HEAD COACH DAVID ARCHER '05
• Fifth season directing the Big Red football program (10-34 overall, .227; 7-23, Ivy, .233).
• Became youngest Division I head football coach in the country when he was named the Roger J. Weiss '61 Head Coach of Football on Jan. 3, 2013.
.• Led team to three-game improvement in 2016, tied for program's biggest turnaround since 1986.
• The 2016 win over Colgate was the first top 25 victory since 2007, first top 25 road win since 1950.
• Is 5-3 in season-ending Trophy games against Columbia (Empire State Bowl) and Penn (Trustees Cup).
• Has developed 23 All-Ivy selections, two Ivy league Rookies of the Year and four FCS All-Americans in four years as head coach.
• Spent six seasons as an assistant coach at his alma mater, including the last four seasons as the recruiting coordinator.
• Coached the fullbacks, tight ends, running backs, offensive linemen and linebackers during his tenure as an assistant.
• His three recruiting classes as coordinator yielded 55 first-year players that earned varsity action and 21 that captured at least one start.
• Was a three-year starter and team captain in 2004 while playing on the offensive line.

ABOUT BUCKNELL
• Coming off a bye week, the Bison are 2-3 on the season.
• Bucknell owns home wins over Marist (45-6) and Sacred Heart (34-31), with losses to Holy Cross (20-0), William & Mary (30-9) and Monmouth (35-13).
• The Bison have relied on defense so far this season, allowing opponents to post just 309.8 yards per game while causing 10 turnovers.
• Bucknell's offense is picking up just 254.0 yards per game, including 188.6 in the air.
• Matt Muh and John Chiarolanzio have split duties under center and have combined for a .612 completion percentage, 943 yards and five touchdowns.
• The Bison were picked to finish fifth in the Patriot League preseason poll with 39 returning letter winners.
• Preseason All-Americans Abdullah Anderson (DL) and Bryan Marine (CB) headline the returners.
• Eighth-year head coach Joe Susan sports a 36-50 mark at Bucknell and a 46-50 record overall as a head coach.

THE SERIES
• This will be the 57th meeting between Cornell and Bucknell, with the Big Red holding a 43-13 lead in the series.
• The two teams first met in 1888, a 20-3 Cornell win.
• The Big Red won the first three meetings before Bucknell claimed a 4-0 victory in 1891.
• It would be 88 years and 24 games before the Bison would win its next contest against Cornell.
• Bucknell snapped a seven-game losing streak against Cornell with a 20-7 victory over the Big Red in Lewisburg, Pa. on Sept. 27, 2014 and won two straight before last year's 24-16 Big Red victory in Lewisburg, Pa.

CORNELL VS. THE PATRIOT LEAGUE
• Cornell has a 132-81-7 record against the seven current members of the Patriot League football conference, including a 43-13 edge over Bucknell.
• The Big Red has advantages over Colgate (49-47-3), Fordham (4-3-0), Georgetown (2-1-0), Holy Cross (5-0-0), Lafayette (14-8-2) and Lehigh (15-9-2).
• Cornell dropped a 21-7 decision to Colgate on Sept. 30 at Schoellkopf Field. 

A WIN OVER BUCKNELL WOULD ...
• give Cornell a 2-3 record.
• move the Big Red's record to 2-1 in home games this season.
• be the second straight over Bucknell.
• extend the Big Red's lead in the all-time series to 44-13.
• move to 133-81-7 all-time against current members of the Patriot League.
• make Cornell 3-3 in non-league games since breaking its eight-game non-conference losing streak last fall.
• be the 638th in program history (13th-most in the Football Championship Subdivision).

LAST TIME THEY MET
• At pregame meal, senior captain Matt Sullivan talked to his teammates about the confidence they had built over the offseason.
• Then, when a winning play needed to be made, the big tight end snatched a 22-yard touchdown out of the air that helped Cornell to a 24-16 season-opening win over Bucknell at Christy Mathewson Stadium.
• The Big Red overcame the usual early season jitters that manifested itself in penalties (11 for 85 yards) and missed execution early.
• It didn't affect Cornell's ability to hold on to the ball (zero turnovers) or the defense's ability to separate Bucknell from it (three turnovers).
• Sophomores played an undeniable role in the victory.
• Quarterback Dalton Banks accounted for three touchdowns, running back Chris Walker ran 17 times for 141 yards and cornerback DJ Woullard intercepted two passes.
• Sophomore place-kicker Zach Mays made a career-long 41-yard field goal and all three PAT kicks and placed all five of his kickoffs through the end zone for touchbacks.
• The Big Red scored on all four possessions spanning the second and third quarters, including on three consecutive 11-play drives.
• Junior Daniel Crochet posted a career-high 11 tackles in his first career start.
• The win snapped an eight-game non-conference losing streak and a five-game road skid.
• It also improved Cornell's record in the series to 43-13, ending a two-game losing streak to Bucknell.
• The Big Red trailed 10-0 early in the second quarter and rallied to take the lead in the third.
• The Big Red is now 92-33-4 in season openers, 131-80-7 against Patriot League teams and 104-62-5 in the month of September.

