Bucknell Bison
PatriotLewisburg, PAChristy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium
2026: 1–6 (0–4 Patriot). Last: lost to Lafayette 20–7 at home. Next: at Holy Cross, Saturday, Oct 24, 1 p.m. ET.
- L 14–35at Richmond
- L 16–17Villanova
- W 14–3at VMI
- L 7–20Pennsylvania
- L 0–59at Pittsburgh
- L 14–21at Georgetown
- L 7–20Lafayette
- Oct 24at Holy Cross
- Oct 31at Lehigh
- Nov 7Fordham
- Nov 14at William & Mary
- Nov 21Colgate
Bucknell has played football since 1883 and is officially 625–641–51; 752 of its 1,317 games are in our file. They have won one Patriot League title (1996), counting shared titles. The College Football Hall of Fame holds 2 players and 2 coaches from Bucknell. George W. Hoskins (1899–1909) won more games here than any other coach: 39. The most-played rival is Colgate: 55 meetings, Colgate leads 42–13. This season, they’re 1–6.
Résumé
- All-time record
- 625–641–51 official; 298–415–39 on file; how we count
- Postseason
- 1–0 matches the official bowl record
- AP No. 1 finishes
- 0
- Weeks at No. 1
- 0 of 1 ranked
- Elo now
- 1157
- Computer rankings
- Massey No. 112 · Composite No. 118 in FCS, Oct 17; down 2 since Oct 11. From Massey Ratings
- Conference titles
- 1 last in 1996
- Seasons
- 119 since 1888, 752 games
2026 season 1–6
RosterFull 2026 season| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29 | at Richmond | L 14–35 | 26% |
| Sep 5 | vs Villanova | L 16–17 | 27% |
| Sep 12 | at VMI | W 14–3 | 56% |
| Sep 19 | vs Pennsylvania | L 7–20 | 45% |
| Sep 26 | at Pittsburgh | L 0–59 | 7% |
| Oct 10 | at Georgetown | L 14–21 | 45% |
| Oct 17 | vs Lafayette | L 7–20 | 46% |
| Oct 24 | at Holy Cross | Preview | 24% |
| Oct 31 | at Lehigh | Preview | 9% |
| Nov 7 | vs Fordham | Preview | 55% |
| Nov 14 | at William & Mary | Preview | 29% |
| Nov 21 | vs Colgate | Preview | 37% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
This season, game by game
Players
The 2026 rosterThe moneyOn the 2026 team
- Brandon Biagiarelli50 tackles, 2 sacks (leads Bucknell in tackles)
- Michael Cadden280 rushing yards, 2 TD (leads Bucknell in rushing yards)
- Chris Dietrich789 passing yards, 5 TD (leads Bucknell in passing yards)
- Jack Inserra37 tackles, 2 sacks
- Zach Corna36 tackles, 1 INT
- Sam Milligan29 catches, 300 yards, 3 TD (leads Bucknell in receiving yards)
Program greats See all
Heisman finalists, College Football Hall of Famers, consensus All-Americans, national award winners and first-round picks, for what they did at Bucknell.
Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
Program strength since 1888
Best seasons everHead coaches
| Coach | Years | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Harry Lawrence | 1947 | 0–3 |
| Al Humphreys | 1938–1946 | 12–19–2 |
| J. Ellwood Ludwig | 1944–1945 | 9–7–1 |
| John Sitarsky | 1943 | 1–3 |
| Edward Mylin | 1934–1936 | 17–9–3 |
 Carl Snavely | 1927–1933 | 27–13–5 |
 Charley Moran | 1924–1926 | 1–3 |
| Pete Reynolds | 1919–1923 | 7–15–3 |
| George Johnson | 1915–1917 | 8–20–4 |
| George Cockill | 1914 | 4–4–1 |
| Byron W. Dickson | 1910–1913 | 20–16–2 |
| George W. Hoskins | 1899–1909 | 39–38–4 |
| Paul G. Smith | 1908 | 3–5–2 |
| James H. Costello | 1907 | 4–7 |
| George Jennings | 1897–1898 | 7–7–4 |
| Will Young | 1894–1896 | 5–4–1 |
Most-played series
All rivalries- Colgate
13–42 in 55
- 2015 L 10–14
- 2016 L 7–27
- 2017 L 3–40
- 2018 L 3–27
- 2019 W 32–14
- 2021 L 10–33
- 2022 L 7–13
- 2023 W 49–34
- 2024 W 48–34
- 2025 L 19–38
Lost the last one.
