2019 Buffalo Bulls football team

The 2019 Buffalo Bulls football team represented the University at Buffalo in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bulls were led by fifth-year head coach Lance Leipold and played their home games at the University at Buffalo Stadium as members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference.

2019 Buffalo Bulls football
Bahamas Bowl champion
Bahamas Bowl, W 31–9 vs. Charlotte
Conference	Mid-American Conference
	East Division
2019 record	8–5 (5–3 MAC)
Head coach	Lance Leipold (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Andy Kotelnicki (5th season)
Defensive coordinator	Brian Borland (5th season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	University at Buffalo Stadium (Capacity: 29,013)
Uniform

2019 Mid-American Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
Miami x$		6	–	2					8	–	6
Ohio		5	–	3					7	–	6
Buffalo		5	–	3					8	–	5
Kent State		5	–	3					7	–	6
Bowling Green		2	–	6					3	–	9
Akron		0	–	8					0	–	12
West Division
Central Michigan x		6	–	2					8	–	6
Western Michigan		5	–	3					7	–	6
Ball State		4	–	4					5	–	7
Northern Illinois		4	–	4					5	–	7
Toledo		3	–	5					6	–	6
Eastern Michigan		3	–	5					6	–	7
Championship: Miami 26, Central Michigan 21
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions

Previous season

The Bulls finished the 2018 season with a 10–4 overall record, including going 7–1, in MAC play to finish first in the East Division and clinch their first ever MAC East Division title before losing to Troy in the Dollar General Bowl.

Preseason

MAC media poll

The MAC released their preseason media poll on July 23, 2019, with the Bulls predicted to finish in third place in the East Division.[1]

East Division
Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Ohio	144 (24)
2	Miami	107
3	Buffalo	100
4	Kent State	62
5	Akron	54
6	Bowling Green	37

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 29	7:00 p.m.	Robert Morris*	UB Stadium Amherst, NY	ESPN+	W 38–10	18,412
September 7	7:30 p.m.	at No. 15 Penn State*	Beaver Stadium University Park, PA	FOX	L 13–45	104,136
September 14	6:00 p.m.	at Liberty*	Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VA	ESPN+	L 17–35	14,584
September 21	3:30 p.m.	Temple*	UB Stadium Amherst, NY	ESPNU	W 38–22	17,621
September 28	12:00 p.m.	at Miami (OH)	Yager Stadium Oxford, OH	ESPNU	L 20–34	18,419
October 5	3:30 p.m.	Ohio	UB Stadium Amherst, NY	ESPN+	L 20–21 ^OT	20,042
October 19	3:00 p.m.	at Akron	InfoCision Stadium Akron, OH	ESPN3	W 21–0	16,909
October 26	3:30 p.m.	Central Michigan	UB Stadium Amherst, NY	ESPN+	W 43–20	14,850
November 2	12:00 p.m.	at Eastern Michigan	Rynearson Stadium Ypsilanti, MI	ESPNU	W 43–14	16,017
November 14	7:00 p.m.	at Kent State	Dix Stadium Kent, OH	CBSSN	L 27–30	8,450
November 20	7:30 p.m.	Toledo	UB Stadium Amherst, NY	ESPN2	W 49–30	13,830
November 29	12:00 p.m.	Bowling Green	UB Stadium Amherst, NY	ESPN+	W 49–7	13,749
December 20	2:00 p.m.	vs. Charlotte*	Thomas Robinson Stadium Nassau, Bahamas (Bahamas Bowl)	ESPN	W 31–9	13,547
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll and CFP Rankings after November 5 released prior to game All times are in Eastern time

Source:[2]

Game summaries

Robert Morris

	1	2	3	4	Total
Colonials	7	3	0	0	10
Bulls	21	7	10	0	38

at Penn State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulls	0	10	3	0	13
No. 15 Nittany Lions	7	0	28	10	45

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–2	Sep. 12, 2015	L, 14–27

at Liberty

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulls	0	7	3	7	17
Flames	7	21	7	0	35

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	Oct. 24, 1998	L, 24–27

Temple

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls	7	0	3	12	22
Bulls	0	24	7	7	38

at Miami (OH)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulls	7	7	0	6	20
RedHawks	0	13	21	0	34

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–14	Oct. 30, 2018	W, 51–42

Ohio

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Bobcats	0	0	7	7	7	21
Bulls	0	7	0	7	6	20

at Akron

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulls	7	0	7	7	21
Zips	0	0	0	0	0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–11	Oct. 13, 2018	W, 24–6

Central Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Chippewas	7	7	0	6	20
Bulls	3	27	3	10	43

at Eastern Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulls	2	27	7	7	43
Eagles	7	0	0	7	14

