1946 Bucknell Bison football team
The 1946 Bucknell Bison football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University as an independent during the 1946 college football season. In its seventh season under head coach Al Humphreys, the team compiled a 3–6 record.[1] Gene Hubka was the team captain.[2]
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Conference | Independent |
Record | 3–6 |
Head coach |
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Captain | Gene Hubka |
Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 2 Army | – | 9 | – | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn State | – | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boston College | – | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Holy Cross | – | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NYU | – | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Villanova | – | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colgate | – | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Syracuse | – | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pittsburgh | – | 3 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Temple | – | 2 | – | 4 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Merchant Marine | – | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bucknell | – | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fordham | – | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from AP Poll |
The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium on the university campus in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 28 | at Cornell | L 0–21 | 7,000 | [3] | |||
October 5 | at Penn State | L 6–48 | 14,000 | [4] | |||
October 12 | Muhlenberg | L 0–6 | [1] | ||||
October 19 | at Buffalo | W 21–0 | [1] | ||||
October 26 | Lafayette |
| W 29–0 | 12,000 | [5] | ||
November 2 | Gettysburg |
| W 19–0 | 2,000 | [6] | ||
November 9 | Delaware |
| L 14–27 | 4,000 | [7] | ||
November 16 | at Temple | L 6–27 | 10,000 | [8] | |||
November 23 | at Rutgers | L 0–25 | 15,000 | [9] | |||
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After the season
The 1947 NFL Draft was held on December 16, 1946. The following Bison was selected.[10]
Round | Pick | Player | Position | NFL Club |
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29 | 267 | Tom Rodgers | Tackle | Boston Yanks |
References
- "Year-by-Year Results". 2019 Bucknell Football Media Guide. Lewisburg, Pa.: Bucknell University. p. 137. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
- "Captains". 2019 Bucknell Football Media Guide. Lewisburg, Pa.: Bucknell University. p. 121. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
- "Cornell Displays a Talented Backfield in Triumph over Bucknell". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. September 29, 1946. p. S5.
- "State Defeats Bucknell by Big 48-6 Score". Sunday Call-Chronicle. Allentown, Pa. Associated Press. October 6, 1946. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
- Baumgartner, Stan (October 27, 1946). "Bucknell's Hubka Scores 2 in 29-0 Defeat of Lafayette". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Gene Hubka Leads Bucknell Bisons to 19-0 Win over Bullets". Sunday Call-Chronicle. Allentown, Pa. Associated Press. November 3, 1946. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Delaware Rally Beats Bucknell". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. November 10, 1946. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
- Baumgartner, Stan (November 17, 1946). "Temple's Air Attack Sinks Bucknell, 27-6". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
- Burns, Joe (November 24, 1946). "Rutgers Trims Bucknell 25-0 Before 15,000". The Sunday Times. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
- "1947 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
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