1945 Bucknell Bison football team

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1945

| team = Bucknell Bison

| sport = football

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| conference = Independent

| record = 2–5

| head_coach = J. Ellwood Ludwig

| hc_year = 2nd

| captain = Harold Stefl

| captain2 = Robert Williams

| stadium = Memorial Stadium

}}

The 1945 Bucknell Bison football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University as an independent during the 1945 college football season. In its second and final season under head coach J. Ellwood Ludwig, the team compiled a 2–5 record.{{cite book |title=2019 Bucknell Football Media Guide |chapter=Year-by-Year Results |publisher=Bucknell University |location=Lewisburg, Pa. |page=137 |accessdate=June 20, 2020 |url=https://issuu.com/bucknellathletics/docs/2019_bucknell_football_media_guide}} Harold Stefl and Robert Williams were the team captains.{{cite book |title=2019 Bucknell Football Media Guide |chapter=Captains |publisher=Bucknell University |location=Lewisburg, Pa. |page=121 |accessdate=June 20, 2020 |url=https://issuu.com/bucknellathletics/docs/2019_bucknell_football_media_guide}}

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

Schedule

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| September 12 | v | {{cfb link|year=1945|team=Scranton Tomcats|title=Scranton}}

| Mt. Carmel H.S. | Mount Carmel, PA | W 20-6

| 10,000 | {{cite news |title=Tommies Beaten by Bucknell, 20-6, at Mt. Carmel; Bisons Score 2 Touchdowns in 4th Period |first=Chic |last=Feldman |date=September 13, 1945 |page=14 |newspaper=The Tribune |location=Scranton, Pa. |via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66869057/1944-bucknell-scranton/ }}

| September 22 | | Villanova

| Memorial Stadium | Lewisburg, PA | L 7-19

| 5,000 | {{cite news |title=Villanova Jars Bucknell, 19-7 |first=Art |last=Morrow |date=September 23, 1945 |page=S1 |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |location=Philadelphia, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66869167/1944-bucknell-villanova/ }}

| September 29 | @ | Cornell

| Schoellkopf Field | Ithaca, NY | L 8-19

| 3,000 | {{cite news |title=Cornell Repulses Bucknell, 19-8; Dekdebrun Heads Aerial Assault |first=Wilbur |last=O'Brien |date=September 30, 1945 |page=1C |newspaper=Democrat and Chronicle |location=Rochester, N.Y.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66869607/1945-bucknell-cornell/ }} Attendance figure in {{cite news |title=Cornell Beats Bisons |date=September 30, 1945 |page=78 |newspaper=Sunday News |location=New York, N.Y. }}

| October 6 | @ | Pittsburgh

| Pitt Stadium | Pittsburgh, PA | L 0-38

| 10,000 | {{cite news |title=Panthers Hand 38-0 Beating to Bucknell |first=Carl |last=Hughes |date=October 7, 1945 |page=35 |newspaper=The Pittsburgh Press |location=Pittsburgh, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66870056/1945-bucknell-pitt/ }}

| October 12 | @ | Temple

| Temple Stadium | Philadelphia, PA | L 0-64

| 17,000 | {{cite news |title=Temple Trounces Bucknell, 64-0: 3d in Row for Owls; Burns Runs 83 Yards |first=Stan |last=Baumgartner |date=October 13, 1945 |page=14 |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |location=Philadelphia, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66871161/1945-bucknell-temple/ }}

| October 20 | | Penn State

| Memorial Stadium | Lewisburg, PA |L 7-46

| 7,500 | {{cite news |title=Penn State Routs Bucknell; Lang Tallies Pair, Passes for 2 |date=October 21, 1945 |page=S2 |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |location=Philadelphia, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66872904/1945-bucknell-psu/ }}

| October 27 | @ | Lafayette

| Fisher Field | Easton, PA | W 26-2

| 3,000 | {{cite news |title=Bucknell Upsets Lafayette with Big 26-2 Triumph |date=October 28, 1945 |page=9 |newspaper=Sunday Call-Chronicle |location=Allentown, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66873483/1945-bucknell-lafayette/ }}

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References

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