1917 Bucknell football team

1917 Bucknell Bison football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–5–1
Head coach	George Johnson (3rd season)

1917 Eastern college football independents records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Pittsburgh			–					10	–	0	–	0
Williams			–					7	–	0	–	1
Yale			–					3	–	0	–	0
Princeton			–					2	–	0	–	0
Syracuse			–					8	–	1	–	1
Army			–					7	–	1	–	0
Rutgers			–					7	–	1	–	1
Penn			–					9	–	2	–	0
Brown			–					8	–	2	–	0
Fordham			–					7	–	2	–	0
Lehigh			–					7	–	2	–	0
Boston College			–					6	–	2	–	0
Swarthmore			–					6	–	2	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					7	–	3	–	0
Colgate			–					4	–	2	–	0
Harvard			–					3	–	1	–	3
New Hampshire			–					3	–	2	–	2
Dartmouth			–					5	–	3	–	0
Geneva			–					5	–	3	–	1
Penn State			–					5	–	4	–	0
Buffalo			–					4	–	4	–	0
NYU			–					2	–	2	–	3
Tufts			–					3	–	3	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					2	–	3	–	1
Bucknell			–					3	–	5	–	1
Lafayette			–					3	–	5	–	0
Holy Cross			–					3	–	4	–	0
Rhode Island State			–					2	–	4	–	2
Carlisle			–					3	–	6	–	0
Columbia			–					2	–	4	–	0
Delaware			–					2	–	5	–	0
Cornell			–					3	–	6	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					2	–	6	–	0
Villanova			–					0	–	3	–	2
Temple			–					0	–	6	–	1

The 1917 Bucknell Bison football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University as an independent during the 1917 college football season. In its third and final season under head coach George Johnson, the team compiled a 3–5–1 record.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 29	Mansfield		W 25–0
October 6	Swarthmore		W 16–7
October 13	at Colgate		L 0–24
October 20	at Penn		L 6–20
October 27	at Cornell		L 0–20
November 3	Carlisle		W 10–0
November 10	at Syracuse		L 0–42
November 17	at Gettysburg		T 6–6
November 29	at Dickinson		L 0–7