshall
W 27–08,000[10]
  • Homecoming

References

  1. "2018 Bucknell Football Media Guide" (PDF). Bucknell University. p. 134.
  2. "Bucknell Jolts Leb. Valley, 7-0". Sunday News. Lancaster, Pennsylvania. September 27, 1942. p. 14 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Penn State Defeats Buckknell, 14-7". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 4, 1942. p. S3 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Bucknell And Temple Tie, 7-7 In See-Saw Struggle". Sunbury Daily Item. October 10, 1942. p. 10 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Rutgers Topples Bucknell". The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, NJ. October 18, 1942. pp. 1, 18 via Newspapers.com.
  6. Ellis I. Cronk (October 25, 1942). "Bucknell Bisons Batter Boston University, 13-7". Sunday News. p. 15 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Bucknell Downs Lafayette, 13-7". The Sunday News. Lancaster, Pennsylvania. November 1, 1942. p. 14 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Bucknell Barely Defeats Gettysburg Gridmen, 7-6 Score". The Sunday News. November 8, 1942. p. 14 via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Bucknell Scores Win Over Case". The Evening News. November 14, 1942. p. 8 via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Bucknell Pounds Out Easy 27 To 0 Win Over F. And M." Lancaster Daily Intelligencer Journal. November 27, 1942. p. 26 via Newspapers.com.
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