1989 Bucknell Bison football team

The 1989 Bucknell Bison football team represented Bucknell University as a member of the Colonial League in the 1989 NCAA Division I-AA football season. They were led by first-year head coach Lou Maranzana and played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, rededicated as Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium on September 30 in honor of one of the university's most famous alumni.

1989 Bucknell Bison football
Conference	Colonial League
Record	5–5 (2–2 Colonial)
Head coach	Lou Maranzana (1st season)
Home stadium	Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium

1989 Colonial League football standings

	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. T–4 Holy Cross $	4	–	0	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
Bucknell	2	–	2	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Lafayette	2	–	2	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Lehigh	1	–	3	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Colgate	1	–	3	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 16	at Fordham*	Coffey Field Bronx, NY	W 31–7	3,012
September 23	Cornell*	Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	L 9–20	2,433
September 30	Dartmouth*	Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	W 36–20	4,280
October 7	at Towson State*	Minnegan Stadium Towson, MD	L 23–29
October 14	Lehigh	Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	L 6–52	8,300
October 21	at Penn*	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 24–25	21,807
October 28	at Columbia*	Wien Stadium New York, NY	W 27–12	3,030
November 4	Lafayette	Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	W 54–33	3,418
November 11	at Colgate	Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY	W 37–27	3,000
November 18	No. 4 Holy Cross	Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	L 6–35	4,662
*Non-conference game Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game