1940 Bucknell Bison football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–2–2
Head coach
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
1940 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW 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

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 5at Penn StateL 0–914,000[3]
October 12UrsinusW 33–7
October 18at Western MarylandT 0–04,000
November 2Templedagger
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lewisburg, PA
L 7–1010,000[4]
November 9at George WashingtonT 0–07,000[5]
November 16at Gettysburg
W 20–7
November 23Muhlenberg
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lewisburg, PA
W 6–0
November 28at AlbrightReading, PAW 7–0
  • daggerHomecoming

References

  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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