1939 Bucknell Bison football team

1939 Bucknell Bison football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–5
Head coach	Al Humphreys (3rd season)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium

1939 Eastern college football independents records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 4 Cornell			–					8	–	0	–	0
No. 10 Duquesne			–					8	–	0	–	1
Swarthmore			–					6	–	0	–	1
Scranton			–					7	–	0	–	2
Princeton			–					7	–	1	–	0
La Salle			–					6	–	1	–	1
Penn State			–					5	–	1	–	2
No. 11 Boston College			–					9	–	2	–	0
No. 17 Fordham			–					6	–	2	–	0
Villanova			–					6	–	2	–	0
Boston University			–					5	–	3	–	0
Brown			–					5	–	3	–	1
Dartmouth			–					5	–	3	–	1
Hofstra			–					4	–	3	–	0
NYU			–					5	–	4	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					5	–	4	–	0
Harvard			–					4	–	4	–	0
Manhattan			–					4	–	4	–	0
Penn			–					4	–	4	–	0
Syracuse			–					3	–	3	–	2
Vermont			–					3	–	3	–	2
Tufts			–					3	–	4	–	1
Yale			–					3	–	4	–	1
Army			–					3	–	4	–	2
Bucknell			–					3	–	5	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					3	–	5	–	0
Providence			–					3	–	5	–	0
Columbia			–					2	–	4	–	2
Massachusetts State			–					2	–	5	–	2
Colgate			–					2	–	5	–	1
Temple			–					2	–	7	–	0
CCNY			–					1	–	7	–	0
Buffalo			–					0	–	7	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1939 Bucknell Bison football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University as an independent during the 1939 college football season. In their third season under head coach Al Humphreys, the Bison compiled a 3–5 record and outscored opponents by a total of 88 to 64.

Bucknell was ranked at No. 94 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.

The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 30	at Gettysburg	Memorial Field Gettysburg, PA	L 0–6
October 7	at Penn State	New Beaver Field State College, PA	L 3–13	12,000
October 14	Albright	Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	W 15–0
October 21	Georgetown	Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	L 7–13
October 27	at Temple	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 0–16	10,000
November 4	Western Maryland	Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	W 32–6
November 18	Muhlenberg	Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	W 25–3
November 25	at George Washington	Griffith Stadium Washington, DC	L 6–7	3,000
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