The Bucknell Bison football team represents Bucknell University in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA) level. Bucknell is a member of the Patriot League. Bucknell won the first Orange Bowl, 26–0, over the Miami Hurricanes on January 1, 1935.

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Bucknell Bison football
2023 Bucknell Bison football team
First season	1883
Head coach	Dave Cecchini 4th season, 9–28 (.243)
Stadium	Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium (capacity: 13,100)
Location	Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Conference	Patriot League
All-time record	560–526–5 (.516)
Bowl record	1–0 (1.000)
Conference titles	1
Current uniform
Colors	Blue and orange[1]
Website	BucknellBison.com

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The Bucknell football team was established in 1883 after a group of students from Lafayette College journeyed west to play a group of students from the University at Lewisburg, as Bucknell University was then called. The Lewisburg students lost the game, 59–0, and did not play another game until 1887. In 1918, Bucknell had its first of its three undefeated seasons. On October 10, 1925, Bucknell played George Washington at home on the day that Christy Mathewson was buried in Lewisburg. In his honor, there was no cheering in the first quarter. In 1931 Clarke Hinkle led Bucknell to a 6–0–3 record.^[2] In 1960, the team won its first Lambert Cup. In 1989, the newly renovated Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium was renamed in Mathewson's honor. In 1996, Bucknell won its first conference championship. Bucknell football celebrated its seventh-straight winning season in 2001.

Announced schedules as of January 1, 2022.^[3]