1896 Bucknell football team

1896 Bucknell football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–2–1
Head coach
  • Will Young (4th season)
CaptainEmmanuel Cober
1896 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Fordham    1 0 0
Lafayette    11 0 1
Princeton    10 0 1
Washington & Jefferson    8 0 1
Penn    14 1 0
Yale    13 1 0
Pittsburgh College    11 2 0
Buffalo    9 1 2
Villanova    10 4 0
Bucknell    5 2 1
Harvard    7 4 0
Boston College    5 3 0
Storrs    5 3 0
Cornell    5 3 1
Syracuse    5 3 2
Temple    3 2 0
Army    3 2 1
Rutgers    6 6 0
Carlisle    5 5 0
Holy Cross    2 2 2
Brown    4 5 1
Wesleyan    4 5 1
Dickinson    4 5 0
Frankin & Marshall    3 4 2
Geneva    3 4 0
Penn State    3 4 0
Colgate    3 4 1
Amherst    3 6 1
Western Univ. Penn.    3 6 0
Lehigh    2 5 0
Tufts    2 6 1
Swarthmore    2 6 0
New Hampshire    1 4 0
Drexel    1 5 0
Massachusetts    0 4 0
Rhode Island    0 4 0

The 1896 Bucknell football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University as an independent during the 1896 college football season. Led by Will Young in his fourth and final season as head coach, Bucknell compiled a record of 5–2–1. Emmanuel Cober was the team captain.