Saturday, October 29
Lewisburg, Pa.
1 p.m.
Bucknell University
vs
Colgate
Bucknell Football Hosts Patriot League Foe Colgate Saturday
10/26/2022 1:05:00 PM | Football
LEWISBURG, Pa. – Bucknell returns to Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium on Saturday. The Bison will challenge the Colgate Raiders in search of a second consecutive Patriot League win.
Media Notes & Game Program:
When: Saturday, Oct. 29 – 1 p.m.
Where: Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium
Watch: ESPN+
Radio: 100.9 The Valley (WVLY)
Internet Radio: WVLY.com/The__Valley
Live Stats: BucknellBison.com
Follow on Twitter: @Bucknell_FB
With a victory Bucknell would...
• win back-to-back games for the first time since April 2021
• win its first home game this season
• improve to 19-51 in the all-time series with Colgate
Bucknell at a Glance
• Bucknell (1-6, 1-2 PL) is looking to win back-to-back games for the first time since the spring 2021 season when it challenges Colgate at home on Saturday. The Bison are coming off a dramatic 19-17 win at Lehigh.
• The Bison will be playing in front of a home crowd for the first time since Oct. 1 after going 1-2 over its three-game road swing.
• Bucknell currently sits fifth in the Patriot League standings with four games remaining on the schedule. The Bison play three of their final four at home, and three of the games are against league opponents.
• Bucknell's defense has forced eight turnovers over the last two games. Leading the charge has been S Brent Jackson, who earned his first Patriot League weekly award of the season with two turnovers at Lehigh. He alone has forced three turnovers in the last two games.
• Bucknell was picked to finish seventh in the Patriot League based on a vote by the league's head coaches and sports information directors ahead of the 2022 season.
• The Bison finished 1-10 overall in the 2021 season and went 0-6 against league opponents. They were picked in the same spot prior to the shortened 2021 spring season before capturing the Patriot League South Division title and earning a spot in the first-ever Patriot League Championship. Bucknell eventually fell to Holy Cross in the title game that spring, and the Crusaders were picked to win the league again in 2022 as the three-time defending champions.
• Senior DB Gavin Pringle was voted to the 2022 Preseason All-Patriot League Team for a third time in his career. Pringle is a two-time All-Patriot League selection and tied for the team lead in pass breakups last year despite missing more than half the season with injury.
• The Bison returned a staggering 51 letterwinners in 2022, as dozens of underclassmen gained playing experience during an injury-plagued season last fall. The young group of returning lettermen include 18 sophomores, 23 juniors and 10 seniors. Five seniors are three-time letterwinners: Pringle, DB Jonathan Searcy, LB Ben Allen, Jackson and DL Cooper Kim.
• Bucknell's lone victory during the 2021 campaign came at home in week 4 against Cornell. The Bison scored two unanswered touchdowns in the fourth quarter and generated four turnovers during Homecoming Weekend. Quarterback Nick Semptimphelter connected with tight end Christian Spugnardi for the go-ahead touchdown. Semptimphelter later ran for a two-yard touchdown.
• Bucknell is in its fourth season under head coach Dave Cecchini, who spent the previous five years at Valparaiso. For leading the Bison to a spot in the Patriot League Championship Game during the 2021 spring season, he was voted as the Patriot League Dick Biddle Coach of the Year.
• Searcy, Allen, Jackson and junior OL Ethan Pitzel were selected as team captains for the 2022 season.
Inside the Lehigh Box Score
• K Matt Schearer made a 19-yard field goal with 18 seconds remaining to give Bucknell a 19-17 win over the Mountain Hawks. It was his second made field goal of the quarter after he drilled a 48-yarder with 14:20 remaining. The 48-yard make was Bucknell's longest field goal since Oct. 20, 1984.
• Bucknell recovered an onside kick with 2:01 remaining in the fourth quarter to set up the game-winning drive. The Bison had an extra point blocked on the previous drive that would have tied the game.
• RB Rushawn Baker rushed for both of Bucknell's touchdowns and finished with 48 yards on the ground.
• QB Nick Semptimphelter completed 13 of 28 pass attempts for 146 yards. 95 of his yards came in the fourth quarter, and he completed passes of 24 and 39 yards on the last two scoring drives.
• Defensively, the Bison generated three turnovers in the second quarter and allowed just 10 points to the Lehigh offense. Brent Jackson put together a standout performance, grabbing an interception, forcing and recovering a fumble and posting one sack with five tackles. Alex Smith Jr. intercepted his third pass of the season as well, and both Ben Allen and Blake Leake led the team with seven tackles each.
