Seating capacity 13,100 Bowl record 1–0 (1.000) Website BucknellBison.com Head coach Joe Susan League Division I (NCAA) Colors Blue, Orange | All-time record 560–526–5 (.516) Conference titles 1 Division Division I (NCAA) Conference Patriot League First season 1883 | |
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Location Lewisburg, Pennsylvania Arena/Stadium Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium Profiles | ||
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 Orange Bowl, 26–0, over the Miami Hurricanes on January 1, 1935.
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- History
- Classifications
- Conference memberships
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2015 bucknell bison football preview campusinsiders
History
The Bucknell football team was established in 1883 after a group of students from Lafayette College journeyed west to play a group of students from the University at Lewisburg, as Bucknell University was then called. The Lewisburg students lost the game, 59–0, and did not play another game until 1887. In 1918, Bucknell had its first of its three undefeated seasons. On October 10, 1925, Bucknell played George Washington at home on the day that Christy Mathewson was buried in Lewisburg. In his honor, there was no cheering in the first quarter. In 1931 Clarke Hinkle led Bucknell to a 6–0–3 record. In 1960, the team won its first Lambert Cup. In 1989, the newly renovated Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium was renamed in Mathewson's honor. In 1996, Bucknell won its first conference championship. Bucknell football celebrated its seventh-straight winning season in 2001.
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