The 1979 Bucknell Bison football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University as an independent during the 1979 NCAA Division I-AA football season.

In their fourth year under head coach Bob Curtis, the Bison compiled a 4–4–2 record.^[1] John Campana and Mike McDonald were the team captains.^[2]

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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 8	Dayton		Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	W 17–7	4,000	[3]
September 22	at Rutgers		Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	L 14–16	12,300	[4]
September 29	Davidson		Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	W 33–0	2,217	[5]
October 6	at Cornell	No. T–7	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 10–0	7,500	[6]
October 13	at No. T–8 Lafayette	No. 6	Fisher Field Easton, PA	T 0–0	10,700	[7]
October 20	Gettysburg^	No. T–8	Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	L 7–14	6,018	[8]
October 27	Lehigh		Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	L 13–14	8,000	[9]
November 3	at Northeastern		Parsons Field Brookline, MA	W 14–6	1,522	[10]
November 10	at Colgate		Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY	L 2–20	5,000	[11]
November 17	at No. 2 Boston University		Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	T 20–20	4,000	[12]
Homecoming ^ Parents Weekend Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game