1969 Bucknell Bison football team

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1969 Bucknell Bison football
Conference Middle Atlantic Conference
DivisionUniversity Division
Record3–5–1 (3–2–1 MAC)
Head coach
Captains
  • Randy Ruger
  • Dave Vassar
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
Seasons
  1968
1970  
1969 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
University Division
No. 10 Delaware x 6 0 09 2 0
Gettysburg 4 2 07 2 0
Bucknell 3 2 13 5 1
Lehigh 2 2 04 5 1
Temple 1 2 14 5 1
Lafayette 1 3 04 6 0
Hofstra 0 5 00 10 0
West Chester * 0 1 07 2 0
Northern College Division
Wilkes x 5 0 06 2 0
Susquehanna 5 1 06 3 0
Wagner 4 1 04 5 0
Juniata 4 2 05 3 0
Delaware Valley 4 3 04 3 0
Upsala 3 3 04 4 0
Albright 3 4 03 6 0
Lycoming 1 7 01 7 0
Southern College Division
Johns Hopkins x 5 2 05 4 0
Lebanon Valley x 5 2 06 2 0
Ursinus x 5 2 05 2 1
Moravian 6 3 06 3 0
Dickinson 4 4 04 4 0
Muhlenberg 4 5 04 5 0
Drexel 2 3 03 5 0
Swarthmore 3 5 03 5 0
Western Maryland 2 4 03 6 0
Pennsylvania Military 1 5 02 6 0
Franklin & Marshall 1 6 01 7 0
Haverford 1 6 01 6 0
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • * – Ineligible for championship due to insufficient conference games
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1969 Bucknell Bison football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University during the 1969 NCAA College Division football season. Bucknell placed third in the Middle Atlantic Conference, University Division.

In their first year under head coach Fred Prender, the Bison compiled a 3–5–1 record. [1] Randy Ruger and Dave Vassar were the team captains. [2]

With a 3–2–1 record against MAC University Division opponents, the Bison narrowly missed second place in the division, finishing half a game behind 4–2 Gettysburg.

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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20 at Hofstra W 24–19 4,200 [3]
September 27 at Penn *L 17–28 14,136 [4]
October 4 at Gettysburg
W 24–21 5,200–5,385 [5]
October 11 Temple Dagger-14-plain.pngT 7–7 10,500 [6]
October 25 at Lafayette W 21–20 10,300–11,000 [7]
November 1 Wittenberg^*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lewisburg, PA
L 6–45 9,000–10,000 [8] [9]
November 8 at Colgate *L 7–28 2,500 [1]
November 15 Lehigh
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lewisburg, PA
L 3–7 4,100 [10]
November 22 No. 10 Delaware
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lewisburg, PA
L 21–49 5,100 [11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • ^ Parents Weekend
  • Rankings from UPI Poll released prior to the game

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References

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  10. Larimer, Terry (November 16, 1969). "Engineers Turn Back Bucknell 7-3". Sunday Call-Chronicle . Allentown, Pa. p. C1 via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Lehigh Nips Bucknell with 2d Half TD, 7-3". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. November 16, 1969. sect. 3, p. 3.
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