1940 Bucknell Bison football team

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]

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

v t e	Conf.							Overall
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

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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
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

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.