1953 Bucknell Bison football team

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1953 Bucknell Bison football
ConferenceIndependent
1953 record1–8
Head coach
  • (7th season)
Captains
  • Jim Egloff
  • Paul Ganz
  • Bill Gray
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1952
1954 →
1953 Eastern college football independents records
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 14 Army   –   7 – 1 – 1
Harvard   –   6 – 2 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   5 – 2 – 0
Hofstra   –   6 – 3 – 0
Penn State   –   6 – 3 – 0
Yale   –   5 – 2 – 2
Carnegie Tech   –   5 – 3 – 0
Boston College   –   5 – 3 – 1
Boston University   –   5 – 3 – 1
Syracuse   –   5 – 3 – 1
Princeton   –   5 – 4 – 0
Tufts   –   4 – 3 – 0
Cornell   –   4 – 3 – 2
Holy Cross   –   5 – 5 – 0
Temple   –   4 – 4 – 1
Colgate   –   3 – 4 – 2
Columbia   –   4 – 5 – 0
Fordham   –   4 – 5 – 0
Villanova   –   4 – 6 – 0
Drexel   –   2 – 3 – 1
Brown   –   3 – 5 – 1
Penn   –   3 – 5 – 1
Pittsburgh   –   3 – 5 – 1
Dartmouth   –   2 – 7 – 0
Buffalo   –   1 – 5 – 1
Bucknell   –   1 – 8 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1953 Bucknell Bison football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University as an independent during the 1953 college football season.

In its seventh season under head coach , the team compiled a 1–8 record.[1] Paul Ganz, Bill Gray and Jim Egloff were the team captains.[2]

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

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26Buffalo
W 35–6[1]
October 3Muhlenberg
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lewisburg, PA
L 13–18 4,500 [3]
October 10at Holy Cross
L 0–40 10,000 [4]
October 17Templedagger
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lewisburg, PA
L 21–27 10,000 [5]
October 24at Lafayette
L 6–7 8,000 [6]
October 31at Lehigh
L 6–20[1]
November 7at Colgate
L 12–19 2,700 [7]
November 14at Gettysburg
L 13–26 3,500 [8]
November 21Delaware
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lewisburg, PA
L 13–34 2,500 [9]
  • daggerHomecoming

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "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. ^ Denton, Cliff (October 4, 1953). "Muhlenberg Upsets Bucknell Powerhouse, 18-13". Sunday Call-Chronicle. Allentown, Pa. p. 41 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Keane, Clif (October 11, 1953). "Holy Cross Romps over Bucknell, 40-0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 56 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Baumgartner, Stan (October 18, 1953). "Temple Conquers Bucknell". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Lafayette Is Winner over Bucknell 7-6". Sunday News. Lancaster, Pa. Associated Press. October 25, 1953. p. 27 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Lalla's Passes, Spalik's Runs Lead Colgate Past Bucknell". The Sunday Press. Binghamton, N.Y. United Press. November 8, 1953. p. 1D – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Bullets Stage Second Half Comeback to Down Bucknell 26-13 for Seventh Straight". The Gettysburg Times. Gettysburg, Pa. November 16, 1953. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Delaware Routs Bucknell; Miller Pegs 4 TD Passes". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. November 22, 1953. p. S4 – via Newspapers.com.
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