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1896 Bucknell football team

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1896 Bucknell football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–2–1
Head coach
CaptainEmmanuel Cober
Seasons
← 1895
1897 →
1896 Eastern college football independents records
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
Dickinson     4 5 0
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 Will Young in his fourth and final season as head coach, Bucknell compiled a record of 5–2–1. Emmanuel Cober was the team captain.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 262:00 p.m.Wyoming Seminary
W 10–0600[1][2]
October 3at PennL 0–402,500[3]
October 172:30 p.m.Penn reserves
  • Bucknell campus
  • Lewisburg, PA
W 10–0[4][5]
October 31vs. Penn State
W 10–05,000[6][7]
November 7at Cornell
L 0–54[8]
November 142:30 p.m.Bloomsburg Normal
  • Bucknell campus
  • Lewisburg, PA
W 18–6[9][10]
November 212:55 p.m.vs. DickinsonSunbury, PAW 6–0350–1,000[11][12]
November 263:00 p.m.at Franklin & Marshall
T 0–05,000[13][14][15]

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References

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  1. ^ "Foot Ball". Lewisburg Journal. Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. September 25, 1896. p. 1. Retrieved January 17, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  2. ^ "Seminary And Bucknell". Wilkes-Barre Times. Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. September 28, 1896. p. 6. Retrieved January 17, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "U. of P. Reserves and Bucknell". Lewisburg Journal. Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. October 16, 1896. p. 1. Retrieved January 17, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Reserves Beaten by Bucknell". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 18, 1896. p. 10. Retrieved January 17, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Bucknell-State College Foot Ball Game". Public Press. Northumberland, Pennsylvania. October 30, 1896. p. 3. Retrieved January 17, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "Bucknell Defeats State". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 1, 1896. p. 9. Retrieved January 17, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ "Bucknell Is Snowed Under". The Times. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 8, 1896. p. 8. Retrieved January 17, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. ^ "Foot Ball Game". The Evening Item. Sunbury, Pennsylvania. November 13, 1896. p. 4. Retrieved January 17, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  10. ^ "Bucknell Wins 18 to 6". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 15, 1896. p. 9. Retrieved January 17, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  11. ^ "Bucknell Defeats Dickinson". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 22, 1896. p. 6. Retrieved January 17, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  12. ^ "The Great Game.—The Match of Foot Ball Between Bucknell and Dickinson". The Evening Item. Sunbury, Pennsylvania. November 23, 1896. p. 1. Retrieved January 17, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  13. ^ "Foot Ball Games". The Morning News. Lancaster, Pennsylvania. November 26, 1896. p. 1. Retrieved January 17, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  14. ^ "A Well-Fought Battle—Franklin and Marshall and Bucknell Play a Drawn Game". The Morning News. Lancaster, Pennsylvania. November 27, 1896. p. 1. Retrieved January 17, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  15. ^ "Close Game At Lancaster". The Daily Inter Ocean. Chicago, Illinois. November 27, 1896. p. 5. Retrieved January 17, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  16. ^ "1896 Football Schedule". Bucknell Athletics & Recreation. Retrieved January 17, 2025.
  17. ^ "2024 Bucknell Football Record Book" (PDF). Bucknell Athletics & Recreation. p. 59. Retrieved January 17, 2025.