1949 Bucknell Bison football team

The 1949 Bucknell Bison football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University as an independent during the 1949 college football season.

1949 Bucknell Bison football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–2
Head coach
Captains
  • Don Davidson
  • Edward J. Stec
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
1949 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Saint Vincent   –  10 –0 –0
No. 4 Army   –  9 –0 –0
Trinity (CT)   –  8 –0 –0
Brown   –  8 –1 –0
No. 12 Cornell   –  8 –1 –0
No. 13 Villanova   –  8 –1 –0
Bucknell   –  6 –2 –0
Dartmouth   –  6 –2 –0
Buffalo   –  6 –3 –0
Pittsburgh   –  6 –3 –0
Princeton   –  6 –3 –0
Fordham   –  5 –3 –0
Tufts   –  5 –3 –1
Carnegie Tech   –  5 –3 –1
Penn State   –  5 –4 –0
Temple   –  5 –4 –0
Penn   –  4 –4 –0
Yale   –  4 –4 –0
Boston College   –  4 –4 –1
Syracuse   –  4 –5 –0
Drexel   –  3 –3 –1
Duquesne   –  3 –6 –0
Franklin & Marshall   –  2 –5 –2
CCNY   –  2 –5 –1
NYU   –  3 –6 –0
Columbia   –  2 –7 –0
Hofstra   –  1 –5 –1
Colgate   –  1 –8 –0
Harvard   –  1 –8 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

In its third season under head coach Harry Lawrence, the team compiled a 6–2 record.[1] Edward J. Stec and Don Davidson were the team captains.[2]

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

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 1NYU
W 14–0 6,500 [3]
October 8Delaware
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lewisburg, PA
W 13–7 5,500 [4]
October 14at Temple
L 19–20 15,000 [5]
October 22Washington & Jeffersondagger
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lewisburg, PA
W 62–0 9,000 [6]
October 29at Buffalo
W 21–7 5,250 [7]
November 5at Gettysburg
L 33–34 5,500 [8]
November 12at Lafayette
W 21–14 6,000 [9]
November 19 Muhlenberg
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lewisburg, PA
W 32–14 7,500 [10]
  • daggerHomecoming

References
  1. "Year-by-Year Results". 2019 Bucknell Football Media Guide. Lewisburg, Pa.: Bucknell University. p. 137. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  2. "Captains". 2019 Bucknell Football Media Guide. Lewisburg, Pa.: Bucknell University. p. 121. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  3. "Bucknell Downs Violets, 14-0". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. Associated Press. October 2, 1949. p. 79 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Delaware Beaten, 13-7, by Bucknell". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. October 9, 1949. p. S5 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Baumgartner, Stan (October 15, 1949). "Temple Trips Bucknell, 20-19, on Late Rally". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Bucknell Routs W&J, 62-0". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. Pittsburgh, Pa. October 23, 1949. sect. 3, p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Bucknell Tops Buffalo, 21-7; Stec Stars in 14-Point Rally". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. October 30, 1949. p. S6 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Bucknell Bows in 34-33 Duel at Gettysburg". The Scrantonian. Scranton, Pa. Associated Press. November 6, 1949. p. 46 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Lafayette Beaten 21-14". Sunday Call-Chronicle. Allentown, Pa. November 13, 1949. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Bucknell Defeats Muhlenberg, 32-14". Sunday News. Lancaster, Pa. Associated Press. November 20, 1949. p. 29 – via Newspapers.com.


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