The 1997 Bucknell Bison football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University during the 1997 NCAA Division I-AA football season. It finished second in the Patriot League.
| 1997 Bucknell Bison football | |
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| Conference | Patriot League |
| Record | 10–1 (5–1 Patriot) |
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| Home stadium | Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium |
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| Colgate $^ | 6 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 24 Bucknell | 5 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fordham | 4 | – | 2 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Holy Cross | 2 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lehigh | 2 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lafayette | 2 | – | 4 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Towson | 0 | – | 6 | 2 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bucknell played its home games at Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium on the university campus in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.
History
editDuring its third year under head coach Tom Gadd, the Bison compiled a 10–1 record.[1] Hunter Adams, Wally Hurdley and Chris Peer were the team captains.[2]
The Bison outscored opponents 282 to 213. Bucknell's 5–1 conference record placed second in the seven-team Patriot League standings.[3]
Undefeated through the first ten games of the season, Bucknell did not appear in the national Division I-AA top 25 until the week before its final game, when it was ranked No. 24 for that one week.
Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 6 | Duquesne* | W 23–16 | [1] | ||||
| September 20 | at Lafayette | W 23–21 | 7,428 | [4] | |||
| September 27 | Penn^* |
| W 20–16 | 10,172 | [5] | ||
| October 4 | at Harvard* | W 24–20 | 4,330 | [6] | |||
| October 11 | at Yale* | W 25–24 | 11,239 | [7] | |||
| October 18 | at Fordham | W 36–10 | 3,296 | [8] | |||
| October 25 | Holy Cross
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| W 18–6 | 7,872 | [9] | ||
| November 1 | Lehigh |
| W 21–14 | 3,074 | [10] | ||
| November 8 | at Saint Mary's (CA)* |
| W 45–38 | 1,500 | [11] | ||
| November 15 | at Towson | W 33–0 | 2,235 | [12] | |||
| November 22 | at Colgate | L 14–48 | 6,000 | [13] | |||
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References
edit- ^ a b "Year-by-Year Results". 2019 Bucknell Football Media Guide. Lewisburg, Pa.: Bucknell University. p. 139. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
- ^ "Captains". 2019 Bucknell Football Media Guide. Lewisburg, Pa.: Bucknell University. p. 121. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
- ^ "Football All-Time Year-by-Year Results". Patriot League Football Record Book (PDF). Center Valley, Pa.: Patriot League. 2020. p. 6. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
- ^ Meixell, Ted (September 21, 1997). "Lafayette's Loss to Bucknell 79 Seconds Too Long". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C3 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Juliano, Joe (September 28, 1997). "The Frustration Mounts as Penn Falls to Bucknell". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. C15 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Bucknell Beats Harvard, Goes 4-0 for First Time Since 1954". The Daily Item. Sunbury, Pa. October 5, 1997. pp. C1, C10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Berlet, Bruce (October 12, 1997). "Weak Kicking Game Costs Yale". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E9 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Fordham Buried by Poer, Bucknell in 36-10 Defeat". Rockland Journal-News. White Plains, N.Y. Associated Press. October 19, 1997. p. 7D – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Baker, Wayne (October 26, 1997). "Peer Pressure: Tailback Has Record Game as Bucknell Remains Unbeaten". The Daily Item. Sunbury, Pa. pp. C1, C10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Blockus, Gary R. (November 2, 1997). "Lehigh Gets Muddled by Bucknell in Mud Bath". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Unbeaten Bucknell Piles on Offense to Top Gaels". San Francisco Examiner. San Francisco, Calif. Associated Press. November 26, 1997. pp. C-5, C-6 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Hoeflich, Mark (November 16, 1997). "Towson Ends with Whimper, 33-0". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Md. p. 7C – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Baker, Wayne (November 23, 1997). "BU Less Than Perfect: Colgate Brushes Back Bison's Bid for Unbeaten Year". The Daily Item. Sunbury, Pa. pp. C1, C10 – via Newspapers.com.