Bucknell
1-3Patriot · Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium · 13,100 · 3,360 avg in 2026
LastL 7–20 vs Pennsylvania · Sat Sep 19 · Shane Hulmes 1 sacks, 1 TFL, 7 tackles
Nextat Pittsburgh · Sat Sep 26 · 12 pm ET · Acrisure Stadium · series 2-7, lost the last 3 · Game preview
Updated Tue Sep 22 · through week 3
| 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 | #238 | #259 | +3.5✗ | Pennsylvania | L 7–20 | 1-3 | 0-2 |
| 4 | Sep 26 | #235 | #51 | @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 19 | Pennsylvania | L 7–20 | — | — | — | -0.390 | 15.7% | 84.0% | Season-low EPA/play |
| Sep 12 | @VMI | W 14–3 | — | — | — | +0.077 | 44.1% | 110.0% | Season-high EPA/play |
| Sep 5 | Villanova | L 16–17 | — | — | — | +0.021 | 37.7% | 116.7% | One-score loss |
| Aug 29 | @Richmond | L 14–35 | — | — | — | +0.040 | 25.8% | 175.6% | Most explosive |
| Season average (4 games) | — | — | -0.063 | 30.8% | 121.6% | ||||
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…
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What it is like to watch them2026 · 1-3
✓ measured from 4 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. 2-8 over the last 10, and lost the last one.
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vs Pittsburgh · away
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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