1969 Bucknell Bison football team

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.

1969 Bucknell Bison football
Conference	Middle Atlantic Conference
Division	University Division
Record	3–5–1 (3–2–1 MAC)
Head coach	Fred Prender (1st season)
Captains	Randy Ruger Dave Vassar
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
Seasons ← 1968 1970 →

1969 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
University Division
No. 10 Delaware x	6	–	0	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
Gettysburg	4	–	2	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Bucknell	3	–	2	–	1			3	–	5	–	1
Lehigh	2	–	2	–	0			4	–	5	–	1
Temple	1	–	2	–	1			4	–	5	–	1
Lafayette	1	–	3	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Hofstra	0	–	5	–	0			0	–	10	–	0
West Chester *	0	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Northern College Division
Wilkes x	5	–	0	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
Susquehanna	5	–	1	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Juniata	4	–	2	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Delaware Valley	4	–	3	–	0			4	–	3	–	0
Upsala	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Albright	3	–	4	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Lycoming	1	–	7	–	0			1	–	7	–	0
Wagner *	3	–	1	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Southern College Division
Johns Hopkins x	5	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Lebanon Valley x	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
Ursinus x	5	–	2	–	0			5	–	2	–	1
Moravian	6	–	3	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Dickinson	4	–	4	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Muhlenberg	4	–	5	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Swarthmore	3	–	5	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Western Maryland	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Pennsylvania Military	1	–	6	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
Haverford	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	6	–	0
Franklin & Marshall	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	7	–	0
Drexel*	2	–	1	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
x – Division champion/co-champions * – Ineligible for championship due to insufficient conference games Rankings from AP Poll

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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 20	at Hofstra	Hofstra Stadium Hempstead, NY	W 24–19	4,200	[3]
September 27	at Penn*	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 17–28	14,136	[4]
October 4	at Gettysburg	Musselman Stadium Gettysburg, PA	W 24–21	5,200–5,385	[5]
October 11	Temple	Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	T 7–7	10,500	[6]
October 25	at Lafayette	Fisher Field Easton, PA	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*	Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY	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 Homecoming ^ Parents Weekend Rankings from UPI Poll released prior to the game

^[12]