1953 Bucknell Bison football team

1953 Bucknell Bison football
Conference	Independent
Record	1–8
Head coach	Harry Lawrence (7th season)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium

1953 Eastern college football independents records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Westminster (PA)			–					8	–	0	–	0
Juniata			–					7	–	0	–	0
No. 14 Army			–					7	–	1	–	1
Harvard			–					6	–	2	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					5	–	2	–	0
Hofstra			–					6	–	3	–	0
Penn State			–					6	–	3	–	0
Yale			–					5	–	2	–	2
Carnegie Tech			–					5	–	3	–	0
Boston College			–					5	–	3	–	1
Boston University			–					5	–	3	–	1
Syracuse			–					5	–	3	–	1
Princeton			–					5	–	4	–	0
Tufts			–					4	–	3	–	0
Cornell			–					4	–	3	–	2
Holy Cross			–					5	–	5	–	0
Temple			–					4	–	4	–	1
Colgate			–					3	–	4	–	2
Columbia			–					4	–	5	–	0
Fordham			–					4	–	5	–	0
Villanova			–					4	–	6	–	0
Drexel			–					2	–	3	–	1
Brown			–					3	–	5	–	1
Penn			–					3	–	5	–	1
Pittsburgh			–					3	–	5	–	1
Dartmouth			–					2	–	7	–	0
Buffalo			–					1	–	5	–	1
Bucknell			–					1	–	8	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1953 Bucknell Bison football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University as an independent during the 1953 college football season. In its seventh season under head coach Harry Lawrence, the team compiled a 1–8 record.

The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 26	Buffalo		W 35–6
October 3	Muhlenberg		L 13–18
October 10	at Holy Cross		L 0–40
October 17	Temple		L 21–27
October 24	at Lafayette		L 6–7
October 31	at Lehigh		L 6–20
November 7	at Colgate		L 12–19
November 14	at Gettysburg		L 13–26
November 21	Delaware		L 13–34
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