BUCKNELL 2012 BISON FOOTBALL GAME NOTES GAME 8: Colgate Raiders (4-3, 2-0 PL) at Bucknell Bison (1-6, 0-3 PL) Saturday, Oct. 27 • 1 p.m. • Lewisburg, Pa. • Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium (13,100) BBUCKNELLUCKNELL SSCHEDULE/RESULTSCHEDULE/RESULTS ((1-6,1-6, 00-3-3 PPL)L) GGAMEAME IINFORMATIONNFORMATION S8 at Marist W, 19-17 Kickoff ..........................................1 p.m. BUCKNELL BISON COLGATE RAIDERS S15 at No. 14 (TSN)/No. 13 (AFCA) Delaware L, 19-3 TV ..................................................none Record ........................................... 1-6 Record ........................................... 4-3 S22 LAFAYETTE* (FW) (TV: CBS Sports Network) L, 20-14 Internet Video .......... BucknellBison.com Patriot League ...............................0-3 Patriot League ...............................2-0 S29 CORNELL L, 15-10 Internet Audio ...............SportsJuice.com 2011 ..........................6-5 (2-3 PL, 4th) 2011 .......................5-6 (1-4 PL, t-5th) O6 at Holy Cross* L, 13-6 Radio....................Bison Sports Network Head Coach ......................... Joe Susan Head Coach .......................Dick Biddle O13 at No. 22/21 Harvard (TV: CBS Sports Network) L, 35-7 Flagship ................Eagle 107 (107.3 FM) At Bucknell ..................8-21 (3rd yr.) At Colgate ..............129-64 (17th yr.) O20 at No. 9/7 Lehigh* L, 42-19 Play-by-Play ....................Doug Birdsong Overall .......................18-21 (4th yr.) Overall ...................129-64 (17th yr.) O27 COLGATE* (HC) 1 p.m. Analyst ...................................Kevin Herr Fr./So. on Roster ..............................54 Fr./So. on Roster ..............................53 N3 FORDHAM 1 p.m. Series .....................Colgate leads, 44-16 Jr./Sr. on Roster ...............................40 Jr./Sr. on Roster ...............................37 N10 at Georgetown* 1 p.m. First Game ............Bucknell, 12-8 (1894) Location .......................Lewisburg, Pa. Location .......................Hamilton, N.Y. N17 BRYANT 1 p.m. Last Bucknell Win .............. 2006 (31-28) Enrollment .................................3,500 Enrollment .................................2,900 Last Colgate Win ..................2011 (21-6) Colors ........................Orange and Blue Color..............Maroon, White and Gray All Times Eastern Current Streak ......................Colgate, +5 President ......................John Bravman President .......................Jeff rey Herbst * Patriot League game In Lewisburg .....................Colgate, 18-8 AD .................................. John P. Hardt AD (interim) .......................Vicky Chun (HC) Homecoming (FW) Family Weekend Website .................BucknellBison.com Website ........... GoColgateRaiders.com BBUCKNELLUCKNELL PROBABLEPROBABLE SSTARTERSTARTERS BBUCKNELLUCKNELL AATHLETICTHLETIC COMMUNICATIONSCOMMUNICATIONS OFFENSE No. Name Yr. Ht. Wt. Notable Assistant Director of Athletic Communications/ QB 14 Brandon Wesley Jr. 6-2 190 Top 10 on career yards, attempts, completions, total off ense lists Football Contact: Todd Merriett RB 32 Tyler Smith Sr. 5-9 195 DNP due to injury vs. Delaware, Lafayette and Lehigh Offi ce: 570-577-3488 FB 33 Travis Friend Jr. 6-2 235 Preseason All-Patriot League selection; 2-time All-PL choice Cell: 570-428-5393 WR 80 Josh Brake So. 6-3 200 Four multi-reception games this year Fax: 570-577-1660 WR 5 Victor Walker Jr. 6-1 197 At least one reception in 9 consecutive games E-Mail: [email protected] LT 72 Lonnie Rawles So. 6-4 285 Only returning starter on OL Website: www.BucknellBison.com LG 69 Troy Steinhilber Sr. 6-4 295 Made 1st career start in season opener vs. Marist Associate AD/Dir. Athletic Communications: Jon Terry C 77 Brandon Noblett So. 6-2 285 Made 1st career start in season opener vs. Marist Assistant Dir. of Athletic Communications: Becky Hart RG 76 Clayton Hoff master Fr. 6-4 295 Only freshman to start a game in 2012 RT 79 Nevin Hagman So. 6-3 285 8 career games played TE 88 Patrick Kelly So. 6-3 230 Has started two games in a row for 1st time in career MMEDIAEDIA INFORMATIONINFORMATION DEFENSE No. Name Yr. Ht. Wt. Notable Bucknell Football Luncheons: Each Monday throughout the football season head coach Joe Susan will speak at the DE 40 Sean Sellers Jr. 6-0 235 At least 0.5 sacks in 5 of 6 games played in 2012 Bucknell Football Luncheon. The weekly aff air, held at 12 p.m. DT 78 Devin Gordon-Hamm Sr. 6-1 270 22 career games played, made 1st career start vs. Marist at the Lewisburg Hotel, will also feature select members of the NG 90 Tracey Smith Jr. 6-1 255 Missed start vs. Lehigh due to helmet coming off on special teams