1902 Bucknell football team

1902 Bucknell football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–4
Head coach
CaptainWalter Wilcox
1902 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Ursinus   –   9 – 0 – 0
Yale   –   11 – 0 – 1
Geneva   –   7 – 0 – 0
Harvard   –   11 – 1 – 0
Princeton   –   8 – 1 – 0
Army   –   6 – 1 – 1
Franklin & Marshall   –   7 – 2 – 0
Dartmouth   –   6 – 2 – 1
Holy Cross   –   6 – 2 – 1
Syracuse   –   6 – 2 – 1
Carlisle   –   8 – 3 – 0
Cornell   –   8 – 3 – 0
Lafayette   –   8 – 3 – 0
Amherst   –   7 – 3 – 0
Penn State   –   7 – 3 – 0
Penn   –   9 – 4 – 0
Lehigh   –   7 – 3 – 1
Vermont   –   5 – 3 – 2
Colgate   –   5 – 3 – 1
NYU   –   5 – 3 – 0
Bucknell   –   6 – 4 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   6 – 4 – 0
Columbia   –   6 – 4 – 1
Springfield Training School   –   3 – 2 – 1
Villanova   –   4 – 3 – 0
Brown   –   5 – 4 – 1
Swarthmore   –   6 – 6 – 0
Western U. of Penn.   –   5 – 6 – 1
New Hampshire   –   2 – 3 – 1
Buffalo   –   3 – 5 – 1
Tufts   –   4 – 6 – 1
Dickinson   –   4 – 6 – 0
Fordham   –   2 – 4 – 1
Wesleyan   –   3 – 6 – 1
Rutgers   –   3 – 7 – 0
Navy   –   2 – 7 – 1
Drexel   –   1 – 4 – 1
Temple   –   1 – 4 – 1
Pittsburgh College   –   1 – 6 – 0
Boston College   –   0 – 8 – 0

The 1902 Bucknell football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University as an independent during the 1902 college football season. Led by fourth-year head coach George W. Hoskins, Bucknell compiled a 6–4 record. Walter Wilcox was the team captain.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27Steelton YMCALewisburg, PAW 6–0
October 4at Buffalo
W 29–0
October 11vs. CarlisleWilliamsport, PAW 16–03,000[1]
October 18at Pittsburgh StarsPittsburgh, PAL 0–24[2]
October 25at PennL 5–6
November 1VillanovaLewisburg, PAW 61–5
November 8at YaleL 5–366,000[3]
November 15at NavyW 23–0
November 22Baltimore MedicalLewisburg, PAW 17–5
November 27at Watertown Athletic ClubWatertown, NYL 0–6

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References

  1. ^ "Indians Trounced". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 12, 1902. p. 18. Retrieved October 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  2. ^ "Bucknell Twice Fails to Kick a Goal From the Field -- Game Was Full of Spirited Punting". The Pittsburg Post. October 19, 1902. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Rough Work at Yale Field: Bucknell Men Scored By Referee -- The Blue Eleven Won by 34 to 5". New York Tribune. November 9, 1902. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "2024 Bucknell Football Record Book" (PDF). Bucknell Athletics & Recreation. Retrieved January 9, 2025.