1891 Bucknell football team

1891 Bucknell football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–2–1
Head coach
  • None
CaptainCharles Allen
Seasons
← 1890
1892 →
1891 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale     13 0 0
Harvard     13 1 0
Princeton     12 1 0
Tufts     7 1 0
Penn     11 2 0
Colgate     4 1 0
Army     4 1 1
Bucknell     6 2 1
Navy     5 2 0
Cornell     7 3 0
Geneva     4 2 0
Washington & Jefferson     4 2 0
Lehigh     7 4 0
Rutgers     8 6 0
Brown     4 6 0
Springfield YMCA     5 8 1
Fordham     1 2 1
Syracuse     4 7 0
Massachusetts     2 5 0
Western Univ. Penn.     2 6 0
Lafayette     2 9 1
NYU     1 4 0
Columbia     1 5 0
Wesleyan     1 6 0

The 1891 Bucknell football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University as an independent during the 1891 college football season. The team compiled a 6–2–1 record and had no head coach. Charles Allen was the team captain. The roster included Andy Wyant, who later played for Amos Alonzo Stagg at the University of Chicago and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.[1]

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25at Lafayette
W 16–10[2]
September 26at LehighBethlehem, PAL 4–62[3]
October 3Wyoming SeminaryLewisburg, PAW 32–0[4][5]
October 10at CornellIthaca, NYW 4–0[6][7]
October 24SwarthmoreLewisburg, PAW 32–12[8]
November 7Penn StateLewisburg, PAW 12–101,000[9]
November 14at HaverfordHaverford, PAW 70–0[10]
November 212:45 p.m.at Dickinson
T 0–0400–500[11][12][13]
November 263:00 p.m.at Franklin & Marshall
L 6–121,250[14][15]

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References

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  1. ^ "Andy Wyant (1962)". National Football Foundation. National Football Foundation. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
  2. ^ "Football Season Started.—Bucknell University Defeats Lafayette by a Score of 16 to 10". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. September 26, 1891. p. 3. Retrieved January 11, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "The Tables Turned". The Morning News. Lancaster, Pennsylvania. September 28, 1891. p. 1. Retrieved January 11, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Foot Ball At Lewisburg". The Wilkes-Barre Record. Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. October 5, 1891. p. 1. Retrieved January 11, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Bucknell Wins at Football". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 4, 1891. p. 3. Retrieved January 11, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Bucknell Downs Cornell". The Times. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 11, 1891. p. 14. Retrieved January 11, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "Bucknell, 4; Cornell, 0". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. October 11, 1891. p. 5. Retrieved January 11, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ "Bucknell, 32; Swarthmore, 12". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 25, 1891. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Bucknell's Great Victory". The Times. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 8, 1891. p. 14. Retrieved January 11, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  10. ^ "Bucknell, 70; Haverford, 0". The Times. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 15, 1891. p. 14. Retrieved January 11, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  11. ^ "Neither Side Scored". The Pittsburg Dispatch. Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. November 22, 1891. p. 1. Retrieved January 11, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  12. ^ "Dickinson's Victory". The Evening Sentinel. Carlisle, Pennsylvania. November 23, 1891. p. 3. Retrieved January 11, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  13. ^ "Dickinson's Great Game". Carlisle Daily Herald. Carlisle, Pennsylvania. November 23, 1891. p. 1. Retrieved January 11, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  14. ^ "To-day's Foot Ball Game". The Morning News. Lancaster, Pennsylvania. November 26, 1891. p. 1. Retrieved January 11, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  15. ^ "The Foot Ball Contests". The Lancaster Intelligencer. Lancaster, Pennsylvania. November 27, 1891. p. 1. Retrieved January 11, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  16. ^ "1891 Football Schedule". Bucknell Athletics & Recreation. Retrieved January 11, 2025.
  17. ^ "2024 Bucknell Football Record Book" (PDF). Bucknell Athletics & Recreation. p. 59. Retrieved January 11, 2025.