Football Travels to Georgetown for Patriot League Clash

Saturday, October 10

Washington, D.C.

12:30 p.m.

Bucknell University

Georgetown

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Football Travels to Georgetown for Patriot League Clash

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Bucknell football is back in action after its bye-week. The Bison will head to D.C. to take on Georgetown on Saturday, Oct. 10 at 12:30 p.m.

This will be the 38th time in program history that these two teams meet, with the last contest in 2025 ending in a 31-24 win for the Hoyas. Bucknell currently holds the overall record 20-16-1 and are 13-9-1 while on the road against Georgetown, but the Hoyas are on a two-game winning streak over the Bison. The last Bucknell win came in 2022, when the Bison defeated Georgetown 24-21 in overtime at Cooper Field.

MEDIA LINKS

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

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

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BUCKNELL AT A GLANCE

Bucknell football is back on the road after its bye-week. The Bison are traveling to D.C. to take on Georgetown as they come back to Patriot League play. Kickoff is set for 12:30 p.m.
Bucknell is coming off of its bye-week after suffering a 59-0 loss to Pittsburgh at Acrisure stadium.
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”

GEORGETOWN AT A GLANCE

Georgetown enters the contest winless with an 0-4 overall record . Much like the Bison, the Hoyas are 0-2 in conference play.
Georgetown is coming off of a 35-14 loss to Cornell in its homecoming game.
The Hoyas have been held below 22 points throughout the season. Their season high 21 points came against Richmond in a narrow 24-21 loss.
Jack Johnson is the starting quarterback for the Hoyas. He is currently 44 -for-78 for 510 yards. Johnson has one interception and six touchdowns.
Clay Ash leads the team in rushing with 48 carries for 187 net yards and one touchdown.
Hassan Mahasin leads the team in receiving with 13 catches for 197 yards and one touchdown.
Leading the Hoyas defense is Brian Allen. He has 33 total tackles including 19 solo and 14 assisted. Allen also has four pass breakups and one forced fumble.
Josh Leff is the Hoyas punter. He has had 22 punts for 879 yards this season. Leff’s longest punt of the season came in at 69 yards. He has had one touchback, seven fair catches, seven punts inside the 20 and five punts of 50 or more yards.
Thomas Anderson handles field goal kicking and kickoffs for Georgetown. He is 1-for-2 in field goals so far this season with one made from the 20-29 yard window and one missed in the 30- 39 yard window. On kickoffs, Anderson has had 12 attempts for 676 yards with three touchbacks and one kick out of bounds.

BUCKNELL / GEORGETOWN SERIES HISTORY

This will be the 38th meeting between the two teams since they first met.

Bucknell leads the overall series 20-16-1 and leads the Hoyas in D.C. 13-9-1.

Georgetown is currently on a two-game winning streak, with its most recent win being 31-24 in 2025.

The last time Bucknell won was in 2022 with a 24-21 overtime scoreline.

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 eight solo tackles away from 50 career solo tackles.
Deuce Geter is 33 tackles away from 150 career total tackles.
Brandon Biagiarelli is nine solo tackles away from 100 solo 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.
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

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 a home game against Penn on Saturday Sept. 19 at 3 p.m. in Christy.
Bucknell next faced an ACC opponent in Pitt for the first time since 1945, the prior time these two teams met. They then had 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.