Bucknell
1-2Patriot · Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium · 13,100
LastW 14–3 at VMI · Sat Sep 12 · Christopher Dietrich 221 pass yds, 1 TD
Nextvs Pennsylvania · Sat Sep 19 · 3 pm ET · Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium · series 2-26, lost the last 12 · Game preview
Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2
| Wk | Date | Us | Opp | Line | Opponent | Result | Record | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aug 29 | #236 | #179 | +12.5✗ | @Richmond | L 14–35 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| 1 | Sep 5 | #236 | #137 | +22.5✓ | Villanova | L 16–17 | 0-2 | 0-2 |
| 2 | Sep 12 | #235 | #266 | -8.5✓ | @VMI | W 14–3 | 1-2 | 0-2 |
| 3 | Sep 19 | #239 | #259 | Pennsylvania | ||||
| 4 | Sep 26 | #239 | #49 | @Pittsburgh | ||||
| 6 | Oct 10 | @Georgetown | ||||||
| 7 | Oct 17 | Lafayette | ||||||
| 8 | Oct 24 | @Holy Cross | ||||||
| 9 | Oct 31 | @Lehigh | ||||||
| 10 | Nov 7 | Fordham | ||||||
| 11 | Nov 14 | @William & Mary | ||||||
| 12 | Nov 21 | Colgate |
Advanced box score (EPA, success rate, explosiveness)▼
| Date | Opp | Result | Yds | TO | TOP | EPA/play | Success% | Explosive% | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12 | @VMI | W 14–3 | — | — | — | +0.110 | 44.1% | 110.0% | Season-high EPA/play |
| Sep 5 | Villanova | L 16–17 | — | — | — | +0.021 | 37.7% | 116.7% | Season-low EPA/play |
| Aug 29 | @Richmond | L 14–35 | — | — | — | +0.040 | 25.8% | 175.6% | Most explosive |
| Season average (3 games) | — | — | +0.057 | 35.9% | 134.1% | ||||
An all-sports powerhouse whose football program keeps almost breaking through -- one league title in three decades, a heartbreak run to the 2021 championship game, and now a first-time FCS head coach hired to finally close the gap.
No single villain -- the frustration is structural. Bucknell out-performs almost every Patriot League peer institutionally (18 Presidents' Cups, more than any other member school) while the football t…
The season in chapters
What it is like to watch them2025 · 5-7 · last season
✓ measured from 12 games · ranks are among Patriot teams the same season
Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025
Bucknell has won one of its last five.
Cold. 3-7 over the last 10, and won the last one.
Next Sep 19
vs Pennsylvania · at home
Outcome band · Bucknell · 2026
Outcome band · Bucknell · 2026Bucknell's most likely season is 7-6 — a bowl game. The floor is 3-9; the ceiling is 10-3.
Floor, base and ceiling come from the season-path projection, which plays out conference title games and the CFP — so a ceiling can run past 12 games.
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Bucknell football is the Patriot League's most decorated all-sports program — 18 Presidents' Cups and the very first Orange Bowl trophy in college football history (26-0 over Miami, January 1, 1935) — chasing a football identity to match. Only one Patriot League football title in 30 years (1996) and a coaching change entering 2026 define a program still trying to close the gap between institutional excellence and football relevance.
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Sam Milligan: 13 rec · 135 yds · 2 TD vs Villanova
Top 0.1% catches game since 2021. vs Villanova (FCS) L 16-17.
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