Scott Auchenbach, 1990

Football

Scott Auchenbach ’90 was one of the best passing quarterbacks in Bucknell football history. As a senior in 1989 he was named Most Valuable Player of the Colonial League and was selected as an Honorable Mention All-American. He ranked seventh among all Division I-AA quarterbacks in passing efficiency that season, and he graduated with 13 school passing and total offense records. Auchenbach threw for 2,385 yards and 19 touchdowns in 1989 and had 418 completions for 5,256 yards and 42 touchdowns in his career.

A team co-captain and Christy Mathewson Award winner as the top senior athlete at Bucknell, Auchenbach still holds school records for passing yards in a season and career, completions in a career, touchdown passes in a career and total offense in a season (2,511 in 1989) and career (5,404). He is the only quarterback in 119 years of Bison football to throw for over 5,000 yards, and his name is still etched in the NCAA record book for most consecutive completions to start a game (18 vs. Colgate in 1989).