Football Travels to Lehigh for Halloween Clash - Bucknell University Athletics

Saturday, October 31

Bethlehem, Pa.

Noon

Bucknell University

#19/20 Lehigh

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10/27/2026 12:38:00 PM | Football

Bucknell Football at #19/20 Lehigh

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Bucknell football is on the road for a second consecutive game this weekend with a Halloween clash against #19/20 Lehigh. The Bison will take on the Mountain Hawks in Bethlehem at noon on Saturday, Oct. 31., looking for their first league win of the season.

This will be the 90th time in program history that these two teams meet. The Mountain Hawks lead the overall series 51-35-3 and are currently on a one-game winning streak after defeating the Bison 41-24 in 2025. In Bethlehem, Lehigh leads the series 24-19-1.

MEDIA LINKS

Watch: ESPN+ | Radio: 1070 AM (WKOK) | Internet Radio: BucknellBison.com

Live Stats: lehighsports.com | Media Notes: Bucknell | Follow on X: @Bucknell_FB

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BUCKNELL AT A GLANCE

Bucknell football is back on the road this Saturday, Oct. 31 for its Halloween game. The Bison will face #19/20 Lehigh in Bethlehem at noon.
Bucknell is coming off of a road loss to Holy Cross 34-3. After finishing the game opening drive with a field goal, Bucknell was unable to find another score as the Crusaders piled up 34 unanswered.
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 Preseason 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”.

#19/20 LEHIGH AT A GLANCE

Lehigh, who has sat as high as fourth in the FCS throughout the season, comes into this game ranked #19/20 in the nation after dropping its last two games and moving to 6-2 overall and 4-1 in the Patriot League.
The Mountain Hawks two losses came against Cornell in Ithaca (48-38) and Villanova in Pennsylvania (24-18). Lehigh remains undefeated at home in Bethlehem this season.
Leading the Mountain Hawks at the quarterback position is Derek Morgan. He is 62-for-11 for 648 yards, nine touchdowns and one interception. Hayden Johnson has also seen time at the quarterback position in three games and is 29-for-43 for 472 yards and three touchdowns.
Luke Yoder, the reigning Patriot League Offensive Player of the Year and the 2026 Patriot League Football Preseason Offensive Player of the Year, leads the Mountain Hawks in rushing. He has had 166 carries for 1,088 net yards and 14 touchdowns.
Anthony Feaster leads Lehigh in receiving with 15 catches for 281 yards and three touchdowns. Nick Palumbo follows closely behind with 20 receptions for 238 yards and three touchdowns.
Defensively, William Parton leads the team with 45 tackles including 20 solo tackles, 25 assisted tackles, one tackle for loss and one interception.
Connor Poole handles punting for the Mountain Hawks and has punted 28 times for 1,239 yards with a season-long 63-yarder. He has had one touchback, nine fair catches, 13 punts inside the 20 and eight 50+ yard punts.
Poole also handles field goal kicking and is 8-for-12 with a season-long 48-yarder.
John Zipf is the kickoff guy for the Mountain Hawks and has kicked off 47 times for 2,707 yards. Zipf averages 57.60 yards per punt and has recorded 14 touchbacks and two out-of-bounds kickoffs.

BUCKNELL / LEHIGH SERIES HISTORY

This will be the 90th meeting between the two teams in program history.

The Mountain Hawks lead the overall series 51-35-3.

Lehigh is currently on a one-game winning streak after defeating the Bison in 41-24 in 2025.

Lehigh leads the series in Bethlehem 24-19-1.

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

Deuce Geter is 21 tackles away from 150 career total tackles.
Chris Dietrich is 217 passing yards away from 2,000 career passing yards.
Brandon Biagiarelli is one tackle away from 200 career tackles.
Michael Cadden is 176 rushing yards away from 1,000 career rushing yards.

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.