1972 Bucknell Bison football team

The 1972 Bucknell Bison football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University as an independent during the 1972 NCAA College Division football season.

1972 NCAA College Division independents football records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 4 Ashland		–		11	–	0	–	0
Bridgeport		–		11	–	0	–	0
No. 1 Delaware		–		10	–	0	–	0
No. 5 Tennessee State		–		11	–	1	–	0
Colorado College		–		8	–	1	–	0
Tampa		–		10	–	2	–	0
Trinity (TX)		–		8	–	2	–	0
Western Carolina		–		7	–	2	–	1
Hawaii		–		8	–	3	–	0
Indiana State		–		7	–	3	–	0
Northeastern		–		6	–	2	–	0
Bucknell		–		6	–	3	–	0
Cortland		–		6	–	3	–	0
San Diego		–		6	–	3	–	1
Arkansas–Pine Bluff		–		4	–	2	–	1
Eastern Michigan		–		6	–	4	–	0
Milwaukee		–		6	–	4	–	0
Samford		–		5	–	3	–	2
Lake Forest		–		4	–	3	–	1
Nevada		–		6	–	5	–	0
Central Michigan		–		5	–	5	–	1
Fordham		–		5	–	5	–	0
Rose-Hulman		–		5	–	5	–	0
Santa Clara		–		4	–	4	–	1
Akron		–		3	–	4	–	2
St. Norbert		–		4	–	5	–	0
Saint Mary's		–		3	–	4	–	0
Kentucky State		–		4	–	6	–	0
Drexel		–		3	–	6	–	0
Northeast Louisiana		–		3	–	7	–	0
Portland State		–		3	–	8	–	0
Wayne State (MI)		–		2	–	5	–	1
Boston University		–		2	–	8	–	0
Northern Michigan		–		2	–	8	–	0
Saint Peter's		–		2	–	8	–	0
Chattanooga		–		2	–	9	–	0
Southern Illinois		–		1	–	8	–	1
Eastern Illinois		–		1	–	9	–	0
Madison		–		0	–	4	–	1
UNLV		–		1	–	10	–	0

Rankings from AP small college poll

In their fourth year under head coach Fred Prender, the Bison compiled a 6–3 record.^[1] Steve Eck and Gerry Solomon were the team captains.^[2]

Bucknell played its home games at Memorial Stadium on the university campus in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 23	Drexel	Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	W 44–0	7,500	^[3]
September 30	at Maine	Alfond Stadium Orono, ME	W 17–14	5,000–5,500	^[4]^[5]
October 7	Gettysburg	Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	W 23–0	8,100	^[6]
October 14	at Lehigh	Taylor Stadium Bethlehem, PA	L 0–21	14,000	^[7]
October 21	Lafayette^	Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	W 26–7	9,500	^[8]
October 28	at Davidson	Richardson Stadium Davidson, NC	L 21–25	4,000	^[9]
November 4	No. 6 UMass	Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	W 28–15	6,800	^[10]
November 11	Colgate	Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	W 41–7	5,200	^[11]
November 18	at No. 1 Delaware	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE	L 3–20	22,000	^[12]
Homecoming ^ Parents Weekend Rankings from UPI Poll released prior to the game