1927 Bucknell Bison football team

The 1927 Bucknell Bison football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University as an independent during the 1927 college football season. In its first season under head coach Carl Snavely, the team compiled a 6–3–1 record.^[1]

1927 Bucknell Bison football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–3–1
Head coach	Carl Snavely (1st season)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
Seasons ← 1926 1928 →

1927 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Tufts			–					8	–	0	–	0
Springfield			–					7	–	0	–	2
Washington & Jefferson			–					7	–	0	–	2
No. 6 Army			–					9	–	1	–	0
No. 2 Pittsburgh			–					8	–	1	–	1
Temple			–					7	–	1	–	0
No. 5 Yale			–					7	–	1	–	0
NYU			–					7	–	1	–	2
Princeton			–					6	–	1	–	0
Villanova			–					6	–	1	–	0
Penn State			–					6	–	2	–	1
Columbia			–					5	–	2	–	2
Bucknell			–					6	–	3	–	1
Colgate			–					4	–	2	–	3
CCNY			–					4	–	2	–	2
Lafayette			–					5	–	3	–	1
Penn			–					6	–	4	–	0
Syracuse			–					5	–	3	–	2
Carnegie Tech			–					5	–	4	–	1
Boston College			–					4	–	4	–	0
Harvard			–					4	–	4	–	0
Rutgers			–					4	–	4	–	0
Cornell			–					3	–	3	–	2
Boston University			–					3	–	4	–	1
Drexel			–					3	–	5	–	1
Fordham			–					3	–	5	–	0
Brown			–					3	–	6	–	1
Vermont			–					2	–	6	–	0
Providence			–					1	–	4	–	2
Franklin & Marshall			–					1	–	7	–	1
Lehigh			–					1	–	7	–	1
Rankings from Dickinson System

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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 24	Susquehanna	Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	W 43–7		^[2]
October 1	Geneva	Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	T 0–0		^[3]
October 8	at Penn State	New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 13–7	5,000	^[4]
October 15	vs. Villanova	Brooks Field Scranton, PA	W 28–12	15,000	^[5]
October 22	Gettysburg	Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	W 34–0		^[6]
October 29	at Army	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	L 0–34		^[7]
November 5	at Lehigh	Taylor Stadium Bethlehem, PA	W 20–6		^[8]
November 12	Washington & Jefferson	Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	L 3–19	15,000	^[9]
November 19	at Temple	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 13–19	25,000	^[10]
November 24	Dickinson	Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	W 46–0		^[11]
Homecoming

References

1. "2018 Bucknell Football Media Guide" (PDF). Bucknell University. p. 134.
2. "Bucknell Has Easy Picking". Harrisburg Telegraph. September 26, 1927. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Geneva Plays 0-0 Game With Bisons". Harrisburg Sunday Courier. October 2, 1927. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Bucknell Tumbles State and Gets Sweet Revenge After 31 Years' Wait". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 9, 1927. p. 1S – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Bucknell Upsets Villanova, 28 To 12". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pennsylvania. October 16, 1927. p. 12. Retrieved May 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com  .
6. "Gettysburg Easy for Bucknell Boys". The Pittsburgh Press. October 23, 1927. p. Sporting 9 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Army Follows Ball Realizes on Errors and Beats Bucknell". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 30, 1927. pp. 1S, 2S – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Fighting Lehigh Eleven Surprises in Holding Bucknell to 20-6 Score". The Morning Call. November 6, 1927. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Bucknell Loses to Kerrmen". The Pittsburgh Press. November 13, 1927. pp. Sporting 1, 6 – via Newspapers.com.
10. Stan Baumgartner (November 20, 1927). "Temple Turns Back Bisons By Great Aerial Offense". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. 1S, 2S – via Newspapers.com.
11. "Quinn Stars as Bucknell Downs Dickinson, 46-0". The Scranton Republican. November 25, 1927. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.