• The Mountain Hawks scored on a blocked punt in the third quarter, added a rushing touchdown and a field goal as well.
• RB Gaige Garcia led the Mountain Hawks on the ground with 41 yards on 16 carries. QB Dante Perri completed 19 of 34 passes for 160 yards.
Colgate at a Glance
• Colgate is 2-5 overall and 1-1 against Patriot League teams. The Raiders have wins over Maine and Georgetown. Its league loss was a 35-10 defeat by Holy Cross at home.
• The Raiders were picked to finish third in the Patriot League, receiving one first-place vote, based on a vote by the league's head coaches and sports information directors ahead of the 2022 season. Colgate OL AJ DeSantis was voted to the 2022 Preseason All-Patriot League Team.
• QB Michael Brescia was named Patriot League Offensive Player of the Week on Monday after rushing for 173 yards and three touchdowns in the team's win over Georgetown last weekend. The 2021 PL Rookie of the Year also completed 8 of 15 passes for 70 yards.
• Colgate went 5-1 in league play in 2021 and finished the season 5-6 overall.
• The Raiders won the 2018 Patriot League title outright and shared the 2017 crown with Holy Cross. They went a perfect 6-0 against Patriot League opponents during the 2018 campaign; they also advanced to the 2018 FCS quarterfinals as the No. 8 seed with a 23-20 victory over perennial power James Madison.
• Colgate is led by head coach Stan Dakosty, who over two seasons is 7-11 with the team. He's been a part of seven of Colgate's Patriot League titles, both as a player and a coach.
The Bucknell/Colgate Series
• Colgate leads the all-time series 51-18 and has won eight of the past 10 meetings. The Bison are 8-22 when facing the Raiders at home.
• Colgate won the most recent meeting 33-10 in Hamilton.
• In 2019 at Andy Kerr Stadium, the Bison snapped a five-game losing streak to the Raiders with a commanding 32-14 victory. Entering that contest, Bucknell had last downed Colgate on Nov. 2, 2013, a 28-7 victory at Andy Kerr Stadium. That was the Bison's first win over the Raiders since 2006 and their first in Hamilton, N.Y. since 1999.
The Last Meeting with the Raiders
• Bucknell was downed at Colgate, 33-10, on Oct. 30, 2021. The Raiders broke the game open in the second half, scoring four unanswered touchdowns and outgaining the Bison by a 260-113 margin.
• QB Michael Brescia led Colgate's offensive charge, completing 13 of 15 passes for 162 yards and running for a game-best 75 yards and two touchdowns on 13 carries.
• The first half proved to be a defensive battle, with the Raiders carrying a slim 7-3 advantage into the locker room.
• The Bison opened the game's scoring on their second possession with a 24-yard field goal by K Ryan Schatzel, and they capped the game with 54 seconds remaining in regulation. QB Nick Semptimphelter orchestrated a 10-play, 75-yard scoring march; he found WR Mason Muir for his first collegiate touchdown catch.
• QB Ethan Grady completed 10 passes for 118 yards while Semptimphelter posted 66 yards and one touchdown on five for seven passing.
• Colgate finished with advantages in total offense (406-247), first downs (24-14) and time of possession (30:01-29:58). Neither team turned the ball over, with Bucknell also not giving up a sack.
Inside the Bucknell Depth Chart
• Bucknell's projected starters on offense have made a combined 115 starts. All 11 projected offensive starters have made at least one start.
• Bucknell's projected starters on defense have made a combined 165 starts. All 11 projected starters on defense have made at least one start.
• On offense, one senior (OL R.J. Mehan), six juniors and four sophomores are expected to start. Junior LT Ethan Pitzel leads the offensive group with 20 starts under his belt.
• On defense, four seniors, three juniors and four sophomores are expected to start. DB Gavin Pringle leads the entire roster in career starts (23).
• 19 Bison currently have at least 10 career starts.
• Only Allen and Jackson started all 11 of Bucknell's 2021 games. On the offensive side of the ball, Harris, Pitzel and Mehan each made 10 starts last season.
• 12 Bison have started all seven games this season: Allen, Carretta, Harris, Jackson, Leake, Pitzel, Pringle, Robinson, Schlendorf, Searcy, Sturgis and Vyas.
• Five Bison currently boast starting streaks in the double digits: Allen (18), Jackson (18), Carretta (15), Leake (14) and Robinson (13).