Bison team. Members of the media are invited free of charge. DE 9 Samuel Oyekoya Sr. 6-3 235 12.5 career sacks is most among current Bison Mike LB 27 Evan Byers So. 6-0 215 Career-high 61 tackles this season, 5 shy of 100 in career Mid-Week Interviews: All interview requests for head coach Sam LB 12 Beau Traber Sr. 5-11 220 Preseason All-Patriot League selection Joe Susan and Bucknell players should be directed to Todd SS 37 Lee Marvel So. 6-0 205 Career-high 3.5 TFL vs. Lafayette Merriett at 570-577-3488 or [email protected]. CB 4 Donald Quarles Sr. 5-7 175 5 pass breakups vs. Lafayette tied for most in FCS in 2012 FS 26 Matthew Steinbeck So. 6-0 205 Career-high 2 INTs last week at Lehigh Postgame Interviews: Following the NCAA-mandated Whip DB 36 Jordan Dudas So. 6-0 195 Made 1st start of 2012 at Lehigh after starting 11 games in 2011 10-minute “cooling off ” period, head coach Joe Susan and CB 2 Derrick Palmer Jr. 5-10 175 One of four current Bison w/100 career tackles Bucknell players will be available for interviews. Check with the host SID for interview location. Please submit player SP TMS No. Name Yr. Ht. Wt. Notable requests to Todd Merriett no later than fi ve minutes prior to PK 93 Sean Cobelli Jr. 5-9 170 Season/Career: 6-8 FG, 6-8 XP the end of regulation. P 13 Ryan Gutowski Sr. 5-9 190 First Team All-Patriot League (2011) PR 10 Kyle Sullivan Jr. 5-10 195 37th nationally in PR (7.22 yds/return) Athletics Website: www.BucknellBison.com KR 22 Brian Regan Fr. 5-9 190 2nd on team with 20.0 KOR avg. Twitter: www.twitter.com/BisonSports 5 Victor Walker Jr. 6-1 197 Career-long 41-yard KOR vs. Cornell Facebook: www.facebook.com/BuckyBison LS 34 Jeff Goyette Jr. 5-11 215 In third year as long snapper Patriot League Website: www.patriotleague.com H 10 Kyle Sullivan Jr. 5-10 195 In fi rst year as holder The Bucknell-Colgate game is sponsored by the Susquehanna River Valley Visitors Bureau Bucknell Football Notes — 2 HHEADEAD CCOACHOACH JJOEOE SSUSANUSAN BBUCKNELLUCKNELL RANKINGSRANKINGS SUMMARYSUMMARY CCOLGATEOLGATE RRANKINGSANKINGS SUMMARYSUMMARY EDUCATION Category Avg. NCAA Rank Lg. Rank* Category Avg. NCAA Rank Lg. Rank* University of Delaware, Rushing Off ense 96.4 106 6 B.A. in psychology, 1978 Rushing Off ense 266.6 8 1 University of Delaware, M.S. Passing Off ense 185.3 79 6 Passing Off ense 217.9 51 4 in physical education, 1982 Total Off ense 281.7 t-111 6 Total Off ense 484.4 7 1 Scoring Off ense 11.1 120 7 Scoring Off ense 37.9 10 1 Rushing Defense 79.6 5 1 Rushing Defense 190.7 92 6 HEAD COACHING CAREER Year School Pass Defense 258.0 108 7 Pass Defense 184.1 33 1 Record Total Defense 337.6 37 2 Total Defense 374.9 66 4 2000 Davidson 10-0 Scoring Defense 23.0 39 3 Scoring Defense 30.3 79 6 2010 Bucknell 1-10 Net Punting 29.7 115 6 Net Punting 24.8 121 7 2011 Bucknell 6-5 Punt Returns 7.2 68 5 Punt Returns 5.7 92 6 2012 Bucknell 1-6 Career Totals 18-21 (.462) Kickoff Returns 19.4 73 3 Kickoff Returns 19.2 82 4 Turnover Margin -.14 64 4 Turnover Margin .71 25 2 ASSISTANT COACHING CAREER Pass Effi ciency 107.89 96 6 Pass Effi ciency 163.56 4 1 Year School Record Sacks 3.00 7 2 Sacks 2.43 27 5 1977 Delaware 6-3-1 1978 Delaware 10-4 Sacks Allowed 3.29 113 7 Sacks Allowed 1.86 53 2 1979 Gettysburg 5-6 * out of 7 teams (Patriot League) National top-10 in bold * out of 7 teams (Patriot League) National top-10 in bold 1980 Delaware 9-2 1981 Bucknell 4-6 BBISONISON NNOTESOTES & NNOTABLESOTABLES 1982 Bucknell 4-6 1983 Bucknell 4-5-1 WITH A VICTORY OVER COLGATE, BUCKNELL WOULD ... 1984 Bucknell 5-5 • ... snap a six-game losing streak and avoid its fi rst seven-game streak since 2005. 1985 Bucknell 3-7 • ... snap a four-game Patriot League losing streak. 1986 Bucknell 3-7 1987 Bucknell 4-5-1 • ... end a six-game losing streak on Homecoming. 1988 Bucknell 3-7 • ... defeat the Raiders for the fi rst time since 2006. 1989 Bucknell 5-5 • ... keep the chance at an above-.500 home record alive. 1990 Bucknell 7-4 1991 Princeton 8-2 ABOUT THE GAME 1992 Princeton 8-2 Once again this Saturday, Bucknell faces a team on a hot streak as Colgate comes to Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium for a 1993 Princeton 8-2 1 p.m. Homecoming game that is sponsored by the Susquehanna River Valley Visitors Bureau. The Raiders are 4-3 on the season, 1994 Princeton 7-3 including 2-0 in Patriot League play, and have won three in a row by a combined 155-95 score. Colgate ranks in the top 10 nation- 1995 Princeton 8-1-1 1996 Princeton 3-7 ally in pass effi ciency (4th), total off ense (7th), rushing off ense (8th) and scoring off ense (10th). The Raiders broke their program 1997 Princeton 6-4 record for total off ense last week vs.