Bucknell

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Player stats · 2026 season

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Biggest plays from Bucknell’s games

Official highlights with our numbers: the plays that moved the chance to win most in Bucknell’s games this season, whoever made them.

  1. Q1, 2:52 · Pittsburgh up 7Mason Heintschel finds Carson Kent for a 3-yard touchdownBucknell at Pittsburgh, week 4Q1, 2:52 · Pittsburgh 14, Bucknell 014-0score after the play14-0score after the playM.Heintschel pass complete short right to C.Kent caught at BU00, for 3 yards to the BU00 QB hurried by, kick goodWatch from this playESPN College Football
  2. Q2, 10:01 · Pittsburgh up 14Mason Heintschel finds Demetrice McCray for an 8-yard touchdownBucknell at Pittsburgh, week 4Q2, 10:01 · Pittsburgh 21, Bucknell 0Demetrice McCray's first career receiving touchdownDemetrice McCray's first career receiving touchdownM.Heintschel pass complete short left to D.McCray caught at BU00, for 8 yards to the BU00 touchdown, kick goodWatch from this playESPN College Football
  3. Q2, 2:02 · Pittsburgh up 21Mason Heintschel finds Censere Lee for a 10-yard touchdownBucknell at Pittsburgh, week 4Q2, 2:02 · Pittsburgh 28, Bucknell 028-0score after the play28-0score after the playM.Heintschel pass complete short right to C.Lee caught at BU12, for 10 yards to the BU00 touchdown, 1ST DOWN, kick goodWatch from this playESPN College Football
  4. Q2, 0:52 · Pittsburgh up 28Mason Heintschel finds Demetrice McCray for a 48-yard touchdownBucknell at Pittsburgh, week 4Q2, 0:52 · Pittsburgh 35, Bucknell 048Demetrice McCray's fourth touch of the season is a 48-yard touchdown48Demetrice McCray's fourth touch of the season is a 48-yard touchdownDemetrice McCray's fourth touch of the season is a 48-yard touchdownM.Heintschel pass complete deep right to D.McCray caught at BU15, for 48 yards to the BU00 touchdown, 1ST DOWN, kick goodWatch from this playESPN College Football
  5. Q3, 13:35 · Pittsburgh up 35C. Hicks fumbles and Bucknell recoversBucknell at Pittsburgh, week 4Q3, 13:35 · Pittsburgh 35, Bucknell 035-0score after the play35-0score after the playM.Heintschel pass complete short middle to C.Hicks caught at Pitt39, for 26 yards to the Pitt48 fumbled by C.Hicks at Pitt47 forced by K.Meissner recovered by BU K.Meissner at Pitt48, End Of PlayWatch from this playESPN College Football
  6. Q4, 9:04 · Pittsburgh up 45Holden Geriner finds Bryan Hamilton for a 36-yard touchdownBucknell at Pittsburgh, week 4Q4, 9:04 · Pittsburgh 52, Bucknell 036Bryan Hamilton's first touch of the season is a 36-yard touchdown36Bryan Hamilton's first touch of the season is a 36-yard touchdownBryan Hamilton's first touch of the season is a 36-yard touchdownBryan Hamilton 36 yd pass from Holden Geriner (Antonio Chadha Kick)Watch from this playESPN College Football

All 7 plays from Bucknell’s games

How scary each game got

Bucknell lost at Lehigh after being 80% to win; the closest win was at VMI, down to 25%

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Each bar runs from the lowest to the highest chance our model gave Bucknell during that game; the thick mark is where it started. Numbers are the game week.

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Scheme claimsFive specific, testable claims about how this team plays.

How much of Bucknell’s number is the schedule?

Raw EPA/play through week 10 is −0.05; adjusted for opponent strength, it's −0.03. The widest gap came in week 5: −0.09 raw vs. −0.04 adjusted.

0.07-0.02-0.11Wk 2Wk 6Wk 10Raw EPA/playOpponent-adjusted
0.07-0.02-0.11Wk 2Wk 6Wk 10RawAdjusted
Source CFB Zeitgeist · season-to-date, opponent-adjusted model
Havoc & trenchesDefense havoc rate 0.111, 3th percentile

Disruption, run-blocking, and down-and-distance efficiency.

Havoc rate (D) 0.111
3rd
Havoc allowed (O) 0.176
18th
Front-seven havoc (D) 0.067
5th
Secondary havoc (D) 0.043
10th
Stuff rate (D) 0.134
3rd
Stuff rate allowed (O) 0.223
13th
Line yards (O) 2.304
1st
Line yards allowed (D) 3.231
9th
Standard-downs success (O) 0.405
5th
Standard-downs success allowed (D) 0.482
25th
Passing-downs success (O) 0.214
1st
Passing-downs success allowed (D) 0.297
51st
Screened 12 claims, 12 survived · 2026 season, FBS only, min. 3 games with data this season
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Historical echoPrograms whose arc bent the same way — then what happened.

Bucknell’s slide has precedent — and 2 of the 4 closest kept falling.

Programs whose stature fell in the same shape. The grey line is their decline; the color is what came next for them.

Baylor 1993–1998
kept sliding
TCU 1970–1975
kept sliding
Indiana 1971–1976
stayed down
Bowling Green 2006–2011
stayed down

An analogy on the shape of a program’s Zeitgeist stature arc — not a prediction. Interim calibration; matched among current FBS programs at a comparable level.

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