1970 Bucknell Bison football team

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1970 Bucknell Bison football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–6
Head coach
Captains
  • Gene Depew
  • Don Giacomelli
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
Seasons
  1969
1971  
1970 NCAA College Division independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Tampa   10 1 0
No. 5 Tennessee State   10 0 0
No. 11 Delaware   9 2 0
Hawaii   9 2 0
Northern Michigan   8 2 0
No. 19 Eastern Michigan   7 2 1
Akron   7 3 0
Central Michigan   7 3 0
Temple   7 3 0
Drake   7 4 0
Wayne State (MI)   6 2 0
Arkansas AM&N   6 3 0
Southern Illinois   6 3 0
St. Norbert   6 3 0
Nevada   6 3 1
Portland State   6 4 0
UNLV   6 4 0
Boston University   5 4 0
Cortland   5 4 0
Indiana (PA)   5 4 0
Santa Clara   5 4 1
Lafayette   6 5 0
Colorado College   4 4 0
Drexel   4 4 0
Hofstra   5 5 0
Indiana State   5 5 0
Samford   5 5 0
Wabash   3 3 2
Saint Mary's   3 4 0
Ashland   4 6 0
Bucknell   4 6 0
Lehigh   4 6 0
Rose Poly   3 5 1
Northeastern   3 5 0
Indiana Central   3 6 0
Lake Forest   3 6 0
Kentucky State   3 6 0
Chicago   2 5 0
Chattanooga   3 8 0
Parsons   2 7 0
Eastern Illinois   2 8 0
Milwaukee   1 9 0
Rankings from AP small college poll

The 1970 Bucknell Bison football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University as an independent during the 1970 NCAA College Division football season.

In their second year under head coach Fred Prender, the Bison compiled a 4–6 record. [1] Gene Depew and Don Giacomelli were the team captains. [2]

Following the decision by the Middle Atlantic Conference to end football competition in its University Division, the Bison competed as a football independent in 1970, though five of the former league rivals (Bucknell, Delaware, Gettysburg, Lafayette and Lehigh) continued to play an informal round-robin called the "Middle Five". [3]

Bucknell also played Temple, another matchup that had been a divisional game in 1969. The two MAC teams had met annually since 1927, competing for a rivalry trophy known as "The Old Shoe". This year saw their last meeting for nearly 50 years. [4]

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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19 Temple L 3–10 4,850–5,000 [5]
September 26 Baldwin–Wallace
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lewisburg, PA
L 21–29 5,725 [6]
October 3 Gettysburg Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lewisburg, PA
W 14–6 8,500 [7]
October 10 at Davidson W 21–20 4,000 [8]
October 17 at The Citadel L 28–42 13,350 [9]
October 26 Lafayette^
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lewisburg, PA
W 30–28 10,000–10,115 [10]
October 31 at Rutgers L 7–21 7,500 [11]
November 7 Colgate
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lewisburg, PA
L 14–44 7,000 [12]
November 14 at Lehigh W 24–20 7,000 [13]
November 21 at No. 16 Delaware L 0–42 16,827 [14]
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • ^ Parents Weekend
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[15]

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References

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