1959 Bucknell Bison football team

1959 Bucknell Bison football
Conference	Middle Atlantic Conference
Record	4–5 (3–3 MAC)
Head coach	Bob Odell (2nd season)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium

1959 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
University
Delaware x	5	–	0	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Gettysburg	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Lafayette	4	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Bucknell	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Rutgers	2	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Lehigh	2	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Temple	0	–	5	–	0			0	–	9	–	0
Muhlenberg *	1	–	2	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
College–Northern
Albright x	6	–	1	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Juniata	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	1	–	0
Wagner	5	–	1	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
Lebanon Valley	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Susquehanna	3	–	2	–	0			4	–	3	–	0
Moravian	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Wilkes	2	–	5	–	0			2	–	5	–	0
Lycoming	1	–	4	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Scranton *	3	–	1	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
College–Southern
Johns Hopkins x	6	–	0	–	0			7	–	1	–	0
Pennsylvania Military	6	–	2	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
Western Maryland	3	–	2	–	1			5	–	2	–	2
Ursinus	2	–	5	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
Dickinson	1	–	5	–	0			1	–	7	–	0
Haverford	0	–	5	–	0			1	–	5	–	0
Drexel	0	–	5	–	0			1	–	6	–	0
Franklin & Marshall *	1	–	2	–	1			4	–	3	–	1
Swarthmore *	1	–	3	–	0			2	–	5	–	0
West Chester *	0	–	0	–	0			7	–	1	–	0
x – Division champion/co-champions * – Ineligible for championship due to insufficient conference games

The 1959 Bucknell Bison football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University in the Middle Atlantic Conference during the 1959 NCAA College Division football season. In its second season under head coach Bob Odell, the team compiled a 4–5 record.

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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 26	vs. Gettysburg	Hershey, PA	W 21–0
October 3	at Harvard		L 6–20
October 10	Buffalo		W 26–21
October 17	Rutgers		W 15–8
October 24	at Lafayette		L 6–12
October 31	at Lehigh		L 0–14
November 7	at Colgate		L 13–16
November 14	Temple		W 26–6
November 21	Delaware		L 6–22
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