Next: Nov 21
- Cornell
10–39 in 49
- 2012 L 10–15
- 2013 L 13–45
- 2014 W 20–7
- 2015 W 19–14
- 2016 L 16–24
- 2017 W 26–18
- 2021 W 21–10
- 2023 W 21–13
- 2024 L 21–34
- 2025 L 20–30
Lost the last two.
- Lafayette
12–28–3 in 43
- 2017 W 13–7
- 2018 L 27–29
- 2019 L 17–21
- 2020 W 38–13
- 2021 L 0–27
- 2022 L 14–24
- 2023 L 22–56
- 2024 W 21–14
- 2025 L 24–62
- 2026 L 7–20
Lost the last two.
| Opponent | Games | BUCK record |
|---|---|---|
| Colgate | 55 | 13–42 |
| Cornell | 49 | 10–39 |
| Lafayette | 43 | 12–28–3 |
| Lehigh | 36 | 14–20–2 |
| Penn State | 32 | 10–22 |
| Georgetown | 31 | 15–15–1 |
| Pennsylvania | 29 | 2–27 |
| Fordham | 27 | 10–17 |
Every opponent (99)
Every program Bucknell has played, A to Z, with Bucknell’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.
- Air Force 0–1
- Albright 7–1
- Army 0–7
- Athens A.C. 1–0
- Bloomsburg 5–0
- Boston University 0–2
- Bradford National Guard 0–0–1
- Brown 1–0
- Bryant 1–1
- Buffalo 2–3
- Burlingame A.C. 1–0
- Carlisle 2–6–1
- Central Michigan 0–1
- Charleston Southern 0–1
- City College of New York 1–0
- Colgate 13–42
- Columbia 1–2–1
- Cornell 10–39
- Dartmouth 1–2
- Davidson 3–2
- Davis & Elkins 1–0
- Delaware 1–2
- Delaware State 1–0
- Detroit Mercy 0–2
- Dickinson 4–4–3
- Duquesne 6–6
- Duquesne A.C. 0–2
- Fordham 10–17
- Franklin & Marshall 2–4–3
- Furman 4–0
- Geneva 1–0–1
- George Washington 3–2–2
- Georgetown 15–15–1
- Gettysburg 12–5–1
- Harry Hillman Academy 2–0
- Harvard 1–4–1
- Haverford 2–0
- Hofstra 0–1
- Holy Cross 6–18
- James Madison 0–1
- Kent State 0–1
- Lafayette 12–28–3
- Lebanon Valley 8–1
- Lehigh 14–20–2
- Lewisburg A.C. 1–0
- Lock Haven 2–0
- Mansfield 4–0
- Marist 16–1
- Maryland A.C. 2–0
- Maryland-Baltimore 2–0
- McDaniel 3–2
- Medico-Chirurgical 1–0
- Merrimack 0–1
- Miami 1–3–1
- Monmouth 0–2
- Muhlenberg 6–3–1
- Navy 4–10–1
- NC State 0–1
- New York University 3–3–1
- Newberry A.C. 1–0
- Penn State 10–22
- Pennsylvania 2–27
- Pennsylvania Military 1–0–1
- Pennsylvania Reserves 1–0–1
- Pittsburgh 2–8
- Princeton 1–8
- Richmond 1–3
- Robert Morris 2–0
- Rochester (NY) 1–0
- Rutgers 3–11
- Sacred Heart 2–4
- Saint Francis 1–0
- Scranton 1–0
- Shamokin 1–0
- St. Bonaventure 3–0
- St. Thomas 4–0
- Steelton YMCA 1–1
- Stony Brook 0–2
- Susquehanna 6–1–1
- Swarthmore 4–6
- Syracuse 0–4
- Temple 6–12–6
- The Citadel 0–2
- Towson 1–2
- Ursinus 4–0–1
- Villanova 9–11–2
- Virginia 1–1
- Virginia Tech 1–0
- VMI 7–3
- Washington & Jefferson 5–10–1
- Washington and Lee 1–1
- Waterton 0–1
- Watertown 1–1
- Waynesburg 1–0
- West Virginia 1–0–2
- William & Mary 0–2
- Williamsport 3–0
- Wyoming Seminary 10–0
- Yale 0–3
Conference titles
1, counting shared titles- Patriot League 1
- 1996
As the program counts them in its Wikipedia article, shared titles included, and listed under each conference’s current name (a Western Conference title of the 1900s counts as a Big Ten title); season pages use the name the conference had that year. A title the article files under a conference the team wasn’t in that season is listed under the one it was. Division titles include years the team tied for its division.
