The 1997 Bucknell Bison football team was an

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team that represented

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during the

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. It finished second in the

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. Bucknell played its home games at

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on the university campus in

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. During its third year under head coach

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, the Bison compiled a 10–1 record. Hunter Adams, Wally Hurdley and Chris Peer were the team captains. The Bison outscored opponents 282 to 213. Bucknell's 5–1 conference record placed second in the seven-team Patriot League standings. Undefeated through the first ten games of the season, Bucknell did not appear in the national Division I-AA top 25 until the week before its final game, when it was ranked No. 24 for that one week.

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