American college football season
2019 Bucknell Bison football |
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Conference | Patriot League |
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Record | 3–8 (3–3 Patriot) |
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Head coach | - Dave Cecchini (1st season)
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Offensive coordinator | Jason Miran (1st season) |
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Defensive coordinator | Ryan Manalac (1st season) |
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Home stadium | Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium |
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Uniform |
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Seasons |
2019 Patriot League football standings | Conf | | | Overall |
Team | | W | | L | | | | | W | | L | |
Holy Cross $^ | | 5 | – | 1 | | | | | 7 | – | 5 | |
Lafayette | | 4 | – | 2 | | | | | 4 | – | 8 | |
Bucknell | | 3 | – | 3 | | | | | 3 | – | 8 | |
Lehigh | | 3 | – | 3 | | | | | 4 | – | 7 | |
Colgate | | 3 | – | 3 | | | | | 4 | – | 8 | |
Fordham | | 2 | – | 4 | | | | | 4 | – | 8 | |
Georgetown | | 1 | – | 5 | | | | | 5 | – | 6 | |
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- $ – Conference champion
- ^ – FCS playoff participant
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The 2019 Bucknell Bison football team represents Bucknell University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by first-year head coach Dave Cecchini and play their home games at Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium. They play as a member of the Patriot League.
Preseason
Preseason coaches' poll
The Patriot League released their preseason coaches' poll on July 30, 2019 (voting was by conference head coaches and sports information directors). The Bison were picked to finish in seventh (last) place.[1]
Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
1 | Colgate | 72 (12) |
2 | Holy Cross | 58 (2) |
3 | Georgetown | 51 |
4 | Fordham | 39 |
5 | Lehigh | 38 |
6 | Lafayette | 21 |
7 | Bucknell | 15 |
Preseason All-Patriot League team
The Bison had two players selected to the preseason All-Patriot League team.[1]
Defense Simeon Page – LB | Special teams Alex Pechin – P |
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 31 | 3:00 p.m. | at Temple* | | ESPN3 | L 12–56 | 26,378 |
September 7 | 6:00 p.m. | at Sacred Heart* | | NEC Front Row | L 10–30 | 4,187 |
September 14 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 22 Villanova* | | Stadium | L 10–45 | 3,649 |
September 28 | 3:30 p.m. | Princeton* | - Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium
- Lewisburg, PA
| Stadium | L 23–56 | 3,795 |
October 5 | 2:00 p.m. | Holy Cross![dagger](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | - Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium
- Lewisburg, PA
| Stadium | L 14–21 | 2,693 |
October 12 | 1:00 p.m. | at Colgate | | Stadium | W 32–14 | 2,386 |
October 19 | 4:00 p.m. | at No. 18 Towson* | | FloSports | L 7–56 | 6,114 |
October 26 | 3:30 p.m. | at Lafayette | | Stadium | L 17–21 | 5,325 |
November 9 | 1:00 p.m. | Lehigh | - Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium
- Lewisburg, PA
| Stadium | W 20–10 | 2,051 |
November 16 | 1:00 p.m. | Georgetown | - Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium
- Lewisburg, PA
| Stadium | W 20–17 | |
November 23 | 1:00 p.m. | at Fordham | | Stadium | L 14–31 | |
- *Non-conference game
Homecoming- Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Eastern time
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Game summaries
At Temple
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bison | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
Owls | 21 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 56 |
At Sacred Heart
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bison | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
Pioneers | 0 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 30 |
Villanova
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
No. 22 Wildcats | 14 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 45 |
Bison | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
Princeton
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Tigers | 7 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 56 |
Bison | 7 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 23 |
Holy Cross
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Crusaders | 0 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
Bison | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
At Colgate
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bison | 14 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 32 |
Raiders | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
At Towson
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bison | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
No. 18 Tigers | 21 | 21 | 14 | 0 | 56 |
At Lafayette
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bison | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
Leopards | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
Lehigh
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Mountain Hawks | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
Bison | 0 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
Georgetown
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Hoyas | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
Bison | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 20 |
At Fordham
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bison | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
Rams | 7 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 31 |
References
- ^ a b "Patriot League Football Preseason Honors Announced". PatriotLeague.org. July 30, 2019. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
- ^ "2019 Bucknell Football Schedule". BucknellBison.com. Retrieved July 4, 2019.
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