Bucknell University Athletics
Saturday, November 14
Williamsburg, Va.
1 p.m.
Bucknell University
at
William & Mary
11/12/2026 11:18:00 AM | Football
Bucknell Football at William & Mary
Football
at William & Mary
Nov 14, 2026 at 1 p.m.
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SecsBucknell football is on the road for its third contest in Virginia this season. This time the Bison will take on new Patriot League addition William & Mary with a 1 p.m. kick as they continue to look for their first league win of the season.
This will be the 7th time in program history that these two teams meet. The Tribe is undefeated against the Bison with a 6-0 record and took the last contest against Bucknell in 2018, 14-7. William & Mary and Bucknell are both sitting at the bottom of the league with the Tribe sporting one conference win and the Bison having yet to find one of their own.
MEDIA LINKS
Watch: ESPN+ | Radio: 1070 AM (WKOK) | Internet Radio: BucknellBison.com
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BUCKNELL AT A GLANCE
- Bucknell football is back on the road on Saturday, Nov. 14 for its final road game of the 2026 season as it takes on William & Mary in Virginia. Tipoff is set for 1 p.m.
- Bucknell is coming off of a 38-13 home loss to Fordham.
- 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”.
WILLIAM & MARY AT A GLANCE
- William and Mary joined the Patriot League ahead of the 2026 season.
- The Tribe are currently 3-7 overall and 1-6 in the Patriot League. • In its last time out, William & Mary fell to Lafayette, 19-14 at Zable Stadium. The Tribe built a 14-0 lead in the first half, but Lafayette scored 19 unanswered points to earn the road conference victory.
- Winston Watkins is the quarterback for the Tribe. In ten games played, he is 126-for-218 for 1,585 yards, 10 touchdowns and five interceptions. He has a career-long 75-yard pass.
- Andrew King leads the team in rushing with 117 carries for a net 642 yards and five touchdowns. His season-long rush is 68 yards.
- Leading the receiving corps of William & Mary is Khylil Johnson who has 24 catches for 495 yards and two touchdowns. His season long reception is 75 yards.
- Christopher Higgins leads the defense of the Tribe with 81 tackles including 43 solo, 38 assisted and 2.5 tackles for loss. He has also recorded two pass breakups and three quarterback hurries.
- Carter Boyd handles punting for William & Mary. He has had 55 punts for 2,307 yards. Boyd averages 41.95 yards per punt and has had a season-long 71 yard punt. Boyd has had six touchbacks, nine fair catches, 15 punts inside the 20 and nine 50+ yard punts.
- Max Lipinski handles field goal kicking and is 11-for-16. His season-long field goal was 51 yards.
- Sam Braidwood handles kickoffs for the Tribe and has 40 for 2,494 yards. He averages 62.4 yards per kickoff and has seen 26 touchbacks and one out-of-bounds.
BUCKNELL / WILLIAM & MARY SERIES HISTORY
This will be the 7th time in program history that these two teams meet.
The Tribe is undefeated against the Bison with a 6-0 record and took the last contest against Bucknell in 2018, 14-7.
William & Mary is 3-0 at home over Bucknell.
William & Mary and Bucknell are both sitting at the bottom of the league with the Tribe sporting one conference win and the Bison having yet to find one of their own.
MILESTONE WATCH
- Deuce Geter is 18 tackles away from 150 career total tackles.
- Chris Dietrich is 217 passing yards away from 2,000 career passing yards.
- Brandon Biagiarelli is 21 tackles away from 250 career tackles.
- Michael Cadden is 106 rushing yards away from 1,000 career rushing yards.
- Sam Milligan is 177 yards from 2,000 career receiving touchdowns.
INSIDE THE RECORD BOOK
- Sam Milligan is Bucknell’s all-time leader in touchdown receptions with 19.
- 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 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).
- Emmett Dowling’s 33 completions against Lehigh ranks third in school history for a single game. His 318 passing yards against Lehigh ranks 15th in school history for passing yards in a single game and is the most by a freshman.
- The 34 total pass completions that Bucknell had as a team against Lehigh is the second most completions in a single game in Bucknell history.
- Sam Milligan is the only player in Bucknell history with a passing, rushing and receiving touchdown in one game.
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.
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