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FROM KEITH GROLLER
Bucknell has suffered many lopsided losses to Lehigh over the past 15 years.
But on Saturday, the Bison delivered a painful payback to the Mountain Hawks.
In one of the most startling, and disappointing, outcomes for the Lehigh in several seasons, the No. 15 ranked Mountain Hawks were routed by Bucknell 48-10 on what proved to be a most happy Homecoming at Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium in Lewisburg.
Lehigh fumbled the opening kickoff and it was all downhill from there for the Mountain Hawks, who fell to 6-2 overall, 1-1 in the Patriot League.
What might have been an enjoyable bye week will now turn into 14 days of misery until Lehigh returns to action on Nov. 9 when it hosts Holy Cross at Goodman Stadium.
It was Bucknell's most lopsided win over anyone since the Bison rolled over Towson 51-10 on Oct. 6 in 2001.
It also tied a record for Bucknell points scored in 76 previous meetings. The Bison also scored 48 in 1954, but that was a 48-46 thriller.
Lehigh had won 15 straight in the series and had outscored the Bison by an average of 36 to 12 in the streak.
But this time, the Bison flipped the script. Quarterback Brandon Wesley completed 16 of 21 passes for 213 yards. CJ Williams ran for 154 yards and three TDs.
Bucknell (3-4) outgained Lehigh 509-316. Five turnovers by the Mountain Hawks, including four interceptions, certainly didn't help.
Brandon Bialkowski threw two of them before he was injured in the third quarter. Backups Matt McHale and Nick Shafnisky also threw one apiece.
However, Shafnisky, the freshman from Whitehall getting his first collegiate action, ran three times for 28 yards and actually wound up as Lehigh's second leading rusher on the day.
While nice for Shafnisky, 28 yards rushing being the second best total summed up what kind of day it was for Lehigh.
Lehigh --- 0 -3 - 7 - 0 -- 10
Bucknell - 13 -14 - 14 - 7 -- 48
SCORING SUMMARY
FIRST QUARTER
B-Derek Maurer 32 FG 13:36 (Drive: 4 plays, 8 yards, 1:16)
B-Travis Friend 3 pass from Brandon Wesley (Maurer kick) 10:18 (Drive: 6 plays, 58 yds, 2:48)
B-Maurer 28 FG 5:23 (Drive: 6 plays, 63 yds, 2:38)
SECOND QUARTER
B-CJ Williams 2 run (Maurer kick) 13:58 (Drive: 7 plays, 93 yds, 2:55)
B-Wesley 5 run (Maurer kick) 7:27 (Drive: 9 plays, 62 yds, 5:11)
L-Ryan Pandy 25 FG 0:23 (Drive: 13 plays, 71 yds, 5:56)
THIRD QUARTER
B-Terry Bennett 17 run (Maurer kick) 10:24 (Drive: 9 plays, 76 yds, 4:32)
L-Keith Sherman 3 run (Pandy kick) 7:51 (Drive: 8 plays, 75 yds, 2:33)
B-CJ Williams 8 run (Maurer kick) 3:25 (Drive: 8 plays, 50 yds, 4:18)
FOURTH QUARER
B-Matt DelMauro 22 run (Maurer kick) 2:36 (Drive: 5 plays, 66 yds, 2:52)
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