1939 Bucknell Bison football team

American college football season

1939 Bucknell Bison football

Conference| Independent
Record| 3–5
Head coach|

* Al Humphreys (3rd season)

Home stadium| Memorial Stadium

Seasons

<- 1938

1940 ->

1939 Eastern college football independents records

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
No. 4 Cornell |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 0  | - | 0
No. 10 Duquesne |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 0  | - | 1
Swarthmore |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 0  | - | 1
Scranton |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 0  | - | 2
Princeton |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 1  | - | 0
La Salle |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 1  | - | 1
Penn State |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 1  | - | 2
No. 11 Boston College |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 2  | - | 0
No. 17 Fordham |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 0
Villanova |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 0
Boston University |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0
Brown |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 1
Dartmouth |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 1
Hofstra |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 3  | - | 0
NYU |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 0
Pittsburgh |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 0
Harvard |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0
Manhattan |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0
Penn |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0
Syracuse |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 3  | - | 2
Vermont |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 3  | - | 2
Tufts |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 4  | - | 1
Yale |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 4  | - | 1
Army |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 4  | - | 2
Bucknell |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 0
Carnegie Tech |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 0
Providence |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 0
Columbia |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 4  | - | 2
Massachusetts State |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 5  | - | 2
Colgate |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 5  | - | 1
Temple |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 7  | - | 0
CCNY |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 7  | - | 0
Buffalo |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 7  | - | 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1939 Bucknell Bison football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University as an independent during the 1939 college football season. In their third season under head coach Al Humphreys, the Bison compiled a 3–5 record and outscored opponents by a total of 88 to 64.[1]

Bucknell was ranked at No. 94 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[2]

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

## Schedule[edit]

Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 30| at Gettysburg|

* Memorial Field
* Gettysburg, PA

| L 0–6| |
October 7| at Penn State|

* New Beaver Field
* State College, PA

| L 3–13| 12,000| [3]
October 14| Albright|

* Memorial Stadium
* Lewisburg, PA

| W 15–0| |
October 21| Georgetown|

* Memorial Stadium
* Lewisburg, PA

| L 7–13| | [4]
October 27| at Temple|

* Temple Stadium
* Philadelphia, PA

| L 0–16| 10,000| [5]
November 4| Western Maryland|

* Memorial Stadium
* Lewisburg, PA

| W 32–6| |
November 18| Muhlenberg|

* Memorial Stadium
* Lewisburg, PA

| W 25–3| |
November 25| at George Washington|

* Griffith Stadium
* Washington, DC

| L 6–7| 3,000| [6]

* Homecoming

## References[edit]

1. ^ "2018 Bucknell Football Media Guide" (PDF). Bucknell University. p. 134.
2. ^ E. E. Litkenhous (December 31, 1939). "Vols Second In Final Litkenhous Grid Rankings; Southern California Tenth". Johnson City Sunday Press. p. 11 - via Newspapers.com.
3. ^ "Lion Eleven Will Drill To Correct Faults". Centre Daily Times. October 9, 1939. p. 6 - via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ "Bucknell Loses To Georgetown". The Evening News. October 21, 1939. pp. 1, 15 - via Newspapers.com.
5. ^ Stan Baumgartner (October 28, 1939). "Temple Beats Bucknell Eleven, 16 to 0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 21 - via Newspapers.com.
6. ^ "George Washington defeats Bucknell by score of 7 to 6". Sunday News. November 26, 1939. Retrieved March 7, 2022 - via Newspapers.com.

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Bucknell Bison football

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* Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium (1924–present)

Bowls & rivalries|

* 1935 Orange Bowl

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