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–6	Sep. 15, 2018	W, 35–28

at Kent State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulls	7	10	7	3	27
Golden Flashes	0	6	0	24	30

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
13–10	Nov. 6, 2018	W, 48–14

Toledo

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rockets	7	13	3	7	30
Bulls	14	14	7	14	49

Bowling Green

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	0	7	0	0	7
Bulls	21	14	0	14	49

vs. Charlotte (Bahamas Bowl)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulls	7	10	7	7	31
49ers	0	0	6	3	9

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Roster

2019 Buffalo Bulls football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 1 Antonio Nunn Jr WR 4 Isaiah King So RB 5 Kevin Marks So QB 7 Kyle Vantrease  So RB 8 Dylan McDuffie  Fr QB 9 Dominic Johnson Jr QB 10 Matt Myers  Fr RB 11 Theo Anderson Jr WR 13 Tito Overton Jr WR 14 Jelani Foster Fr WR 18 Trevor Wilson Fr WR 19 Shemar Hayes So RB 21 Tajay Ahmed Fr RB 26 Jaret Patterson So WR 27 Steven Shoemaker So WR 30 Josh Griffen So TE 36 Cole Burniston  Fr RB 43 Solomon Brown  Fr TE 44 Jake Molinich Jr OL 59 Jake Fuzak Jr OL 60 Trevor Cahill  Fr OL 62 Mike Novitsky  Fr OL 63 Austin Kunick Sr OL 64 Michael Kenefick Sr OL 65 Tomas Jack-Kurdyla Sr OL 66 Jacob Gall So OL 67 Evin Ksiezarczyk Sr OL 70 Tyler Leroux  Fr OL 71 Dan Kubik So OL 72 Paul Nosworthy Sr OL 73 Kayode Awosika Jr OL 75 Trey Derouen Sr OL 76 Anthony Laudicina Fr OL 79 Jack Klenk Jr TE 80 Matt McCarthy  Fr TE 85 Julien Bourassa So WR 86 LeMaro Smith Jr.  Fr WR 87 Jovany Ruiz Jr WR 88 Dajuan Hudson Sr TE 89 Zac Lefebvre Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class S 2 Ashton White Sr CB 3 Aapri Washington  So LB 5 Tim Terry Jr.  So S 7 Dawun Hylton  So CB 12 Devon Russell  Sr LB 13 Sean Colgan Jr LB 16 Max Michel  Fr LB 18 Roy Baker Jr LB 20 James Patterson So LB 21 Justin Mulbah  Jr S 22 Joey Banks Sr LB 23 Jake Zimmer  Fr S 24 Corey Gross Jr.  Fr S 28 Dev Lamour Sr CB 30 Wankeith Akin Jr.  So LB 31 Kadofi Wright Jr S 32 Owen Chambers  Fr S 33 Tyrone Hill Jr LB 34 Ja'Varius Harrison Jr CB 35 Ali Abbas Jr CB 39 Dylan Powell Jr LB 42 Matt Otwinowski Sr S 45 Evan Gantley  So LB 48 Fabian Weitz  Fr DE 49 Taylor Riggins Jr DE 50 MalcoLm Koonce Jr DE 51 Xander Heim  So DE 52 Ledarius Mack Sr DE 53 Eric Black  So DT 54 DeShondrick Foxworth Sr DT 91 Eddie Wilson So DT 92 Ronald McGee So DT 93 Chibueze Onwuka Jr DT 95 Tyrece Woods, Jr. Fr DT 97 Atunaisa Vainikolo  Jr DE 99 Frendy Darelus  So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 11 Alex McNulty So P 40 Evan Finegan  So LS 57 Jeremiah Riordan Jr	Head coach Lance Leipold Coordinators/assistant coaches Rob Ianello (Associate head coach / Recruiting Coordinator / Wide Receivers) Brian Borland (Defensive Coordinator / Cornerbacks) Andy Kotelnicki (Offensive Coordinator / Running backs) Scott Fuchs (Offensive Line) Alan Hensell (Tight Ends) Chris Simpson (Linebackers / Defensive Run Game Coordinator) Brad McCaslin (Defensive Tackles) Jim Zebrowski (Quarterbacks / Co-Offensive Coordinator / Passing game coordinator) Taiwo Onatolu (Defensive Ends / Special Teams Coordinator) Jeff Burrow (Safeties) Matt Gildersleeve (Head Strength and Conditioning Coach) Ryan Wilson (Graduate Assistant) Daniel Allen (Graduate Assistant) James Daniels (Graduate Assistant) Isaac Reed (Graduate Assistant) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: April 24, 2019

References

1. "MAC Announces 2019 Preseason Football Poll". getsomemaction.com. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
2. 2019 Buffalo Bulls football schedule. FBSchedules.com. Retrieved March 11, 2019.