• Only two seniors have played in all 33 of Bucknell's games during their time in Lewisburg to date: Allen and Searcy.
• Two juniors have played in all 22 of Bucknell's games during their time in Lewisburg to date: DL Tyler Alston and P/K Ruben Anderson.
• In 2021, a staggering 30 players each made their first career start. The total of 30 represented just over 34 percent of that team's roster; two were seniors, four were juniors, 12 were sophomores and 12 were freshmen.
Milestones Met Last Week
• CB Gavin Pringle recorded the 30th pass breakup of his career
• WR Marques Owens reached 300 receiving yards for his career
Head Coach Dave Cecchini
• Dace Cecchini, one of the all-time great wide receivers in Patriot League history who has since gone on to achieve tremendous success in the coaching ranks, was named the 27th Bob Odell Head Football Coach at Bucknell University on February 6, 2019.
• Cecchini was voted as the 2021 Spring Patriot League Dick Biddle Coach of the Year for guiding the team to a spot in the Patriot League Championship Game. In addition, he was selected as a finalist for the Eddie Robinson Award, presented by STATS to the FCS Coach of the Year, for the second time in his career.
• In his first season at the helm, Cecchini led the Bison to a third-place finish in the Patriot League, their highest placement since they were the 2014 runners-up. Their Patriot League victories came over defending champion Colgate (32-14), rival Lehigh (20-10) and Georgetown (20-17); two of their three league losses came by a touchdown or less.
• In 2017 while at Valparaiso, Cecchini was a finalist for the American Football Coaches Association's FCS National Coach of the Year and the STATS FCS Coach of the Year awards; he was also voted as the Pioneer Football League Coach of the Year and the AFCA FCS Region 4 Coach of the Year.
Bison Award Winners
• S Brent Jackson was named Patriot League Defensive Player of the Week on Monday.
• K Matt Schearer was named Patriot League Rookie of the Week on Monday.
• Jackson was named a semifinalist for the 2022 William V. Campbell Trophy®, the National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame (NFF) announced last week. Only Bucknell and Dayton have had a Campbell Trophy semifinalist each of the past 17 years.
• The Bison returned one All-Patriot League player in DB Gavin Pringle (1st in '21S, 2nd in '19).
• Pringle has been voted to the Preseason All-Patriot League Team in three consecutive seasons, and RB Coleman Bennett was voted to the 2021 Preseason All-Patriot League Team, representing Bucknell as a return specialist.
• The Bison graduated All-Patriot League honorees RB Jared Cooper and WR Dominic Lyles following the 2021 season.
• DB Brent Jackson was voted to the 2021 Academic All-Patriot League Team, earning the award for the first time in his career.
• Bennett and Jackson were named 2022 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars by the publication Diverse: Issues in Higher Education in May. The award recognizes undergraduate students of color who have excelled in the classroom as well as on the athletic fields.
Inside the 2022 Schedule
• This is the 137th season of football at Bucknell. The Bison played their first game in 1883 and have played continuously since 1887.
• Bucknell's challenging 2022 schedule includes trips to FBS program Central Michigan and Ivy League opponent Yale. Central Michigan marks the third FBS team the Bison have scheduled in four seasons.
• Bucknell's 2022 opponents went a combined 58-64 in 2021, with Central Michigan winning its Sun Bowl game and Holy Cross advancing to the FCS playoffs for the third-straight season. VMI earned a spot in the 2021 spring FCS playoffs on the strength of its first conference title since 1977 while Towson, which did not compete during the 2020-21 school year, won seven games in both 2019 and 2018, advancing to the 2018 FCS playoffs.
• Bucknell begins Patriot League action at home against Lafayette on Oct. 1.
• Bucknell's other home contests include on Colgate on Oct. 29, Fordham on Nov. 5, and Pioneer Football League member Marist for Senior Day on Nov. 19 to close out the regular season on 19.
How to Follow the Bison
• All of Bucknell's home games and its road contests at VMI, Yale, Holy Cross, Lehigh and Georgetown will air on ESPN+, which became home of the Patriot League Network ahead of the 2020-21 school year.
• The Bison's game at FBS foe Central Michigan will be broadcast on ESPN3.
• All of the Bison's games will be broadcast on 100.9 The Valley (WVLY). The broadcast will also be available on WVLY.com/The__Valley and BucknellBison.com.
