1997 Bucknell Bison football team

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1997 Bucknell Bison football
Conference Patriot League
Record10–1 (5–1 Patriot)
Head coach
Captains
  • Hunter Adams
  • Wally Hurdley
  • Chris Peer
Home stadium Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium
Seasons
  1996
1998  
1997 Patriot League football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
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  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

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.

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Bucknell played its home games at Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium on the university campus in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.

History

During 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

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 6 Duquesne *W 23–16 [1]
September 20 at Lafayette W 23–21 7,428 [4]
September 27 Penn^*
  • Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium
  • Lewisburg, PA
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 Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium
  • Lewisburg, PA
W 18–6 7,872 [9]
November 1 Lehigh
  • Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium
  • Lewisburg, PA
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]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • ^ Parents Weekend

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References

  1. 1 2 "Year-by-Year Results". 2019 Bucknell Football Media Guide. Lewisburg, Pa.: Bucknell University. p. 139. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  2. "Captains". 2019 Bucknell Football Media Guide. Lewisburg, Pa.: Bucknell University. p. 121. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  3. "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.
  4. Meixell, Ted (September 21, 1997). "Lafayette's Loss to Bucknell 79 Seconds Too Long". The Morning Call . Allentown, Pa. p. C3 via Newspapers.com.
  5. Juliano, Joe (September 28, 1997). "The Frustration Mounts as Penn Falls to Bucknell". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. p. C15 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "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.
  7. Berlet, Bruce (October 12, 1997). "Weak Kicking Game Costs Yale". The Hartford Courant . Hartford, Conn. p. E9 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "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.
  9. 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.
  10. Blockus, Gary R. (November 2, 1997). "Lehigh Gets Muddled by Bucknell in Mud Bath". The Morning Call . Allentown, Pa. p. C1 via Newspapers.com.
  11. "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.
  12. Hoeflich, Mark (November 16, 1997). "Towson Ends with Whimper, 33-0". The Baltimore Sun . Baltimore, Md. p. 7C via Newspapers.com.
  13. 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.