American college football season
The 2019 Bucknell Bison football team represents Bucknell University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season . They are led by first-year head coach Dave Cecchini and play their home games at Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium . They play as a member of the Patriot League .
Preseason coaches' poll[ edit ] 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.[ 1]
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place) 1 Colgate 72 (12) 2 Holy Cross 58 (2) 3 Georgetown 51 4 Fordham 39 5 Lehigh 38 6 Lafayette 21 7 Bucknell 15
Preseason All-Patriot League team [ edit ] The Bison had two players selected to the preseason All-Patriot League team.[ 1]
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance August 31 3:00 p.m. at Temple * ESPN3 L 12–5626,378 September 7 6:00 p.m. at Sacred Heart * NEC Front Row L 10–30 4,187 September 14 6:00 p.m. No. 22 Villanova * Stadium L 10–45 3,649 September 28 3:30 p.m. Princeton * Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA Stadium L 23–56 3,795 October 5 2:00 p.m. Holy Cross Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA Stadium L 14–21 2,693 October 12 1:00 p.m. at Colgate Stadium W 32–14 2,386 October 19 4:00 p.m. at No. 18 Towson * FloSports L 7–56 6,114 October 26 3:30 p.m. at Lafayette Stadium L 17–21 5,325 November 9 1:00 p.m. Lehigh Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA Stadium W 20–10 2,051 November 16 1:00 p.m. Georgetown Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA Stadium W 20–17 November 23 1:00 p.m. at Fordham Stadium L 14–31 *Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
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1 2 3 4 Total Bison 0 9 3 0 12 Owls 21 14 7 14 56
1 2 3 4 Total Bison 0 3 7 0 10 Pioneers 0 23 0 7 30
1 2 3 4 Total No. 22 Wildcats 14 14 14 3 45 Bison 0 0 3 7 10
1 2 3 4 Total Tigers 7 21 14 14 56 Bison 7 7 3 6 23
1 2 3 4 Total Crusaders 0 14 7 0 21 Bison 0 14 0 0 14
1 2 3 4 Total Bison 14 6 6 6 32 Raiders 7 0 7 0 14
1 2 3 4 Total Bison 0 7 0 0 7 No. 18 Tigers 21 21 14 0 56
1 2 3 4 Total Bison 7 7 3 0 17 Leopards 7 0 0 14 21
1 2 3 4 Total Mountain Hawks 0 3 0 7 10 Bison 0 10 7 3 20
1 2 3 4 Total Hoyas 7 3 7 0 17 Bison 6 0 0 14 20
1 2 3 4 Total Bison 0 14 0 0 14 Rams 7 3 7 14 31
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