1927 Bucknell Bison football team

The 1927 Bucknell Bison football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University as an independent during the 1927 college football season. In its first season under head coach Carl Snavely, the team compiled a 6–3–1 record.[1]

1927 Bucknell Bison football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–3–1
Head coach
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
1927 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Tufts    8 0 0
Springfield    7 0 2
Washington & Jefferson    7 0 2
No. 6 Army    9 1 0
No. 2 Pittsburgh    8 1 1
Temple    7 1 0
No. 5 Yale    7 1 0
NYU    7 1 2
Princeton    6 1 0
Villanova    6 1 0
Penn State    6 2 1
Carnegie Tech    5 2 1
Columbia    5 2 2
Bucknell    6 3 1
Colgate    4 2 3
CCNY    4 2 2
Lafayette    5 3 1
Penn    6 4 0
Syracuse    5 3 2
Carnegie Tech    5 4 1
Boston College    4 4 0
Harvard    4 4 0
Rutgers    4 4 0
Cornell    3 3 2
Boston University    3 4 1
Drexel    3 5 1
Fordham    3 5 0
Brown    3 6 1
Vermont    2 6 0
Providence    1 4 2
Franklin & Marshall    1 7 1
Lehigh    1 7 1
Rankings from Dickinson System

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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24SusquehannaW 43–7[2]
October 1Geneva
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lewisburg, PA
T 0–0[3]
October 8at Penn StateW 13–75,000[4]
October 15vs. Villanova
W 28–1215,000[5]
October 22Gettysburg
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lewisburg, PA
W 34–0[6]
October 29at ArmyL 0–34[7]
November 5at LehighW 20–6[8]
November 12Washington & Jeffersondagger
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lewisburg, PA
L 3–1915,000[9]
November 19at TempleL 13–1925,000[10]
November 24Dickinson
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lewisburg, PA
W 46–0[11]
  • daggerHomecoming

References

  1. "2018 Bucknell Football Media Guide" (PDF). Bucknell University. p. 134.
  2. "Bucknell Has Easy Picking". Harrisburg Telegraph. September 26, 1927. p. 15 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Geneva Plays 0-0 Game With Bisons". Harrisburg Sunday Courier. October 2, 1927. p. 3 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Bucknell Tumbles State and Gets Sweet Revenge After 31 Years' Wait". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 9, 1927. p. 1S via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Bucknell Upsets Villanova, 28 To 12". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pennsylvania. October 16, 1927. p. 12. Retrieved May 24, 2021 via Newspapers.com open access.
  6. "Gettysburg Easy for Bucknell Boys". The Pittsburgh Press. October 23, 1927. p. Sporting 9 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Army Follows Ball Realizes on Errors and Beats Bucknell". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 30, 1927. pp. 1S, 2S via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Fighting Lehigh Eleven Surprises in Holding Bucknell to 20-6 Score". The Morning Call. November 6, 1927. p. 12 via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Bucknell Loses to Kerrmen". The Pittsburgh Press. November 13, 1927. pp. Sporting 1, 6 via Newspapers.com.
  10. Stan Baumgartner (November 20, 1927). "Temple Turns Back Bisons By Great Aerial Offense". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. 1S, 2S via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Quinn Stars as Bucknell Downs Dickinson, 46-0". The Scranton Republican. November 25, 1927. p. 18 via Newspapers.com.


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