Penn Beats Bucknell 20-7 and Holds the Bison to 126 Yards
Bucknell finished with 126 total yards. It still scored a touchdown, and the reason is a 77-yard interception return by Nate Olson in the second quarter. Take that away and Penn wins 20-0.
Penn beat Bucknell 20-7 and never trailed. Miles Teodecki scored from a yard out at 3:23 of the first quarter, then threw 37 yards to Mason Page with 38 seconds left in it to make it 14-0. The pick-six cut it to 14-7 with 10:12 left in the second quarter, and that was every point Bucknell got. Penn's last score came in the third quarter, a 10-yard pass from Teodecki to Dante Barone with 3:20 left (Mason Walters' extra point was blocked, which is why it is 20-7 and not 21-7).
The Quakers were not tidy. Teodecki threw one interception (the one that went the other way) and lost a fumble, so Penn gave it away twice to Bucknell's one. But the Bison could not do anything with the ball: 84 passing yards, 42 on the ground, 18 carries. Penn ran 43 times for 173 yards and put up 370 total.
Penn is 1-0 and Bucknell sits at 1-3, with a defense that did its job and an offense that did not show up. Penn's defense, for its part, took one sack and the one interception, and the Bison never threatened to get back into it. Penn did not need much more than that. For fantasy, the story is Teodecki: 34.6 points on two passing touchdowns, a rushing touchdown and 87 yards on 13 carries.