1915 Bucknell football team

1915 Bucknell football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–6–3
Head coach	George Johnson (1st season)

1915 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Cornell			–					9	–	0	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					8	–	0	–	0
Columbia			–					5	–	0	–	0
Harvard			–					8	–	1	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					7	–	1	–	0
Rutgers			–					7	–	1	–	0
Villanova			–					6	–	1	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					8	–	1	–	1
Colgate			–					5	–	1	–	0
Syracuse			–					9	–	1	–	2
Dartmouth			–					7	–	1	–	1
Tufts			–					5	–	1	–	2
Penn State			–					7	–	2	–	0
Lafayette			–					8	–	3	–	0
Princeton			–					6	–	2	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					6	–	2	–	0
Temple			–					3	–	1	–	1
Geneva			–					6	–	3	–	0
Wesleyan			–					6	–	3	–	0
Allegheny			–					5	–	3	–	0
Swarthmore			–					5	–	3	–	0
Army			–					5	–	3	–	1
Lehigh			–					6	–	4	–	0
Holy Cross			–					3	–	2	–	2
Brown			–					5	–	4	–	1
Fordham			–					4	–	4	–	0
NYU			–					4	–	4	–	1
Middlebury			–					3	–	4	–	2
Muhlenberg			–					4	–	5	–	0
Yale			–					4	–	5	–	0
Boston College			–					3	–	4	–	0
Penn			–					3	–	5	–	2
WPI			–					3	–	5	–	1
Buffalo			–					3	–	5	–	0
Carlisle			–					3	–	6	–	2
Rhode Island State			–					3	–	5	–	0
New Hampshire			–					3	–	6	–	1
Gettysburg			–					3	–	6	–	0
Rochester			–					3	–	6	–	0
Bucknell			–					2	–	6	–	3
Vermont			–					1	–	4	–	2
Williams			–					1	–	7	–	0

The 1915 Bucknell football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University as an independent during the 1915 college football season. In its first season under head coach George Johnson, the team compiled a 2–6–3 record.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 18	Bloomsburg	Lewisburg, PA	W 14–0
September 25	Susquehanna	Lewisburg, PA	T 0–0
October 2	at Syracuse	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	L 0–6
October 9	Swarthmore	Lewisburg, PA	L 0–3
October 16	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	L 0–41		[2]
October 23	at Carlisle	Carlisle, PA	T 0–0
October 30	Muhlenberg	Lewisburg, PA	L 0–3
November 2	at NYU	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	T 3–3		[3]
November 6	at Navy	Worden Field Annapolis, MD	L 3–13
November 13	vs. Gettysburg	Island Park Harrisburg, PA	W 16–7	3,000	[4]
November 25	Lebanon Valley	Lewisburg, PA	L 0–3

References

1. "2018 Bucknell Football Media Guide" (PDF). Bucknell University. p. 134.
2. "Bucknell Game No Fair Test for Cornell". The Ithaca Journal. October 18, 1915. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Lucky field goal gives N.Y.U. a tie". The New York Times. November 3, 1915. Retrieved February 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Bucknell 16, Gettysburg 7; Big Surprise". The Courier. November 14, 1915. pp. 1, 5 – via Newspapers.com.