1939 Bucknell Bison football team

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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]

ConferenceIndependent
Record3–5
Headcoach
HomestadiumMemorial Stadium
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1939 Bucknell Bison football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–5
Head coach
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1938
1940 â†’
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More information Conf., Overall ...
1939 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Cornell â€“ 8–0–0
No. 10 Duquesne â€“ 8–0–1
Swarthmore â€“ 6–0–1
Scranton â€“ 7–0–2
Princeton â€“ 7–1–0
La Salle â€“ 6–1–1
Penn State â€“ 5–1–2
No. 11 Boston College â€“ 9–2–0
No. 17 Fordham â€“ 6–2–0
Villanova â€“ 6–2–0
Boston University â€“ 5–3–0
Brown â€“ 5–3–1
Dartmouth â€“ 5–3–1
Hofstra â€“ 4–3–0
NYU â€“ 5–4–0
Pittsburgh â€“ 5–4–0
Harvard â€“ 4–4–0
Manhattan â€“ 4–4–0
Penn â€“ 4–4–0
Syracuse â€“ 3–3–2
Vermont â€“ 3–3–2
Tufts â€“ 3–4–1
Yale â€“ 3–4–1
Army â€“ 3–4–2
Bucknell â€“ 3–5–0
Carnegie Tech â€“ 3–5–0
Providence â€“ 3–5–0
Columbia â€“ 2–4–2
Massachusetts State â€“ 2–5–2
Colgate â€“ 2–5–1
Temple â€“ 2–7–0
CCNY â€“ 1–7–0
Buffalo â€“ 0–7–0
Rankings from AP Poll
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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

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30at Gettysburg
L 0–6
October 7at Penn StateL 3–1312,000[3]
October 14AlbrightW 15–0
October 21Georgetowndagger
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lewisburg, PA
L 7–13[4]
October 27at TempleL 0–1610,000[5]
November 4Western Maryland
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lewisburg, PA
W 32–6
November 18Muhlenberg
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lewisburg, PA
W 25–3
November 25at George WashingtonL 6–73,000[6]
  • daggerHomecoming
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