1953 Bucknell Bison football team

1953 Bucknell Bison football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–8
Head coach
Captains
  • Jim Egloff
  • Paul Ganz
  • Bill Gray
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1952
1954 →
1953 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Westminster (PA)     8 0 0
Juniata     7 0 0
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 Harry Lawrence, 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.

  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.