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1897 Bucknell football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–3–1
Head coach
CaptainEmmanuel Cober
Seasons← 18961898 →
1897 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Penn     15 0 0
Princeton     10 1 0
Washington & Jefferson     10 1 0
Yale     9 0 2
Buffalo     9 1 0
Harvard     10 1 1
Army     6 1 1
Vermont     3 0 2
Lafayette     9 2 1
Drexel     6 2 1
Colgate     5 2 1
Dickinson     7 3 2
Swarthmore     7 3 2
Fordham     2 1 1
Cornell     5 3 1
Syracuse     5 3 1
Brown     7 4 0
Carlisle     6 4 0
Boston College     4 3 0
Holy Cross     4 3 1
Bucknell     3 3 1
NYU     3 3 0
Temple     3 3 0
Trinity (CT)     4 4 1
Wesleyan     6 6 0
Tufts     6 7 0
Geneva     3 4 1
Pittsburgh College     3 5 2
Villanova     3 5 1
Penn State     3 6 0
Amherst     2 6 2
Frankin & Marshall     2 6 2
Lehigh     3 7 0
New Hampshire     2 5 0
Rutgers     2 5 0
Western Univ. Penn.     1 3 0

The 1897 Bucknell football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University as an independent during the 1897 college football season. Led by George Jennings in his first season as head coach, the team compiled a 3–3–1 record. Emmanuel Cober was the team captain.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22at PennsylvaniaL 0–17
September 25WilliamsportLewisburg, PAW 45–0
October 2at Pennsylvania
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–33
October 9Penn ReservesLewisburg, PAT 6–6
October 23vs. LehighLewisburg, PAW 28–20
October 30Bloomsberg Lewisburg, PAW 6–0
November 13vs. Penn StateBeaver Field - Williamsport, PAL 4–27

References

  1. "2024 Bucknell Football Record Book" (PDF). Bucknell Bison. Bucknell. Retrieved January 7, 2025.
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