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1934 Bucknell Bison football team

The 1934 Bucknell Bison football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University as an independent during the 1934 college football season. In its first season under head coach Edward Mylin, the team compiled a 7–2–2 record, including a victory in the first Orange Bowl game. The team's only losses were to one-loss Duquesne and undefeated Western Maryland.[1]

1934 Bucknell Bison football
Orange Bowl champion
Orange Bowl, W 26–0 vs. Miami (FL)
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–2–2
Head coach
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1933
1935 →
1934 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Tufts   –   8 – 0 – 0
Trinity (CT)   –   7 – 0 – 0
La Salle   –   7 – 0 – 1
Washington College   –   5 – 0 – 1
Franklin & Marshall   –   8 – 1 – 0
No. 4 Pittsburgh   –   8 – 1 – 0
No. 8 Colgate   –   7 – 1 – 0
Columbia   –   7 – 1 – 0
No. 5 Princeton   –   7 – 1 – 0
Duquesne   –   8 – 2 – 0
Holy Cross   –   8 – 2 – 0
No. 15 Temple   –   7 – 1 – 2
No. 10 Syracuse   –   6 – 2 – 0
Bucknell   –   7 – 2 – 2
No. 14 Army   –   7 – 3 – 0
Northeastern   –   6 – 1 – 1
Rochester   –   5 – 2 – 0
Dartmouth   –   6 – 3 – 0
Saint Anselm   –   6 – 3 – 0
Amherst   –   5 – 3 – 0
Fordham   –   5 – 3 – 0
Yale   –   5 – 3 – 0
Massachusetts State   –   5 – 3 – 1
CCNY   –   4 – 3 – 0
Providence   –   4 – 3 – 0
Drexel   –   4 – 3 – 1
Boston College   –   5 – 4 – 0
Bates   –   3 – 3 – 1
Middlebury   –   3 – 3 – 1
Penn   –   4 – 4 – 0
Penn State   –   4 – 4 – 0
Williams   –   4 – 4 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   4 – 5 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   4 – 5 – 0
Villanova   –   3 – 4 – 2
NYU   –   3 – 4 – 1
Boston University   –   3 – 4 – 0
Colby   –   3 – 4 – 0
Springfield   –   2 – 3 – 3
Manhattan   –   3 – 5 – 1
Harvard   –   3 – 5 – 0
Vermont   –   2 – 4 – 2
Wesleyan   –   3 – 5 – 0
Brown   –   3 – 6 – 0
Geneva   –   2 – 5 – 2
Saint Joseph's   –   2 – 5 – 1
Cornell   –   2 – 5 – 0
Lafayette   –   2 – 6 – 0
Norwich   –   2 – 6 – 0
Bowdoin   –   0 – 6 – 1
Lowell Textile   –   0 – 7 – 1
Rankings from Associated Press

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

Schedule edit

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28Davis & Elkins
W 12–0[2]
October 5Pennsylvania Military
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lewisburg, PA
T 0–0[3]
October 12at Duquesne
L 0–1210,000[4]
October 20at St. Thomas (PA)
W 12–6[5]
October 27Villanova 
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lewisburg, PA
W 13–06,000[6]
November 3at Furman
W 19–04,000[7]
November 10at Washington & JeffersonWashington, PAW 13–7> 5,000[8]
November 17Western Maryland
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lewisburg, PA
L 0–6[9]
November 24Penn State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lewisburg, PA
W 13–710,000[10]
November 29at Temple
T 0–030,000[11]
January 1, 1935vs. Miami (FL)
W 26–05,134[12]
  •  Homecoming

References edit

  1. ^ "2018 Bucknell Football Media Guide" (PDF). Bucknell University. p. 134.
  2. ^ "Bucknell Defeats Davis-Elkins, 12 to 0". The Mercury. September 29, 1934. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "P.M.C. Ends Bison Record: Three Local Boys Play With Cadets Who Hold Bucknell to Tie". The Wilkes-Barre Record. October 6, 1934. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Duquesne Wins Over Bucknell, 12 to 0". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. October 13, 1934. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Bucknell Eleven Tops St. Thomas, 12-6 Score". The Sunday News. Lancaster, Pennsylvania. October 21, 1934. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Edward Walsh (October 28, 1934). "Bisons Stampede Villanova: Bucknell Rallies To Defeat 'Cats in Thrilling Tilt". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. Sports 1, 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Scoop Latimer (November 4, 1934). "Furman Fights Gamely as Bucknell Wins, 19-0". The Greenville News. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Bucknell Routs Jinx, Beats Wash-Jeff, 13-7". The Pittsburgh Press. November 11, 1934. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Fumble Beats Bucknell, 6 to 0: Western Maryland Recovers Ball Over Goal". The Pittsburgh Press. November 18, 1934. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Bucknell's Third Period Thrusts Beat Penn State". The Pittsburgh Press. November 25, 1935. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Bisons Tie Owls: Bucknell Line Stems Temple, Nips Smukler". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 30, 1934. pp. 19, 20 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ Lawrence Rollins (January 2, 1935). "Bisons Trample Hurricane Squad, 26-0". The Miami Herald. p. 2B – via Newspapers.com.


 

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