1942 Bucknell Bison football team

The 1942 Bucknell Bison football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University as an independent during the 1942 college football season. In its sixth season under head coach Al Humphreys, the team compiled a 6–2–1 record.^[1]

1942 Bucknell Bison football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–2–1
Head coach	Al Humphreys (6th season)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
Seasons ← 1941 1943 →

1942 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Williams			–					7	–	1	–	0
No. 19 Penn State			–					6	–	1	–	1
No. 8 Boston College			–					8	–	2	–	0
Buffalo			–					6	–	2	–	0
Bucknell			–					6	–	2	–	1
Colgate			–					6	–	2	–	1
Army			–					6	–	3	–	0
Syracuse			–					6	–	3	–	0
Duquesne			–					6	–	3	–	1
Yale			–					5	–	3	–	0
Fordham			–					5	–	3	–	1
Penn			–					5	–	3	–	1
No. T–19 Holy Cross			–					5	–	4	–	1
Dartmouth			–					5	–	4	–	0
Brown			–					4	–	4	–	0
Villanova			–					4	–	4	–	0
Vermont			–					4	–	3	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					3	–	3	–	0
Boston University			–					4	–	5	–	0
Cornell			–					3	–	5	–	1
Princeton			–					3	–	5	–	1
Temple			–					2	–	5	–	3
Columbia			–					3	–	6	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					3	–	6	–	0
Tufts			–					2	–	5	–	1
Franklin & Marshall			–					1	–	4	–	2
Massachusetts State			–					2	–	5	–	0
Harvard			–					2	–	6	–	1
Drexel			–					2	–	6	–	0
Manhattan			–					2	–	6	–	0
CCNY			–					1	–	7	–	1
Rankings from AP Poll

Bucknell was ranked at No. 124 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.^[2]

The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	Lebanon Valley	Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	W 7–0		[3]
October 3	at Penn State	New Beaver Field State College, PA	L 7–14	10,303	[4]
October 9	at Temple	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	T 7–7		[5]
October 17	at Rutgers	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	L 7–9		[6]
October 24	at Boston University	Nickerson Field Weston, MA	W 13–7		[7]
October 31	Lafayette	Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	W 13–7	7,000	[8]
November 7	Gettysburg	Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	W 7–6		[9]
November 13	at Case	Shaw Stadium East Cleveland, OH	W 21–6		[10]
November 26	at Franklin & Marshall	Williamson Field Lancaster, PA	W 27–0	8,000	[11]
Homecoming

References

1. "2018 Bucknell Football Media Guide" (PDF). Bucknell University. p. 134.
2. Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Bucknell Jolts Leb. Valley, 7-0". Sunday News. Lancaster, Pennsylvania. September 27, 1942. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Penn State Defeats Buckknell, 14-7". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 4, 1942. p. S3 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Bucknell And Temple Tie, 7-7 In See-Saw Struggle". Sunbury Daily Item. October 10, 1942. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Rutgers Topples Bucknell". The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, NJ. October 18, 1942. pp. 1, 18 – via Newspapers.com.
7. Ellis I. Cronk (October 25, 1942). "Bucknell Bisons Batter Boston University, 13-7". Sunday News. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Bucknell Downs Lafayette, 13-7". The Sunday News. Lancaster, Pennsylvania. November 1, 1942. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Bucknell Barely Defeats Gettysburg Gridmen, 7-6 Score". The Sunday News. November 8, 1942. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "Bucknell Scores Win Over Case". The Evening News. November 14, 1942. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
11. "Bucknell Pounds Out Easy 27 To 0 Win Over F. And M." Lancaster Daily Intelligencer Journal. November 27, 1942. p. 26 – via Newspapers.com.