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1896 Bucknell football team

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1896 Bucknell football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–2–1
Head coach
  • Bill Young (2nd season)
CaptainEmmanuel Cober
Seasons
← 1895
1897 →
1896 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Fordham     1 0 0
Lafayette     11 0 1
Princeton     10 0 1
Washington & Jefferson     8 0 1
Penn     14 1 0
Yale     13 1 0
Pittsburgh College     11 2 0
Buffalo     9 1 2
Villanova     10 4 0
Bucknell     5 2 1
Harvard     7 4 0
Boston College     5 3 0
Storrs     5 3 0
Cornell     5 3 1
Syracuse     5 3 2
Temple     3 2 0
Army     3 2 1
Rutgers     6 6 0
Carlisle     5 5 0
Holy Cross     2 2 2
Brown     4 5 1
Wesleyan     4 5 1
Frankin & Marshall     3 4 2
Geneva     3 4 0
Penn State     3 4 0
Colgate     3 4 1
Amherst     3 6 1
Western Univ. Penn.     3 6 0
Lehigh     2 5 0
Tufts     2 6 1
Swarthmore     2 6 0
New Hampshire     1 4 0
Drexel     1 5 0
Massachusetts     0 4 0
Rhode Island     0 4 0

The 1896 Bucknell football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University as an independent during the 1896 college football season. Led by head coach Bill Young in his second season, the team compiled a 5–2–1 record. Emmanuel Cober was the team captain.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26Wyoming SeminaryLewisburg, PAW 10–0
October 3at Pennsylvania
L 0–402,500[1]


October 17Penn ReservesLewisburg, PAW 10–0
October 31vs. Penn StateLewisburg, PAW 10–0
November 7at Cornell
L 0–54
November 14BloomsburgLewisburg, PAW 18–6
November 21vs. DickinsonLewisburg, PAW 6–0
November 26at Franklin & MarshallLancaster, PAT 0–0

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References

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  1. ^ "More Good Work By Penn's Team: Bucknell's Team Downed by a Score of Forty Points". The Times (Philadelphia). October 4, 1896. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "2024 Bucknell Football Record Book" (PDF). Bucknell Athletics & Recreation. Retrieved January 7, 2025.