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Bucknell Bison at Lehigh Mountain Hawks

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3-2, 2-1 Away
Final
38 - 35

Defense, special teams power Bucknell in 38-35 2OT win over Lehigh

After the teams traded touchdowns in overtime, Matt Schearer hit a 42-yard field goal to give Bucknell a 38-35 lead in the second series. Bucknell's Brad Jamison forced a fumble by Luke Yoder and Willis recovered to give the Bison the win. It was Yoder's second lost fumble of the game.

Bucknell's TJ Cadden, who had a 73-yard punt return in the Bison's previous game, returned a kickoff 100 yards for the touchdown that got them on the board. The return was after Lehigh had taken a 14-0 lead on two touchdown passes to Geoffrey Jamiel from different quarterbacks.

Aaron Davis' 79-yard interception return gave Bucknell (3-2) its only lead of regulation, 28-21 with about 6 minutes left in the fourth quarter before a short touchdown run by Yoder tied it at 28 with 1:30 remaining.

Ralph Rucker IV threw for 150 yards for Bucknell. He had two touchdown passes and ran for one more.

Hayden Johnson threw for 200 yards for Lehigh and Yoder added 137 yards rushing with three touchdowns. The Mountain Hawks (3-2) led in total yards 470-243 in regulation.

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Scoring Summary

LEH TD 1st Period 2:52 Geoffrey Jamiel 23 Yd pass from Dante Perri (Nick Garrido Kick)
LEH TD 2nd Period 4:05 Geoffrey Jamiel 34 Yd pass from Hayden Johnson (Nick Garrido Kick)
BUCK TD 2nd Period 3:51 TJ Cadden 100 Yd Kickoff Return (Matt Schearer Kick)
BUCK TD 2nd Period 2:53 Eric Weatherly 31 Yd pass from Ralph Rucker IV (Matt Schearer Kick)
LEH TD 3rd Period 7:12 Luke Yoder 19 Yd Run (Nick Garrido Kick)
BUCK TD 3rd Period 2:11 Ralph Rucker IV 7 Yd Run (Matt Schearer Kick)
BUCK TD 4th Period 6:13 Aaron Davis 0 Yd Interception Return (Matt Schearer Kick)
LEH TD 4th Period 1:33 Luke Yoder 1 Yd Run (Nick Garrido Kick)
LEH TD 5 0:00 Luke Yoder 11 Yd Run (Nick Garrido Kick)
BUCK TD 5 0:00 Eric Weatherly 12 Yd pass from Ralph Rucker IV (Matt Schearer Kick)
BUCK FG 6 0:00 Matt Schearer 42 Yd Field Goal

Statistics

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16 1st Downs 26
5-12 3rd down efficiency 7-14
1-1 4th down efficiency 2-4
270 Total Yards 500
150 Passing 298
15/22 Comp/Att 21/33
6.8 Yards per pass 9.0
120 Rushing 202
36 Rushing Attempts 44
3.3 Yards per rush 4.6
5-54 Penalties 5-43
1 Turnovers 3
1 Fumbles lost 2
0 Interceptions thrown 1
23:11 Possession 36:49

Game Information

Venue: Goodman Stadium

Location: Bethlehem, PA
Attendance: 4,003 · Capacity:
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