1940 Bucknell Bison football team

American college football season

1940 Bucknell Bison football

Conference| Independent
Record| 4–2–2
Head coach|

* Al Humphreys (4th season)

Home stadium| Memorial Stadium

Seasons

<- 1939

1941 ->

1940 Eastern college football independents records

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
No. 5 Boston College |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 11  | - | 0  | - | 0
Duquesne |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 1  | - | 0
No. 14 Penn |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 1  | - | 1
Penn State |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 1  | - | 1
No. 12 Fordham |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 2  | - | 0
No. 15 Cornell |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 0
La Salle |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 0
Princeton |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 2  | - | 1
Columbia |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 2  | - | 2
Brown |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 1
Bucknell |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 2  | - | 2
Boston University |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0
Colgate |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0
Hofstra |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 3  | - | 0
Harvard |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 2  | - | 3
Dartmouth |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 0
Temple |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 1
Tufts |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0
Vermont |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0
Villanova |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 0
Pittsburgh |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 4  | - | 1
Syracuse |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 4  | - | 1
Buffalo |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 0
Carnegie Tech |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 0
Manhattan |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 6  | - | 0
Providence |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 6  | - | 0
NYU |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 7  | - | 0
Yale |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 7  | - | 0
Army |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 7  | - | 1
CCNY |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 5  | - | 1
Massachusetts State |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 8  | - | 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1940 Bucknell Bison football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University as an independent during the 1940 college football season. In their fourth season under head coach Al Humphreys, the Bison compiled a 4–2–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 73 to 33.[1]

Bucknell was ranked at No. 114 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[2]

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

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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October 5| at Penn State|

* New Beaver Field
* State College, PA

| L 0–9| 14,000| [3]
October 12| Ursinus|

* Memorial Stadium
* Lewisburg, PA

| W 33–7| |
October 18| at Western Maryland|

* Baltimore Stadium
* Baltimore, MD

| T 0–0| 4,000|
November 2| Temple|

* Memorial Stadium
* Lewisburg, PA

| L 7–10| 10,000| [4]
November 9| at George Washington|

* Griffith Stadium
* Washington, DC

| T 0–0| 7,000| [5]
November 16| at Gettysburg|

* Memorial Field
* Gettysburg, PA

| W 20–7| |
November 23| Muhlenberg|

* Memorial Stadium
* Lewisburg, PA

| W 6–0| |
November 28| at Albright| Reading, PA| W 7–0| |

* Homecoming

## References

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1. ^ "2018 Bucknell Football Media Guide" (PDF). Bucknell University. p. 134.
2. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 - via Newspapers.com.
3. ^ "State Topples Bucknell, 9-0, In Opener". Centre Daily Times. October 7, 1940. p. 2 - via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ "Temple Tumbles Bucknell, 10-7". Sunbury Daily Item. November 4, 1940. p. 16 - via Newspapers.com.
5. ^ "Bisons hold G. Washington to 0–0 score". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 10, 1940. Retrieved February 15, 2021 - via Newspapers.com.

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Bucknell Bison football

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Bowls & rivalries|

* 1935 Orange Bowl

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