• Bucknell is active on Twitter (@Bucknell_FB) and Instagram (Bucknell_FB). Interact with the team using the hashtags #ACT and #rayBucknell.
Up Next
• Bucknell remains home next weekend to host Fordham at Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 5.
Media Notes & Game Program:
When: Saturday, Oct. 29 – 1 p.m.
Where: Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium
Watch: ESPN+
Radio: 100.9 The Valley (WVLY)
Internet Radio: WVLY.com/The__Valley
Live Stats: BucknellBison.com
Follow on Twitter: @Bucknell_FB
With a victory Bucknell would...
• win back-to-back games for the first time since April 2021
• win its first home game this season
• improve to 19-51 in the all-time series with Colgate
Bucknell at a Glance
• Bucknell (1-6, 1-2 PL) is looking to win back-to-back games for the first time since the spring 2021 season when it challenges Colgate at home on Saturday. The Bison are coming off a dramatic 19-17 win at Lehigh.
• The Bison will be playing in front of a home crowd for the first time since Oct. 1 after going 1-2 over its three-game road swing.
• Bucknell currently sits fifth in the Patriot League standings with four games remaining on the schedule. The Bison play three of their final four at home, and three of the games are against league opponents.
• Bucknell's defense has forced eight turnovers over the last two games. Leading the charge has been S Brent Jackson, who earned his first Patriot League weekly award of the season with two turnovers at Lehigh. He alone has forced three turnovers in the last two games.
• Bucknell was picked to finish seventh in the Patriot League based on a vote by the league's head coaches and sports information directors ahead of the 2022 season.
• The Bison finished 1-10 overall in the 2021 season and went 0-6 against league opponents. They were picked in the same spot prior to the shortened 2021 spring season before capturing the Patriot League South Division title and earning a spot in the first-ever Patriot League Championship. Bucknell eventually fell to Holy Cross in the title game that spring, and the Crusaders were picked to win the league again in 2022 as the three-time defending champions.
• Senior DB Gavin Pringle was voted to the 2022 Preseason All-Patriot League Team for a third time in his career. Pringle is a two-time All-Patriot League selection and tied for the team lead in pass breakups last year despite missing more than half the season with injury.
• The Bison returned a staggering 51 letterwinners in 2022, as dozens of underclassmen gained playing experience during an injury-plagued season last fall. The young group of returning lettermen include 18 sophomores, 23 juniors and 10 seniors. Five seniors are three-time letterwinners: Pringle, DB Jonathan Searcy, LB Ben Allen, Jackson and DL Cooper Kim.
• Bucknell's lone victory during the 2021 campaign came at home in week 4 against Cornell. The Bison scored two unanswered touchdowns in the fourth quarter and generated four turnovers during Homecoming Weekend. Quarterback Nick Semptimphelter connected with tight end Christian Spugnardi for the go-ahead touchdown. Semptimphelter later ran for a two-yard touchdown.
• Bucknell is in its fourth season under head coach Dave Cecchini, who spent the previous five years at Valparaiso. For leading the Bison to a spot in the Patriot League Championship Game during the 2021 spring season, he was voted as the Patriot League Dick Biddle Coach of the Year.
• Searcy, Allen, Jackson and junior OL Ethan Pitzel were selected as team captains for the 2022 season.
Inside the Lehigh Box Score
• K Matt Schearer made a 19-yard field goal with 18 seconds remaining to give Bucknell a 19-17 win over the Mountain Hawks. It was his second made field goal of the quarter after he drilled a 48-yarder with 14:20 remaining. The 48-yard make was Bucknell's longest field goal since Oct. 20, 1984.
• Bucknell recovered an onside kick with 2:01 remaining in the fourth quarter to set up the game-winning drive. The Bison had an extra point blocked on the previous drive that would have tied the game.
• RB Rushawn Baker rushed for both of Bucknell's touchdowns and finished with 48 yards on the ground.
• QB Nick Semptimphelter completed 13 of 28 pass attempts for 146 yards. 95 of his yards came in the fourth quarter, and he completed passes of 24 and 39 yards on the last two scoring drives.
• Defensively, the Bison generated three turnovers in the second quarter and allowed just 10 points to the Lehigh offense. Brent Jackson put together a standout performance, grabbing an interception, forcing and recovering a fumble and posting one sack with five tackles. Alex Smith Jr. intercepted his third pass of the season as well, and both Ben Allen and Blake Leake led the team with seven tackles each.