Conferences
- Independent 1881–1883, 1887–1957 and 1970–1985
- Colonial Conference 1986–1989
- Patriot Conference since 1990
- 1990Joined the Patriot Conference from the East Coast Conference. Source
Bucknell’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time). The moves and their announcement dates from Wikipedia’s lists of NCAA Division I conference changes; the year is the first season in the new conference. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the Hall of Fame
Every inductee- Players
- 2
- Coaches
- 2
| 1974 | Edward Mylin coach here, 1934–1936 |
| 1971 | Clarke Hinkle FB |
| 1965 | Carl Snavely coach here, 1927–1933 |
| 1962 | Andy Wyant C/OG |
In the draft
By college- NFL picks, rounds 1–7
- 3 since 1940
- First-round picks
- 0
- AFL picks
- 1 1961
The school
Bucknell University- Enrollment
- 3,969 3,920 undergraduates, fall 2024
- Where
- Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
- Public or private
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1846
- Graduates’ median earnings
- $93,807 10 years after starting
Enrollment, place and Carnegie research tier from the National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS, public domain). Earnings from the US Department of Education’s College Scorecard (CC BY 4.0): the median for students who received federal aid and were working, not in school. Founding year from Wikidata. Every school’s in the data.
Season by season
National champions| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1–6 | 0–4 | 1157 | ||||
| 2025 | 5–7 | 2–5 | 1187 | ||||
| 2024 | 6–6 | 4–2 | 1242 | ||||
| 2023 | 4–7 | 1–5 | 1198 | ||||
| 2022 | 3–8 | 2–4 | 1114 | ||||
| 2021 | 1–10 | 0–6 | 1049 | ||||
| 2020 | 2–2 | 1187 | |||||
| 2019 | 3–8 | 3–3 | 1134 | ||||
| 2018 | 1–10 | 1–5 | 1080 | ||||
| 2017 | 5–6 | 2–4 | 1192 | ||||
| 2016 | 4–7 | 3–3 | 1218 | ||||
| 2015 | 4–7 | 1–5 | 1226 | ||||
| 2014 | 8–3 | 4–2 | 1354 | ||||
| 2013 | 6–5 | 3–3 | 1295 | ||||
| 2012 | 3–8 | 1–5 | 1195 | ||||
| 2011 | 6–5 | 3–3 | 1244 | ||||
| 2010 | 1–10 | 1–5 | 1069 | ||||
| 2009 | 4–7 | 2–4 | 1184 | ||||
| 2008 | 5–6 | 2–4 | 1203 | ||||
| 2007 | 3–8 | 1–5 | 1189 | ||||
| 2006 | 6–5 | 3–3 | 1257 | ||||
| 2005 | 1–10 | 0–6 | 1170 | ||||
| 2004 | 7–4 | 4–2 | 1403 | ||||
| 2003 | 6–6 | 4–3 | 1303 | ||||
| 2001 | 0–1 | 1257 |
Every season back to 1888 (94 more)
| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0–1 | 1274 | |||||
| 1988 | 0–1 | 1283 | |||||
| 1981 | 0–2 | 1294 | |||||
| 1980 | 2–1 | 1329 | |||||
| 1979 | 1–2 | 1244 | |||||
| 1978 | 1–3 | 1159 | |||||
| 1977 | 0–2 | 1138 | |||||
| 1976 | 0–2 | 1141 | |||||
| 1975 | 1–2 | 1155 | |||||
| 1974 | 0–4 | 1112 | |||||
| 1973 | 0–1–1 | 1135 | |||||
| 1972 | 1–1 | 1153 | |||||
| 1971 | 1–3 | 1082 | |||||
| 1970 | 1–3 | 1103 | |||||
| 1969 | 0–2 | 1126 | |||||
| 1968 | 1–3 | 1154 | |||||
| 1967 | 1–2 | 1167 | |||||
| 1966 | 1–1 | 1202 | |||||
| 1965 | 2–2 | 1201 | |||||
| 1964 | 2–1 | 1200 | |||||
| 1963 | 2–1 | 1205 | |||||
| 1962 | 1–1 | 1151 | |||||
| 1961 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1116 | ||||
| 1960 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1144 | ||||
| 1959 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1127 | ||||
| 1958 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1084 | ||||
