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1908 Bucknell football team

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1908 Bucknell football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–5–2
Head coach
CaptainCharles O’Brien
Seasons
← 1907
1909 →
1908 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Penn     11 0 1
Harvard     9 0 1
Cornell     7 1 1
Fordham     5 1 0
Yale     7 1 1
Dartmouth     6 1 1
Carlisle     10 2 1
Washington & Jefferson     10 2 1
Army     6 1 2
Pittsburgh     8 3 0
Lafayette     6 2 2
Princeton     5 2 3
Syracuse     6 3 1
Brown     5 3 1
Temple     3 2 1
Colgate     4 3 0
Lehigh     4 3 0
Dickinson     5 4 0
Amherst     3 3 2
Holy Cross     4 4 0
Penn State     5 5 0
Vermont     3 3 3
Wesleyan     3 4 2
Springfield Training School     3 4 1
NYU     2 3 2
Frankin & Marshall     4 6 1
Bucknell     3 5 2
Rutgers     3 5 1
Boston College     2 4 2
Carnegie Tech     3 7 0
Geneva     1 6 2
Tufts     1 6 1
Villanova     1 6 0
New Hampshire     1 7 0
Drexel     0 7 0

The 1908 Bucknell football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University as an independent during the 1908 college football season. Led by Paul G. Smith in his first and only season as head coach, the team compiled a 3–5–2 record.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26SusquehannaLewisburg, PAW 33–0
October 3at Penn
L 0–16[1]
October 10GettysburgLewisburg, PAL 5–6
October 17DelawareLewisburg, PAW 13–0
October 24at PittsburghL 0–223,000[2]
October 31at LafayetteMarch Field Easton, PAT 6–6
November 7at Penn StateBeaver Field State College, PAL 6–33
November 14at DickinsonCarlisle, PAL 0–6
November 21UrsinusLewisburg, PAW 17–11
November 26at George WashingtonT 5–5

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References

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  1. ^ "Penn Won From Bucknell 16-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 4, 1908. p. 10b – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Pittsburgh Vanquishes Bucknell In Whirlwind Football Skirmish". The Pittsburgh Sunday Post. October 25, 1908. p. 3-1 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "2024 Bucknell Football Record Book" (PDF). Bucknell Athletics & Recreation. Retrieved January 7, 2025.