Bison Football Faces Holy Cross on the Road on Saturday

Saturday, October 24

Worcester, Mass.

1 p.m.

Bucknell University

Holy Cross

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Bison Football Faces Holy Cross on the Road on Saturday

10/20/2026 12:18:00 PM | Football

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Bucknell football is on the road this Saturday, Oct. 24 for its next Patriot League contest. The Bison will take on Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass. at 1 p.m., looking for its first league win of the season.

This will be the 43rd time in program history that these two teams meet. The Crusaders lead the overall series 29-13 and are currently on a seven-game winning streak after defeating the Bison 37-20 in 2025.

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BUCKNELL AT A GLANCE

Bucknell football is back on the road this Saturday, Oct. 24. The Bison will face Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass. at 1 p.m.
Bucknell is coming off of a home loss to Lafayette 20-7. The Bison defense put up a strong performance with five sacks on the day, but the offense struggled to get momentum as they went scoreless in the second half.
Langston Blair was named Patriot League Rookie of the Week (9/14) for his defensive performance against VMI.
Sam Milligan (WR) and Brandon Biagiarelli (LB) earned 2026 Preseason AllPatriot League Team honors.
Ahead of the 2026 season, Milligan was named to the Walter Payton Award Preseason Watch List and the 2026 Stats Perform FCS Preeseason All-America Second Team.
The Bison were picked to finish 10th in the 2026 Preseason All-Patriot League Poll.
Bucknell returns just one of their four 2025 All-Patriot League players as Sam Milligan, who earned First Team All-Patriot League Special Teams NonSpecialist and Second Team All-Patriot League Wide Receiver returns for his senior season in 2026.
The Bison are in their first season under head coach Jeff Behrman. This new era of Bison football also comes with a mostly new coaching staff under Behrman with the lone returner to the staff being safeties coach McNeil Parker.
Rounding out the coaching staff are new additions to the Bison family; Travis James (OC/OL), Jeffrey Long Jr. (DC), Rex Rover (WR/Recruiting Coordinator), Mac Austin (TE), Joe Collins (QB), Joseph Torok (RB), Anthony Trotta (DL), Jason Nelson (CB), Tyler Hughes (DOFO/Video Operations) and Kendrick O’Mary (strength & conditioning coach).
Bucknell returned a total of 65 players from the 2025 season and lost 32 athletes from the roster. The Bison rounded out the roster with 35 newcomers ahead of the 2026 season.
Patriot League Football, much like Bucknell Football, are entering a new era this season. With the additions of Villanova and William & Mary, the league has announced a new slogan; “The Power of 10”.

HOLY CROSS AT A GLANCE

Holy Cross enters the game 2-5 overall and 2-2 in the Patriot League with its two wins coming over Lafayette 38-30 and William & Mary 41-14.
Most recently, the Crusaders fell to #17 Harvard 30-7 in Cambridge after Harvard out-scored Holy Cross 17-0 in the second half.
David Lynch leads the offense at the quarterback position. In seven games played, Lynch is 122-for-223 for 1,398 yards and 10 touchdowns. He has also thrown nine interceptions throughout the season.
Leading the Crusaders in rushing is Joseph Williams. Williams has recorded 98 carries for a net 500 yards and three touchdowns.
Ty Curran leads the receiving corps with 29 catches for 314 yards and four touchdowns. Lincoln Fisher has also recorded four receiving touchdowns, but on 18 catches for 304 yards.
Adam Due leads the Crusaders defense with 58 total tackles including 32 solo tackles and 26 assisted tackles. He has also recorded seven tackles for loss, two sacks, four quarterback hits, one forced fumble and one interception.
Ethan Moss handles punting duties for Holy Cross. He has recorded 31 punts for 1,135 yards with eight fair catches, six punts inside the 20 and one 50+ yard punt.
Owen Saraceno handles the field goal kicking as well as the kickoffs for the Crusaders. On field goals, he is 5-for-8 with a season-long 40-yarder. On kickoffs, he has had 30 for 1,776 yards with seven touchbacks and zero out-of-bounds kicks.

BUCKNELL / HOLY CROSS SERIES HISTORY

This will be the 43rd meeting between the two teams in program history.

The Crusaders lead the overall series 29-13.

Holy Cross is currently on a seven-game winning streak after defeating the Bison in 37-20 in 2025.

The Crusaders lead the series in Worcester 15-6.

ON RECORD WATCH

Sam Milligan is one touchdown catch away from holding sole custody of the career receiving touchdowns record. (Currently tied with Tom Mitchell’65, Lester Erb ‘90 and Will Carter ‘16 with 18.)

MILESTONE WATCH

Takai Whitmore is two solo tackles away from 50 career solo tackles.
Deuce Geter is 21 tackles away from 150 career total tackles.

INSIDE THE RECORD BOOK

Sam Milligan is tied for first in career receiving touchdowns with 18.
Milligan ranks first in touchdown catches in a single game with four against VMI on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025.
Milligan ranks sixth all-time in receiving yards in a single game with 192 yards in that VMI win for Bucknell.
Milligan is currently tied for third in career touchdown catches with 15 and is tied for second in season touchdown catches with 10 in 2025.
TJ Cadden tied for the longest kickoff return (100 yds) and holds the records for most punt return touchdowns in a season (2) and most total return touchdowns (3; two punt returns and one kickoff return).

2026 BISON AWARD WINNERS

Langston Blair was named Patriot League Rookie of the Week (9/14/26).
Sam Milligan was named to the 2026 Stats Perform FCS Preseason All-America Second Team and the Walter Payton Award Preseason Watch List.
Milligan was named to the 2026 Preseason All-Patriot League Team
Brandon Biagiarelli was named to the 2026 Preseason All-Patriot League Team

INSIDE THE 2026 SCHEDULE

This is the 141st season of football at Bucknell. The Bison played their first-ever game in 1883 and have been playing a consistent schedule since 1887.
Bucknell is scheduled to play 12 games for just the fifth time in program history. With the additions of Villanova and William & Mary to the Patriot League, the Bison have a record-high nine conference games in 2026, with just five home games.
The Bison opened the 2026 season with back-to-back Patriot League night games. First up was Richmond on the road on Saturday, Aug. 29 at 6 p.m. and then Bucknell held its home opener in Christy on Saturday, Sept. 5 at 6 p.m.
Week three featured VMI on the road before heading home to face Penn on Saturday Sept. 19 at 3 p.m. in Christy.
Bucknell then faces an ACC opponent in Pitt for the first time since 1945, the last time these two teams met. They then have a bye week before getting back on the road to face Patriot League opponent Georgetown on Saturday, Oct. 10 at 12:30 p.m.
On Saturday, Oct. 17 Bucknell hosts Lafayette at 3 p.m. in Christy before taking on Holy Cross and Lehigh on the road.
The Bison then host Fordham on November 7, take to the road on November 14 against newly added Patriot League member William & Mary and end the season at home on Saturday, Nov. 21 at 1 p.m. against Colgate.

How to Follow the Bison

All of Bucknell's games this season will be broadcast on ESPN+ with the exception of the Pitt game.
All of the Bison's games will be broadcast on 1070 AM (WKOK). The broadcast will also be available for internet streaming on BucknellBison.com.
Bucknell is active on X (@Bucknell_FB) and Instagram (Bucknell_FB).
Interact with the team using the hashtags #ThunderOn and #rayBucknell.