# 2019 Bucknell Bison football team

The 2019 Bucknell Bison football team represented Bucknell University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Dave Cecchini and played their home games at Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium. They played as a member of the Patriot League.

## Preseason
### Preseason coaches' poll

The Patriot League released their preseason coaches' poll on July 30, 2019 (voting was by conference head coaches and sports information directors). The Bison were picked to finish in seventh (last) place.
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
| 1 | Colgate | 72 (12) |
| 2 | Holy Cross | 58 (2) |
| 3 | Georgetown | 51 |
| 4 | Fordham | 39 |
| 5 | Lehigh | 38 |
| 6 | Lafayette | 21 |
| 7 | Bucknell | 15 |

### Preseason All-Patriot League team

The Bison had two players selected to the preseason All-Patriot League team.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 31 | 3:00 p.m. | at Temple* | Lincoln Financial FieldPhiladelphia, PA | ESPN3 | L 12–56 | 26,378 |
| September 7 | 6:00 p.m. | at Sacred Heart* | Campus FieldFairfield, CT | NEC Front Row | L 10–30 | 4,187 |
| September 14 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 22 Villanova* | Christy Mathewson–Memorial StadiumLewisburg, PA | Stadium | L 10–45 | 3,649 |
| September 28 | 3:30 p.m. | Princeton* | Christy Mathewson–Memorial StadiumLewisburg, PA | Stadium | L 23–56 | 3,795 |
| October 5 | 2:00 p.m. | Holy Cross | Christy Mathewson–Memorial StadiumLewisburg, PA | Stadium | L 14–21 | 2,693 |
| October 12 | 1:00 p.m. | at Colgate | Crown Field at Andy Kerr StadiumHamilton, NY | Stadium | W 32–14 | 2,386 |
| October 19 | 4:00 p.m. | at No. 18 Towson* | Johnny Unitas StadiumTowson, MD | FloSports | L 7–56 | 6,114 |
| October 26 | 3:30 p.m. | at Lafayette | Fisher StadiumEaston, PA | Stadium | L 17–21 | 5,325 |
| November 9 | 1:00 p.m. | Lehigh | Christy Mathewson–Memorial StadiumLewisburg, PA | Stadium | W 20–10 | 2,051 |
| November 16 | 1:00 p.m. | Georgetown | Christy Mathewson–Memorial StadiumLewisburg, PA | Stadium | W 20–17 | |
| November 23 | 1:00 p.m. | at Fordham | Coffey FieldBronx, NY | Stadium | L 14–31 | |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time |||||||

## Game summaries
### At Temple

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bison | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| Owls | 21 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 56 |

### At Sacred Heart

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bison | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| Pioneers | 0 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 30 |

### Villanova

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 22 Wildcats | 14 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 45 |
| Bison | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 |

### Princeton

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Tigers | 7 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 56 |
| Bison | 7 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 23 |

### Holy Cross

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Crusaders | 0 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| Bison | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |

### At Colgate

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bison | 14 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 32 |
| Raiders | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |

### At Towson

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bison | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| No. 18 Tigers | 21 | 21 | 14 | 0 | 56 |

### At Lafayette

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bison | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
| Leopards | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 21 |

### Lehigh

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mountain Hawks | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| Bison | 0 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 20 |

### Georgetown

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hoyas | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| Bison | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 20 |

### At Fordham

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bison | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Rams | 7 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 31 |