• The Mountain Hawks scored on a blocked punt in the third quarter, added a rushing touchdown and a field goal as well.
• RB Gaige Garcia led the Mountain Hawks on the ground with 41 yards on 16 carries. QB Dante Perri completed 19 of 34 passes for 160 yards.
Colgate at a Glance
• Colgate is 2-5 overall and 1-1 against Patriot League teams. The Raiders have wins over Maine and Georgetown. Its league loss was a 35-10 defeat by Holy Cross at home.
• The Raiders were picked to finish third in the Patriot League, receiving one first-place vote, based on a vote by the league's head coaches and sports information directors ahead of the 2022 season. Colgate OL AJ DeSantis was voted to the 2022 Preseason All-Patriot League Team.
• QB Michael Brescia was named Patriot League Offensive Player of the Week on Monday after rushing for 173 yards and three touchdowns in the team's win over Georgetown last weekend. The 2021 PL Rookie of the Year also completed 8 of 15 passes for 70 yards.
• Colgate went 5-1 in league play in 2021 and finished the season 5-6 overall.
• The Raiders won the 2018 Patriot League title outright and shared the 2017 crown with Holy Cross. They went a perfect 6-0 against Patriot League opponents during the 2018 campaign; they also advanced to the 2018 FCS quarterfinals as the No. 8 seed with a 23-20 victory over perennial power James Madison.
• Colgate is led by head coach Stan Dakosty, who over two seasons is 7-11 with the team. He's been a part of seven of Colgate's Patriot League titles, both as a player and a coach.
The Bucknell/Colgate Series
• Colgate leads the all-time series 51-18 and has won eight of the past 10 meetings. The Bison are 8-22 when facing the Raiders at home.
• Colgate won the most recent meeting 33-10 in Hamilton.
• In 2019 at Andy Kerr Stadium, the Bison snapped a five-game losing streak to the Raiders with a commanding 32-14 victory. Entering that contest, Bucknell had last downed Colgate on Nov. 2, 2013, a 28-7 victory at Andy Kerr Stadium. That was the Bison's first win over the Raiders since 2006 and their first in Hamilton, N.Y. since 1999.
The Last Meeting with the Raiders
• Bucknell was downed at Colgate, 33-10, on Oct. 30, 2021. The Raiders broke the game open in the second half, scoring four unanswered touchdowns and outgaining the Bison by a 260-113 margin.
• QB Michael Brescia led Colgate's offensive charge, completing 13 of 15 passes for 162 yards and running for a game-best 75 yards and two touchdowns on 13 carries.
• The first half proved to be a defensive battle, with the Raiders carrying a slim 7-3 advantage into the locker room.
• The Bison opened the game's scoring on their second possession with a 24-yard field goal by K Ryan Schatzel, and they capped the game with 54 seconds remaining in regulation. QB Nick Semptimphelter orchestrated a 10-play, 75-yard scoring march; he found WR Mason Muir for his first collegiate touchdown catch.
• QB Ethan Grady completed 10 passes for 118 yards while Semptimphelter posted 66 yards and one touchdown on five for seven passing.
• Colgate finished with advantages in total offense (406-247), first downs (24-14) and time of possession (30:01-29:58). Neither team turned the ball over, with Bucknell also not giving up a sack.
Inside the Bucknell Depth Chart
• Bucknell's projected starters on offense have made a combined 115 starts. All 11 projected offensive starters have made at least one start.
• Bucknell's projected starters on defense have made a combined 165 starts. All 11 projected starters on defense have made at least one start.
• On offense, one senior (OL R.J. Mehan), six juniors and four sophomores are expected to start. Junior LT Ethan Pitzel leads the offensive group with 20 starts under his belt.
• On defense, four seniors, three juniors and four sophomores are expected to start. DB Gavin Pringle leads the entire roster in career starts (23).
• 19 Bison currently have at least 10 career starts.
• Only Allen and Jackson started all 11 of Bucknell's 2021 games. On the offensive side of the ball, Harris, Pitzel and Mehan each made 10 starts last season.
• 12 Bison have started all seven games this season: Allen, Carretta, Harris, Jackson, Leake, Pitzel, Pringle, Robinson, Schlendorf, Searcy, Sturgis and Vyas.
• Five Bison currently boast starting streaks in the double digits: Allen (18), Jackson (18), Carretta (15), Leake (14) and Robinson (13).
• Only two seniors have played in all 33 of Bucknell's games during their time in Lewisburg to date: Allen and Searcy.
