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The 1958 Bucknell Bison football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University during the 1958 college football season. Bucknell finished sixth in the Middle Atlantic Conference, University Division.

DivisionUniversity Division
Record1–8 (1–5 MAC)
Headcoach
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1958 Bucknell Bison football
ConferenceMiddle Atlantic Conference
DivisionUniversity Division
Record1–8 (1–5 MAC)
Head coach
Captains
  • Charles Apgar
  • Lewis Hart
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1957
1959 →
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1958 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
University Division
No. 20 Rutgers x4–0–08–1–0
Lafayette5–1–15–3–1
Gettysburg3–1–17–1–1
Lehigh2–1–23–3–3
Delaware2–3–05–3–0
Bucknell1–5–01–8–0
Temple0–5–00–8–0
Muhlenberg *1–2–04–4–0
Northern College Division
Juniata x6–0–07–0–1
Lycoming4–1–07–1–0
Lebanon Valley3–1–14–3–1
Susquehanna3–2–03–4–0
Moravian3–3–04–4–0
Wagner3–3–03–5–0
Dickinson3–4–04–4–0
Albright2–4–12–6–1
Wilkes1–7–01–8–0
Scranton *2–2–05–3–0
Southern College Division
Pennsylvania Military x7–1–07–2–0
Johns Hopkins5–1–05–3–0
Haverford4–2–04–3–0
Western Maryland1–4–03–6–0
Swarthmore1–4–01–7–0
Drexel1–5–01–7–0
Ursinus0–8–00–8–0
West Chester *1–0–09–1–0
Franklin & Marshall *3–1–05–4–0
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • * – Ineligible for championship due to insufficient conference games
Rankings from AP Poll
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In its first season under head coach Bob Odell, the team compiled a 1–8 record.[1] Charles Apgar and Lewis Hart were the team captains.[2] In the first year of football competition for the Middle Atlantic Conference, Bucknell was 1–5 against league opponents.

The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium on the university campus in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27vs. GettysburgL 0–6 7,000–9,000 [3]
October 4Carnegie Tech*L 13–19 4,416 [4]
October 11Colgate*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lewisburg, PA
L 0–7 7,856–7,865 [5]
October 18at RutgersL 12–57 20,000 [6]
October 25Lafayettedagger
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lewisburg, PA
L 6–34 5,800–6,000 [7]
November 1Lehigh
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lewisburg, PA
L 14–35 5,200 [8]
November 8at Temple W 44–6 4,000 [9]
November 15at DelawareL 8–28 4,464–4,500 [10]
November 22at No. 11 Buffalo*L 0–38 9,500 [11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from UPI Poll released prior to the game
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