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 Engineering. ...
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 Champions ...
. 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 coming ...
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 gr ...
.
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
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 coming ...
, 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 – P
Schedule
Source:
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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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 Or ...