1918 Bucknell football team

The 1918 Bucknell football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University as an independent during the 1918 college football season. In its first and only season under head coach Edgar Wingard, the team compiled a 6–0 record, shut out five of six opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 236 to 7.[1]

1918 Bucknell football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–0
Head coach
Seasons
 1917
1919 
1918 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Bucknell  600
Princeton  300
Holy Cross  200
Army  100
Buffalo  610
Columbia  510
Syracuse  510
Pittsburgh  410
Boston College  520
Rutgers  520
Franklin & Marshall  210
Geneva  420
Swarthmore  420
Harvard  210
Fordham  421
Villanova  320
Penn  530
Dartmouth  330
Lehigh  440
Washington & Jefferson  220
New Hampshire  221
Lafayette  340
Brown  230
Tufts  230
Penn State  121
Vermont  011
Drexel  010
NYU  040

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 12at Bellefonte AcademyLewisburg, PAW 31–0[2]
November 2Mount St. Mary'sW 47–0
November 9vs. VillanovaSunbury, PAW 40–0[3]
November 16vs. GettysburgW 27–0[4]
November 23SusquehannaSunbury, PAW 47–7[5]
November 28DickinsonLewisburg, PAW 44–0[6]

References

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  1. "2018 Bucknell Football Media Guide" (PDF). Bucknell University. p. 134.
  2. "Bucknell Beats Bellefonte, 31-0". The Gazette Times. Pittsburgh. October 13, 1918. p. 18 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Bucknell S.A.T.C. Team Crushes Villa Nova Soldiers". The Lewisburg Journal. November 15, 1918. p. 3 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Gettysburg Loses Annual Grid Game to Bucknell". The Evening News. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. November 18, 1918. p. 7 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Bucknell Vs. Susquehanna". The Lewisburg Journal. November 22, 1918. p. 5 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Dickinson Loses". The Evening Sentinel. November 30, 1918. p. 2 via Newspapers.com.