LAST TIME OUT
• The Big Red dominated both lines of scrimmage against the preseason Ivy League favorite Crimson, rallying from a 14-0 deficit to claim a hard-fought 17-14 victory at Schoellkopf Field.
• Junior Zach Mays nailed a 27-yard field goal with 9:58 remaining in the fourth and both units made it hold up.
• The defense allowed 11 yards on 12 plays in the final 10 minutes with four Big Red sacks and a game-saving interception by sophomore Dylan Otolski with four seconds left.
• The offense took the air out of the ball effectively, chewing up 5:28 on an 11-play, 45-yard drive that ended with a punt to give the visitors the ball with just 35 seconds left.
• Cornell limited Harvard to 223 total yards and ran for a season-high 233 itself against a stout Crimson unit.
• The 233 rushing yards was also the most allowed by Harvard in any contest since Princeton posted 267 yards on the ground in 2011.
• The Big Red defense surrendered its lowest yardage total since Yale mustered just 209 in a 17-14 Big Red victory at Schoellkopf in 2008.
• Junior Cyrus Nolan had four tackles with 2.5 for a loss, 1.5 sacks, a forced fumble and a pass breakup in the win, while junior Reis Seggebruch had six tackles and a pair of sacks.
• Otolski's first career interception sealed the win late, but only after senior corner Jelani King tipped the pass.
• It was that type of day for Cornell - a total team effort.
• Senior Jake Jatis, who came on in short yardage situations, ran for a pair of short touchdowns to supplement the running attack of junior Chris Walker (19 carries, 93 yards), sophomore Harold Coles (12 carries, 68 yards) and senior captain Jack Gellatly (18 carries, 49 yards).
• The offensive line opened holes all day and kept both Banks' and Jatis' jerseys clean against a Crimson pass rush that has historically been among the best in the FCS.



NOTES VS. HARVARD
• The Big Red defense surrendered its lowest yardage total since Yale mustered just 209 in a 17-14 Big Red victory at Schoellkopf in 2008.
• Cornell limited Harvard to 223 total yards, the second week in a row the Big Red defense has limited its opponent to under 300 yards, and ran for a season-high 233 itself against a stout Crimson unit.
• The 233 rushing yards was the most by a Big Red team since posting 257 last season against Sacred Heart and the most it has rung up against the Crimson since 1994 (311 yards).
• The 233 rushing yards was also the most allowed by Harvard in any contest since Princeton posted 267 yards on the ground in 2011.
• Senior Jake Jatis scored his first two career rushing touchdowns in the win.
• Senior Nick Gesualdi registered three tackles, moving him into the school's top 20 (215).
• Junior Dalton Banks had 117 passing yards in the contest, good enough to move into fifth on the school's all-time list with 3,389 yards.
• Junior Reis Seggebruch had a team-high five tackles, surpassing the 100-tackle mark for his career (104).
• Cornell rallied from a 14-0 deficit with just over three minutes before halftime, its biggest deficit overcome since its comeback from down 28-5 at Colgate a season ago in a 39-38 road victory.
• Sophomore offensive lineman John Christian Riffle made his first career start, while classmate Tommy McIntyre earned his first varsity snaps at tight end.
• The Big Red held a dominant 36:50-23:10 advantage in time of possession, winning the battle in each of the four quarters.
• Watching the game from the stands was the 1971 Ivy League championship team, including national Player of the Year and Heisman Trophy runner-up Ed Marinaro, as well as members of the 1948-52 teams.
• A strong Employee Day crowd of 7,313 took in the game while students were on fall break.

NOLAN NAMED IVY LEAGUE DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
• Junior defensive lineman Cyrus Nolan was named  the Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week for his effort in a 17-14 win over Harvard on Oct. 7.
• Nolan was a big part of the Big Red's upset of preseason Ivy favorite Harvard and spearheaded one of the best defensive efforts by a Cornell team in a decade.
• The former walk-on and backup defensive lineman had four tackles, 2.5 tackles for a loss, 1.5 sacks, a forced fumble and a pass breakup as Cornell rallied for a 17-14 win over the Crimson, its first victory over Harvard in 12 tries.
• Nolan batted down a first quarter pass that helped force a Harvard punt, had a tackle for loss and a stop on a 2-yard gain as part of a Harvard three-and-out and then dominated in the final quarter.
• He had a huge 13-yard sack and forced a fumble on Harvard's ensuing drive after Cornell took its first lead, then combined on a sack with less than 30 seconds to play that essentially sealed the Big Red's win.
• As a team, the Big Red allowed just 213 yards of offense, the fewest allowed under head coach David Archer.

NEXT UP
• The Big Red will celebrate Homecoming with a contest against Ivy League foe Brown on Saturday, Oct. 21 at 3 p.m. at Schoellkopf Field.
• The contest will complete a rare four-game home stand.
• It will be the 65th meeting between Cornell and Brown, with the Bears holding a 37-26-1 advantage.
• Brown has won 14-of-16, including nine straight, and took last season's meeting 28-21 in double overtime in Providence, R.I.