Bucknell·Patriot

2026 — The Chapter Being Written

The 2026 season is in progress. This chapter is still being written.

Record 1-8
Final result In-progress
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ -13.1 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
L @ Richmond 14-35 L vs Villan 16-17 W @ VMI 14-3 L vs Pennsy 7-20 L @ Pittsb 0-59 L @ George 14-21 L vs Lafaye 7-20 L @ Holy Cro 3-34 L @ Lehigh 30-31
Defining moments
The statement

The 2026 season's largest margin: Bucknell 14, VMI 3. A 11-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Bucknell 0, Pittsburgh 59. A 59-point margin the season is remembered by.

"'Ray Bucknell!"
— Bucknell fanbase voice · 2026· synthesized
What it meant

2026 is a middle chapter for Bucknell — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.