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Conference | Colonial League |
Record | 4–5–1 (1–3–1 Colonial) |
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Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 1 Holy Cross $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lehigh | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colgate | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lafayette | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bucknell | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Davidson | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1987 Bucknell Bison football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University during the 1987 NCAA Division I-AA football season.
Bucknell finished second-to-last in the Colonial League.
During its second year under head coach George Landis, the Bison compiled a 4–5–1 record.[1] Jim Given and Greg Schiano were the team captains.[2]
Bucknell's team was outscored 259 to 248. Its 1–3–1 conference record placed it fifth in the six-team Colonial League standings.[3]
Bucknell played its home games at Memorial Stadium on the university campus in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 12 | at Colgate | L 28–31 | 3,500 | [4] | |||
September 19 | at Davidson | W 34–3 | 1,500 | [5] | |||
September 24 | Penn* |
| W 32–24 | 8,500 | [6] | ||
October 3 | at Harvard* | L 14–33 | 7,650 | [7] | |||
October 10 | at Lafayette | L 21–42 | 10,700 | [8] | |||
October 17 | No. 1 Holy Cross^ |
| L 10–48 | 11,240 | [9] | ||
October 24 | at Columbia* |
| W 62–20 | 7,330 | [10] | ||
October 31 | at Cornell* | W 20–6 | 6,000 | [11] | |||
November 7 | at William & Mary* | L 6–31 | 5,680 | [12] | |||
November 14 | Lehigh |
| T 14–14 | 4,330 | [13] | ||
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