1962 Bucknell Bison football team

The 1962 Bucknell Bison football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University during the 1962 NCAA College Division football season. Bucknell finished second in the University Division of the Middle Atlantic Conference.

1962 Bucknell Bison football
Conference	Middle Atlantic Conference
Division	University Division
Record	6–3 (5–1 MAC)
Head coach	Bob Odell (4th season)
Captain	Richard Tyrrell
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
Seasons ← 1961 1963 →

1962 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
University Division
Delaware x	5	–	0	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Bucknell	5	–	1	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Lehigh	2	–	2	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Temple	2	–	3	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Lafayette	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Gettysburg	2	–	4	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
Muhlenberg	0	–	4	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
Northern College Division
Susquehanna x	5	–	0	–	0			9	–	0	–	0
Moravian	4	–	2	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Wagner	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	4	–	1
Wilkes	3	–	4	–	0			3	–	4	–	0
Upsala	2	–	3	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Albright	2	–	3	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Lycoming	1	–	4	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Hofstra *	1	–	0	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Juniata *	2	–	1	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
Southern College Division
Western Maryland x	5	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Drexel x	5	–	1	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
Swarthmore	4	–	2	–	0			5	–	2	–	0
Lebanon Valley	4	–	2	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Pennsylvania Military	5	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Dickinson	3	–	5	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Johns Hopkins	2	–	4	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
Ursinus	2	–	5	–	0			2	–	5	–	0
Haverford	1	–	5	–	0			1	–	6	–	0
Franklin & Marshall	0	–	5	–	0			0	–	8	–	0
West Chester *	0	–	0	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
x – Division champion/co-champions * – Ineligible for championship due to insufficient conference games

In its fourth season under head coach Bob Odell, the team compiled a 6–3 record,^[1] 5–1 against division opponents. Richard Tyrrell was the team captain.^[2]

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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 22	Gettysburg	Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	W 22–21	6,000	[3]
September 29	at Temple	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 15–14	10,000	[4]
October 6	UMass*	Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	L 20–21	6,000	[5]
October 13	at Lehigh	Taylor Stadium Bethlehem, PA	W 32–6	6,000–8,500	[6][7]
October 20	Lafayette	Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	W 28–6	8,500	[8]
October 27	at Muhlenberg	Muhlenberg Field Allentown, PA	W 53–0	4,000–5,000	[9]
November 3	Buffalo*	Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	L 0–28	4,000	[10]
November 10	Colgate*	Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	W 32–14	4,500	[11]
November 17	at No. 8 Delaware	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE	L 6–9	9,000	[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from UPI Poll released prior to the game

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