2021 Patriot League Football Championship Game
| 2021 Patriot League Football Championship Game | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Conference Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | April 17, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Lewisburg, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | CBSSN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Jason Knapp (play-by-play), and Ross Tucker (analyst) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Holy Cross $^ | 2 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fordham | 2 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colgate | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bucknell | 2 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lafayette | 2 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lehigh | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Championship: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2021 Patriot League Football Championship Game was a college football game played on Saturday April 17, 2021, to determine the 2020–21 champion of the Patriot League.[1] The game featured the south division champions Bucknell Bison and the North division champions Holy Cross Crusaders in the conference's first championship game. The game was held because the Patriot League split into two divisions for the first time in its history, after the Georgetown Hoyas opted out of the 2021 spring football season.
Teams
The game was played between the Holy Cross Crusaders and the Bucknell Bison. This was the 37th overall meeting between the programs; Holy Cross entered the game leading the all-time series, 23–13.[2]
Holy Cross Crusaders
Holy Cross entered the game with a 2–0 record. They finished first in the north division of the Patriot League. Holy Cross had been the Patriot League champions 7 times prior in 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 2009, 2019.[3]
Bucknell Bison
Bucknell entered the game with a 2–1 record. They finished first in the south division of the Patriot League. Bucknell has only won the Patriot League championship once, in 1996.[4]
Game summary
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Holy Cross | 17 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 33 |
| Bucknell | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
at Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium, Lewisburg, PA
- Date: Saturday, April 17, 2021
- Game time: 2 p.m. EST
- Game weather: Cloudy • Temperature: 55 °F (13 °C) • Wind: NW 6 mph
- Game attendance: 996
- TV announcers (CBSSN): Jason Knapp (play-by-play), and Ross Tucker (analyst)
- Box Score:[5]
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References
- ^ "2021 Patriot League Spring Football Championship". patriotleague.org. Patriot League. April 17, 2021. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
- ^ "Bucknell Hosts Holy Cross in First Patriot League Football Championship Game (4.16.21)". patriotleague.org. Patriot League. April 16, 2021. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
- ^ "Holy Cross wins 2019 Patriot League Championship". Holy Cross Athletics. November 23, 2019. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
- ^ "1996 Championship Football Team to be Honored Saturday". patriotleague.org. Patriot League. September 6, 2006. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
- ^ "Bucknell vs Holy Cross - Football - 4/17/2021 - Box Score - Patriot League". patriotleague.org. Patriot League. April 17, 2021. Archived from the original on December 14, 2021. Retrieved May 2, 2021.