The 2019 Bucknell Bison football team represents

Bucknell University Bucknell University is a private liberal arts college in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1846 as the University at Lewisburg, it now consists of the College of Arts and Sciences, Freeman College of Management, and the College of Engineerin ...

in the

2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season The 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season, part of college football in the United States, was organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) level. The FCS Champion ...

. They are led by first-year head coach

Dave Cecchini Dave Cecchini is an American football coach. He was announced as the 27th head coach for Bucknell University in February 2019. Previously, in 2014, he was hired as head football coach at Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, Indiana. Before co ...

and play their home games at

Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium is a 13,100-seat multi-purpose stadium at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. Originally built in 1924, the stadium was renovated and renamed in honor of Mathewson in 1989. It is home to the Bucknel ...

. They play as a member of the

Patriot League The Patriot League is a collegiate athletic conference comprising private institutions of higher education and two United States service academies based in the Northeastern United States. Outside the Ivy League, it is among the most selective g ...

Previous season

The Bison finished the 2018 season 1–10, 1–5 in Patriot League play to finish in last place. In January 2019 the Bucknell Athletics Department announced that

Joe Susan Joseph Susan (born September 18, 1955) is an American football coach and former player. He is presently the Special Assistant to The Head Football Coach at Rutgers University. He was previously the head football coach for the Bucknell Bison of th ...

would be stepping down as head football coach to serve in a new position within the department. Susan compiled a 38−61 record during his nine-year tenure with the Bison, winning the Patriot League Coach of the Year in 2014. On February 6 it was announced that

, the former head coach of Valparaiso, would be the 27th Bob Odell Head Football Coach at Bucknell University.

Preseason

Preseason coaches' poll

The Patriot League released their preseason coaches' poll on July 30, 2019 (voting was by conference head coaches and sports information directors). The Bison were picked to finish in seventh (last) place.

Preseason All-Patriot League team

The Bison had two players selected to the preseason All-Patriot League team. Defense Simeon Page – LB Special teams

Alex Pechin Alex Pechin (born November 18, 1996) is an American football punter. He played college football for the Bucknell Bison. High school career Pechin played high school football at Unionville High School in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. C ...

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Schedule

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Game summaries

At Temple

At Sacred Heart

Villanova

Princeton

Holy Cross

At Colgate

At Towson

At Lafayette

Lehigh

Georgetown

At Fordham

References

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Bucknell Bison football The Bucknell Bison football team represents Bucknell University in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA) level. Bucknell is a member of the Patriot League. Bucknell won the first ...