| 1957 | 0–2 | 1094 | |||||
| 1956 | 0–1 | 1122 | |||||
| 1955 | 0–2–1 | 1136 | |||||
| 1954 | 0–2 | 1156 | |||||
| 1953 | 0–2 | 1191 | |||||
| 1952 | 1–2 | 1248 | |||||
| 1951 | 2–0 | 1308 | |||||
| 1950 | 2–1 | 1320 | |||||
| 1949 | 1–1 | 1279 | |||||
| 1948 | 0–2 | 1324 | |||||
| 1947 | 0–3 | Harry Lawrence | 1288 | ||||
| 1946 | 3–6 | Al Humphreys | 1276 | ||||
| 1945 | 2–5 | J. Ellwood Ludwig | 1375 | ||||
| 1944 | 7–2–1 | J. Ellwood Ludwig | 1491 | ||||
| 1943 | 1–3 | John Sitarsky | 1434 | ||||
| 1942 | 0–1–1 | Al Humphreys | 1442 | ||||
| 1941 | 1–2 | Al Humphreys | 1422 | ||||
| 1940 | 0–2–1 | Al Humphreys | 1396 | ||||
| 1939 | 3–5 | Al Humphreys | 1379 | ||||
| 1938 | 5–3 | Al Humphreys | 1385 | ||||
| 1937 | 3–3–2 | 1442 | |||||
| 1936 | 4–4–1 | Edward Mylin | 1446 | ||||
| 1935 | 6–3 | Edward Mylin | 1505 | ||||
| 1934 | 7–2–2 | Edward Mylin | 1579 | ||||
| 1933 | 7–2 | Carl Snavely | 1581 | ||||
| 1932 | 4–4–1 | Carl Snavely | 1477 | ||||
| 1931 | 6–0–3 | Carl Snavely | 1571 | ||||
| 1930 | 6–3 | Carl Snavely | 1533 | ||||
| 1929 | 2–2 | Carl Snavely | 1510 | ||||
| 1928 | 1–0–1 | Carl Snavely | 1497 | ||||
| 1927 | 1–2 | Carl Snavely | 1451 | ||||
| 1926 | 0–2 | Charley Moran | 1444 | ||||
| 1925 | 0–1 | Charley Moran | 1468 | ||||
| 1924 | 1–0 | Charley Moran | 1475 | ||||
| 1923 | 0–2–1 | Pete Reynolds | 1426 | ||||
| 1922 | 2–3 | Pete Reynolds | 1447 | ||||
| 1921 | 0–3–1 | Pete Reynolds | 1392 | ||||
| 1920 | 0–3 | Pete Reynolds | 1398 | ||||
| 1919 | 5–4–1 | Pete Reynolds | 1391 | ||||
| 1917 | 3–5–1 | George Johnson | 1315 | ||||
| 1916 | 3–9 | George Johnson | 1263 | ||||
| 1915 | 2–6–3 | George Johnson | 1349 | ||||
| 1914 | 4–4–1 | George Cockill | 1447 | ||||
| 1913 | 6–4 | Byron W. Dickson | 1493 | ||||
| 1912 | 6–3–1 | Byron W. Dickson | 1498 | ||||
| 1911 | 6–3–1 | Byron W. Dickson | 1435 | ||||
| 1910 | 2–6 | Byron W. Dickson | 1375 | ||||
| 1909 | 3–4–2 | George W. Hoskins | 1401 | ||||
| 1908 | 3–5–2 | Paul G. Smith | 1390 | ||||
| 1907 | 4–7 | James H. Costello | 1397 | ||||
| 1906 | 3–4–1 | George W. Hoskins | 1417 | ||||
| 1905 | 5–5 | George W. Hoskins | 1451 | ||||
| 1904 | 3–3 | George W. Hoskins | 1454 | ||||
| 1903 | 4–5 | George W. Hoskins | 1428 | ||||
| 1902 | 6–4 | George W. Hoskins | 1474 | ||||
| 1901 | 6–4 | George W. Hoskins | 1414 | ||||
| 1900 | 3–5–1 | George W. Hoskins | 1342 | ||||
| 1899 | 6–4 | George W. Hoskins | 1347 | ||||
| 1898 | 4–4–3 | George Jennings | 1337 | ||||
| 1897 | 3–3–1 | George Jennings | 1425 | ||||
| 1896 | 5–2–1 | Will Young | 1455 | ||||
| 1895few games on file | 0–1 | Will Young | 1429 | ||||
| 1894few games on file | 0–1 | Will Young | 1410 | ||||
| 1892few games on file | 0–1 | 1424 | |||||
| 1891 | 6–2–1 | 1413 | |||||
| 1890 | 1–3–1 | 1332 | |||||
| 1889 | 1–4–1 | 1310 | |||||
| 1888 | 2–3 | 1403 |
Officially 625–641–51 since 1883 (per Wikipedia, rechecked weekly); game by game here, 298–415–39 (752 of its 1,317 games are on file). Our file starts in 1888; the program began in 1883. Some games are missing from our source.
No season on file for 1893, 1918, 1982–87, 1989–94, 1996–2000, 2002: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.
Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.