1946 Bucknell Bison football team

The 1946 Bucknell Bison football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University as an independent during the 1946 college football season. In its seventh season under head coach Al Humphreys, the team compiled a 3–6 record.[1] Gene Hubka was the team captain.[2]

1946 Bucknell Bison football
ConferenceIndependent
1946 record3–6
Head coach
CaptainGene Hubka
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
1946 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Army   –    9 –0 –1
Muhlenberg   –    9 –1 –0
Yale   –    7 –1 –1
Buffalo   –    7 –2 –0
Harvard   –    7 –2 –0
Massachusetts State   –    6 –2 –0
No. 13 Penn   –    6 –2 –0
Penn State   –    6 –2 –0
Boston College   –    6 –3 –0
Columbia   –    6 –3 –0
NYU   –    5 –3 –0
Cornell   –    5 –3 –1
Villanova   –    6 –4 –0
Boston College   –    7 –3 –0
Hofstra   –    4 –3 –0
Colgate   –    4 –4 –0
Syracuse   –    4 –5 –0
Drexel   –    3 –4 –0
Franklin & Marshall   –    3 –4 –0
Brown   –    3 –5 –1
Pittsburgh   –    3 –5 –1
Princeton   –    3 –5 –0
Temple   –    2 –4 –2
Bucknell   –    3 –6 –0
Dartmouth   –    3 –6 –0
Tufts   –    1 –6 –0
Carnegie Tech   –    0 –6 –0
Fordham   –    0 –7 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

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

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28 at Cornell
L 0–21 7,000 [3]
October 5 at Penn State
L 6–48 14,000 [4]
October 12 Muhlenberg
L 0–6 [1]
October 19 at Buffalo
W 21–0 [1]
October 26 Lafayette
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lewisburg, PA
W 29–0 12,000 [5]
November 2 Gettysburg
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lewisburg, PA
W 19–0 2,000 [6]
November 9 Delaware
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lewisburg, PA
L 14–27 4,000 [7]
November 16 at Temple
L 6–27 10,000 [8]
November 23 at Rutgers
L 0–25 15,000 [9]
  • Homecoming

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. "Cornell Displays a Talented Backfield in Triumph over Bucknell". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. September 29, 1946. p. S5.
  4. "State Defeats Bucknell by Big 48-6 Score". Sunday Call-Chronicle. Allentown, Pa. Associated Press. October 6, 1946. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Baumgartner, Stan (October 27, 1946). "Bucknell's Hubka Scores 2 in 29-0 Defeat of Lafayette". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Gene Hubka Leads Bucknell Bisons to 19-0 Win over Bullets". Sunday Call-Chronicle. Allentown, Pa. Associated Press. November 3, 1946. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Delaware Rally Beats Bucknell". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. November 10, 1946. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. Baumgartner, Stan (November 17, 1946). "Temple's Air Attack Sinks Bucknell, 27-6". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. Burns, Joe (November 24, 1946). "Rutgers Trims Bucknell 25-0 Before 15,000". The Sunday Times. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.


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