1971 Bucknell Bison football team

The 1971 Bucknell Bison football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University as an independent during the 1971 NCAA College Division football season.

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1971 NCAA College Division independents football records
v t e	Conf.			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 1 Delaware		–		10	–	1	–	0
No. 5 Tennessee State		–		9	–	1	–	0
No. 2 McNeese State		–		9	–	1	–	1
Samford		–		8	–	1	–	0
Colorado College		–		7	–	1	–	0
No. 8 Akron		–		8	–	2	–	0
No. 3 Eastern Michigan		–		7	–	1	–	2
Arkansas AM&N		–		7	–	2	–	0
Indiana (PA)		–		7	–	2	–	0
Kentucky State		–		8	–	3	–	0
Appalachian State		–		7	–	3	–	1
Northern Michigan		–		7	–	3	–	0
Hawaii		–		7	–	4	–	0
Illinois College		–		5	–	3	–	0
Ashland		–		6	–	4	–	0
Santa Clara		–		6	–	4	–	0
Southern Illinois		–		6	–	4	–	0
Tampa		–		6	–	5	–	0
UNLV		–		5	–	4	–	1
Bucknell		–		5	–	5	–	0
Central Michigan		–		5	–	5	–	0
Milwaukee		–		5	–	5	–	0
Nevada		–		5	–	5	–	0
St. Norbert		–		5	–	5	–	0
Wayne State (MI)		–		4	–	4	–	0
Hofstra		–		5	–	6	–	0
Cortland		–		4	–	5	–	0
Northeastern		–		4	–	5	–	0
Portland State		–		4	–	5	–	0
Ball State		–		4	–	5	–	1
Chicago		–		3	–	4	–	0
Northeast Louisiana		–		4	–	6	–	1
Eastern Illinois		–		4	–	6	–	0
Indiana State		–		4	–	6	–	0
Saint Mary's		–		3	–	5	–	0
Rose-Hulman		–		3	–	6	–	0
Boston University		–		3	–	7	–	0
Drexel		–		2	–	6	–	0
Chattanooga		–		2	–	9	–	0

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In their third year under head coach Fred Prender, the Bison compiled a 5–5 record.^[1] Joe DiOrio and John Klenovic were the team captains.^[2]

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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 18	The Citadel	Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	L 35–38	6,000	^[3]
September 25	at Vermont	Centennial Field Burlington, VT	W 10–6	7,200–7,500	^[4]^[5]
October 2	at Gettysburg	Musselman Stadium Gettysburg, PA	W 14–13	1,406	^[6]
October 9	Davidson	Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	L 8–20	8,600	^[7]
October 16	Washington & Lee	Wilson Field Lexington, VA	W 27–0	3,800	^[8]
October 23	at Lafayette	Fisher Field Easton, PA	W 33–0	10,000–11,500	^[9]^[10]
October 30	Rutgers^	Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	W 14–13	10,400	^[11]
November 6	at Colgate*	Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY	L 24–47	5,000	^[12]
November 13	Lehigh	Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	L 0–23	7,500	^[13]
November 20	No. 1 Delaware	Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	L 0–46	7,800	^[14]
*Non-conference game Homecoming ^ Parents Weekend Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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