1929 Bucknell Bison football team

The 1929 Bucknell Bison football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University as an independent during the 1929 college football season. In its third season under head coach Carl Snavely, the team compiled an 8–2 record.[1]

1929 Bucknell Bison football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–2
Head coach
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
1929 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 Pittsburgh    9 1 0
Colgate    8 1 0
Fordham    7 0 2
Bucknell    8 2 0
No. 11 Penn    7 2 0
Boston College    7 2 1
Villanova    7 2 1
Cornell    6 2 0
Tufts    5 1 2
Harvard    5 2 1
Yale    5 2 1
NYU    7 3 0
Franklin & Marshall    6 3 0
Penn State    6 3 0
Syracuse    6 3 0
Washington & Jefferson    5 2 2
Drexel    6 3 1
Temple    6 3 1
Carnegie Tech    5 3 1
Army    6 4 1
Providence    3 3 2
Brown    5 5 0
Columbia    4 5 0
CCNY    2 4 2
Princeton    2 4 1
Boston University    3 6 0
Vermont    2 7 0
Rankings from Dickinson System

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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28St. Thomas (PA)W 31–0
October 5at AlbrightReading, PAW 33–0
October 12Washington & Jeffersondagger
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lewisburg, PA
L 6–14[2]
October 19at LafayetteW 6–3[3]
October 26Gettysburg
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lewisburg, PA
W 33–0
November 2at TempleW 13–015,000[4]
November 9vs. VillanovaScranton, PAW 9–0[5]
November 16at Penn StateW 27–612,000[6]
November 23at FordhamL 0–1435,000[7]
November 29Dickinson
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lewisburg, PA
W 78–0
  • daggerHomecoming

References

  1. "2018 Bucknell Football Media Guide" (PDF). Bucknell University. p. 134.
  2. "Bucknell Loses to W. and J. Team". Harrisburg Sunday Courier. October 13, 1929. p. 2 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Bucknell Defeats Lafayettee, 6 to 3". The Sunday News. Lancaster, Pennsylvania. October 20, 1929. p. 11 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Bucknell Hands Temple 13-0 Setback: Hero Thunders To Victory Over Owls in Fourth Period". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 3, 1929. pp. 1S, 3S via Newspapers.com.
  5. Stan Baumgartner (November 10, 1929). "Bucknell Hands Villanova 9-0 Jolt: Wildcats Lose To Eleven that Last Beat Them". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. 1S, 2S via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Bisons Rout Lions, 27 To 6". The Sunday News. Lancaster, Pennsylvania. November 17, 1929. p. 11 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Fordham Turns Back Bucknell by 14 to 0 Score". The Sunday News. Lancaster, Pennsylvania. November 24, 1929. p. 11 via Newspapers.com.


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