1980 Bucknell Bison football team

The 1980 Bucknell Bison football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University as an independent during the 1980 NCAA Division I-AA football season.

1980 Bucknell Bison football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–4
Head coach
Captains
  • Joe Catalano
  • Dave Hibbard
  • Bruce Keltie
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
1980 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Lehigh ^   –  9 –1 –2
No. 6 Delaware   –  9 –2 –0
Southeastern Louisiana   –  8 –2 –0
No. 8 Northwestern State   –  8 –3 –0
Portland State   –  8 –3 –0
Bucknell   –  6 –4 –0
James Madison   –  4 –6 –0
Lafayette   –  3 –7 –0
Nicholls State   –  2 –9 –0
Northeastern   –  2 –9 –0
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from Associated Press poll

In their sixth year under head coach Bob Curtis, the Bison compiled a 6–4 record.[1] Joe Catalano, Dave Hibbard and Bruce Keltie were the team captains.[2]

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

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 13 at Connecticut
L 7–38 7,670 [3]
September 20 Slippery Rock
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lewisburg, PA
W 25–6 [1]
September 27 at Brown
W 28–20 7,000 [4]
October 4 at Davidson
L 13–21 4,300 [5]
October 11 Lafayettedagger
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lewisburg, PA
W 14–0 [1]
October 18 West Chester^
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lewisburg, PA
W 31–21 [1]
October 25 at No. 3 Lehigh
L 0–13 5,000 [6]
November 1 Cornell
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lewisburg, PA
W 33–16 2,500 [7]
November 8 Colgate
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lewisburg, PA
L 14–17 2,500 [8]
November 15 at No. 4 Boston University
W 30–17 2,200 [9]

References
  1. "Year-by-Year Results". 2019 Bucknell Football Media Guide. Lewisburg, Pa.: Bucknell University. pp. 138–139. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  2. "Captains". 2019 Bucknell Football Media Guide. Lewisburg, Pa.: Bucknell University. p. 121. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  3. Anderson, Woody (September 14, 1980). "Huskies Drub Bucknell, 38-7, to Keep Perfect Year Going". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. 1C – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Bucknell 28, Brown 20". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. September 28, 1980. p. 80 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Scott, David (October 5, 1980). "Davidson, Piercy Recover in Time". The Charlotte Observer. Charlotte, N.C. p. 4B – via Newspapers.com.
  6. Larimer, Terry (October 26, 1980). "Lehigh Zips Bucknell". Sunday Call-Chronicle. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Bucknell 33, Cornell 16". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. November 2, 1980. p. 48 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Bomb at 0:12 Saves Colgate". The Sunday Press. Binghamton, N.Y. Associated Press. November 9, 1980. pp. 2B, 6B – via Newspapers.com.
  9. Eisenberg, Harry (November 16, 1980). "Bucknell Kills BU's Playoff Hopes". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 87 – via Newspapers.com.
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