1945 Bucknell Bison football team

The 1945 Bucknell Bison football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University as an independent during the 1945 college football season. In its second and final season under head coach J. Ellwood Ludwig, the team compiled a 2–5 record.[1] Harold Stefl and Robert Williams were the team captains.[2]

1945 Bucknell Bison football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–5
Head coach
Captains
  • Harold Stefl
  • Robert Williams
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
1945 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Army   –  9 –0 –0
Franklin & Marshall   –  4 –0 –1
No. 20 Columbia   –  8 –1 –0
Temple   –  7 –1 –0
No. 16 Holy Cross   –  8 –2 –0
Tufts   –  4 –1 –0
No. 8 Penn   –  6 –2 –0
Yale   –  6 –3 –0
Massachusetts State   –  2 –1 –1
Harvard   –  5 –3 –0
Penn State   –  5 –3 –0
Cornell   –  5 –4 –0
Villanova   –  4 –4 –0
Boston College   –  3 –4 –0
Brown   –  3 –4 –1
Colgate   –  3 –4 –1
Princeton   –  2 –3 –2
NYU   –  3 –4 –0
Pittsburgh   –  3 –7 –0
Bucknell   –  2 –5 –0
Drexel   –  2 –5 –0
Dartmouth   –  1 –6 –1
Syracuse   –  1 –6 –0
Boston University   –  0 –5 –0
CCNY   –  0 –8 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

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

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 12 vs. Scranton
W 20–6 10,000 [3]
September 22 Villanova
L 7–19 5,000 [4]
September 29 at Cornell
L 8–19 3,000 [5]
October 6 at Pittsburgh
L 0–38 10,000 [6]
October 12 at Temple
L 0–64 17,000 [7]
October 20 Penn Statedagger
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lewisburg, PA
L 7–46 7,500 [8]
October 27 at Lafayette
W 26–2 3,000 [9]
  • daggerHomecoming

References
  1. "Year-by-Year Results". 2019 Bucknell Football Media Guide. Lewisburg, Pa.: Bucknell University. p. 137. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  2. "Captains". 2019 Bucknell Football Media Guide. Lewisburg, Pa.: Bucknell University. p. 121. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  3. Feldman, Chic (September 13, 1945). "Tommies Beaten by Bucknell, 20-6, at Mt. Carmel; Bisons Score 2 Touchdowns in 4th Period". The Tribune. Scranton, Pa. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. Morrow, Art (September 23, 1945). "Villanova Jars Bucknell, 19-7". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. O'Brien, Wilbur (September 30, 1945). "Cornell Repulses Bucknell, 19-8; Dekdebrun Heads Aerial Assault". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, N.Y. p. 1C – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Cornell Beats Bisons". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. September 30, 1945. p. 78.
  6. Hughes, Carl (October 7, 1945). "Panthers Hand 38-0 Beating to Bucknell". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pa. p. 35 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. Baumgartner, Stan (October 13, 1945). "Temple Trounces Bucknell, 64-0: 3d in Row for Owls; Burns Runs 83 Yards". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Penn State Routs Bucknell; Lang Tallies Pair, Passes for 2". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. October 21, 1945. p. S2 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Bucknell Upsets Lafayette with Big 26-2 Triumph". Sunday Call-Chronicle. Allentown, Pa. October 28, 1945. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.


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