• Two juniors have played in all 22 of Bucknell's games during their time in Lewisburg to date: DL Tyler Alston and P/K Ruben Anderson.
• In 2021, a staggering 30 players each made their first career start. The total of 30 represented just over 34 percent of that team's roster; two were seniors, four were juniors, 12 were sophomores and 12 were freshmen.
Milestones Met Last Week
• CB Gavin Pringle recorded the 30th pass breakup of his career
• WR Marques Owens reached 300 receiving yards for his career
Head Coach Dave Cecchini
• Dace Cecchini, one of the all-time great wide receivers in Patriot League history who has since gone on to achieve tremendous success in the coaching ranks, was named the 27th Bob Odell Head Football Coach at Bucknell University on February 6, 2019.
• Cecchini was voted as the 2021 Spring Patriot League Dick Biddle Coach of the Year for guiding the team to a spot in the Patriot League Championship Game. In addition, he was selected as a finalist for the Eddie Robinson Award, presented by STATS to the FCS Coach of the Year, for the second time in his career.
• In his first season at the helm, Cecchini led the Bison to a third-place finish in the Patriot League, their highest placement since they were the 2014 runners-up. Their Patriot League victories came over defending champion Colgate (32-14), rival Lehigh (20-10) and Georgetown (20-17); two of their three league losses came by a touchdown or less.
• In 2017 while at Valparaiso, Cecchini was a finalist for the American Football Coaches Association's FCS National Coach of the Year and the STATS FCS Coach of the Year awards; he was also voted as the Pioneer Football League Coach of the Year and the AFCA FCS Region 4 Coach of the Year.
Bison Award Winners
• S Brent Jackson was named Patriot League Defensive Player of the Week on Monday.
• K Matt Schearer was named Patriot League Rookie of the Week on Monday.
• Jackson was named a semifinalist for the 2022 William V. Campbell Trophy®, the National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame (NFF) announced last week. Only Bucknell and Dayton have had a Campbell Trophy semifinalist each of the past 17 years.
• The Bison returned one All-Patriot League player in DB Gavin Pringle (1st in '21S, 2nd in '19).
• Pringle has been voted to the Preseason All-Patriot League Team in three consecutive seasons, and RB Coleman Bennett was voted to the 2021 Preseason All-Patriot League Team, representing Bucknell as a return specialist.
• The Bison graduated All-Patriot League honorees RB Jared Cooper and WR Dominic Lyles following the 2021 season.
• DB Brent Jackson was voted to the 2021 Academic All-Patriot League Team, earning the award for the first time in his career.
• Bennett and Jackson were named 2022 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars by the publication Diverse: Issues in Higher Education in May. The award recognizes undergraduate students of color who have excelled in the classroom as well as on the athletic fields.
Inside the 2022 Schedule
• This is the 137th season of football at Bucknell. The Bison played their first game in 1883 and have played continuously since 1887.
• Bucknell's challenging 2022 schedule includes trips to FBS program Central Michigan and Ivy League opponent Yale. Central Michigan marks the third FBS team the Bison have scheduled in four seasons.
• Bucknell's 2022 opponents went a combined 58-64 in 2021, with Central Michigan winning its Sun Bowl game and Holy Cross advancing to the FCS playoffs for the third-straight season. VMI earned a spot in the 2021 spring FCS playoffs on the strength of its first conference title since 1977 while Towson, which did not compete during the 2020-21 school year, won seven games in both 2019 and 2018, advancing to the 2018 FCS playoffs.
• Bucknell begins Patriot League action at home against Lafayette on Oct. 1.
• Bucknell's other home contests include on Colgate on Oct. 29, Fordham on Nov. 5, and Pioneer Football League member Marist for Senior Day on Nov. 19 to close out the regular season on 19.
How to Follow the Bison
• All of Bucknell's home games and its road contests at VMI, Yale, Holy Cross, Lehigh and Georgetown will air on ESPN+, which became home of the Patriot League Network ahead of the 2020-21 school year.
• The Bison's game at FBS foe Central Michigan will be broadcast on ESPN3.
• All of the Bison's games will be broadcast on 100.9 The Valley (WVLY). The broadcast will also be available on WVLY.com/The__Valley and BucknellBison.com.
• Bucknell is active on Twitter (@Bucknell_FB) and Instagram (Bucknell_FB). Interact with the team using the hashtags #ACT and #rayBucknell.
Up Next
• Bucknell remains home next weekend to host Fordham at Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 5.
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