1896 Bucknell football team

American college football season

1896 Bucknell football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–2–1
Head coach	Bill Young (2nd season)
Captain	Emmanuel Cober
Seasons← 1895 1897 →

1896 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 26	Wyoming Seminary	Lewisburg, PA	W 10–0
October 3	at Pennsylvania	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–40	2,500
October 17	Penn Reserves	Lewisburg, PA	W 10–0
October 31	vs. Penn State	Lewisburg, PA	W 10–0
November 7	at Cornell	Percy Field Ithaca, NY	L 0–54
November 14	Bloomsburg	Lewisburg, PA	W 18–6
November 21	vs. Dickinson	Lewisburg, PA	W 6–0
November 26	at Franklin & Marshall	Lancaster, PA	T 0–0
All times are in Eastern time

References

"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.
"2024 Bucknell Football Record Book" (PDF). Bucknell Athletics & Recreation. Retrieved January 7, 2025.

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