Buffalo Bulls football records

This article concerns the Buffalo Bulls football records. These records include game statistics from when the Bulls first joined the Mid-American Conference in 1999. Games that went overtime are included, along with records of games between the Buffalo Bulls and teams belonging to the Bowl Championship Series.

Year-by-year results

All-time MAC records

Statistics correct as of the end of the 2017–18 college football season

This table includes all MAC games from 1999, the year the Bulls joined the Mid-American Conference.

Opponent	Games	Win	Loss	Pct.	PF	PA	First Meeting	Last Meeting	Streak	Most recent win
Akron	19	8	11	.421	450	466	1999	2019	W 2	2019, 21-0
Ball State	9	2	7	.000	226	316	2000	2017	W 1	2017, 40-24
Bowling Green	15	4	11	.267	337	454	2000	2017	W 1	2017, 38–28
Central Michigan	8	1	7	.125	157	233	1999	2015	L 5	2004, 36–6
Eastern Michigan	8	2	6	.250	144	164	2001	2018	W 1	2018, 35-28
Kent State	16	8	8	.500	320	367	1999	2017	W 1	2017, 27–13
Miami University	19	6	13	.316	386	584	1999	2017	L 2	2015, 29–24
Northern Illinois	10	0	10	.000	150	409	1999	2017	L 10	-
Ohio	15	6	9	.400	448	483	1999	2017	W 1	2017, 31–24
Toledo	5	1	4	.200	148	203	2003	2013	L 2	2007, 43–33
UMass	2	2	0	1.000	61	22	2012	2015	W 2	2014, 41–21
Western Michigan	9	2	7	.222	244	308	1999	2017	L 2	2013, 33–0
Central Florida (2002–2004)	3	1	2	.333	79	84	2002	2004	W 1	2004, 48–20
Marshall (1999–2004)	6	0	6	.000	82	280	1999	2004	L 6	-
Temple (2007–2011)	5	2	3	.400	85	148	2007	2018	W 1	2018, 36–29
Totals	147	43	104	.293	3272	4515

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Overtime

Statistics correct as of the end of the 2017–18 college football season

Following the 1995 season, the NCAA changed the rules to allow for overtime on games tied at the end of four quarters. Until that time, the Bulls had tied 28 times. Since then, Buffalo has participated in twelve overtimes game and have won eight of those games.

Year	Opponent	Venue	Number of OT	Victor	Score
2000	Kent State	UB Stadium	1OT	Buffalo	W 20–17
2006	Temple	UB Stadium	1OT	Buffalo	W 9–3
2006	Bowling Green	Doyt Perry Stadium	3OT	Bowling Green	L 40–48
2007	Kent State	Dix Stadium	1OT	Buffalo	W 30–23
2008	Western Michigan	UB Stadium	1OT	Western Michigan	L 28–34
2008	Army	UB Stadium	1OT	Buffalo	W 27–24
2008	Akron	Rubber Bowl	4OT	Buffalo	W 43–40
2008	Bowling Green	Doyt Perry Stadium	2OT	Buffalo	W 40–34
2009	Western Michigan	Waldo Stadium	1OT	Western Michigan	L 31–34
2013	Stony Brook	UB Stadium	5OT	Buffalo	W 26–23
2016	Army	UB Stadium	1OT	Buffalo	W 23–20
2017	Western Michigan	UB Stadium	7OT	Buffalo	L 71–68

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Buffalo vs. the BCS

Statistics correct as of the end of the 2013–14 college football season

Since joining the MAC in 1999, the Bulls have played 34 regular season games and 1 postseason game against teams that are a member of one of the six conferences of the Bowl Championship Series, and have gone 2–33 all time against them (2–32 in the regular season, and 0–1 in the postseason). The Bulls have gone 0–2 against the ACC, 0–5 against the Big Ten, 0–4 against the Big 12, 2–21 against the Big East (0–1 in postseason play), and 0–3 against the SEC. The Bulls have yet to play against a team from the Pac-12 Conference. This table includes only games with teams that were members of one of the six BCS conferences at the time the game indicated was played. The conferences indicated are also reflective of the conference the team was a member of at the time the game was played.

Season	Date	vs./@	Opponent	W/L	PF	PA	Conference	Site	Coach	Attendance	Opponent's Ranking	Bowl game
1999	11/13/1999	@	Virginia	L	21	50	ACC	Scott Stadium	Craig Cirbus	40,100	-	No
2000	9/2/2000	@	Syracuse	L	7	63	Big East	Carrier Dome	Craig Cirbus	40,634	-	No
2000	9/9/2000	@	Rutgers	L	0	59	Big East	Rutgers Stadium	Craig Cirbus	26,511	-	No
2001	8/30/2001	vs.	Rutgers	L	15	31	Big East	UB Stadium	Jim Hofher	22,658	-	No
2002	9/7/2002	@	Rutgers	W	34	11	Big East	Rutgers Stadium	Jim Hofher	19,101	-	No
2002	9/21/2002	@	Minnesota	L	17	41	Big Ten	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	Jim Hofher	34,294	-	No
2003	8/30/2003	@	Rutgers	L	10	24	Big East	Rutgers Stadium	Jim Hofher	25,011	-	No
2003	9/6/2003	@	Iowa	L	7	56	Big Ten	Kinnick Stadium	Jim Hofher	54,471	#23	No
2004	9/11/2004	vs.	Syracuse	L	17	37	Big East	UB Stadium	Jim Hofher	29,013	-	No
2004	11/20/2004	@	Connecticut	L	0	29	Big East	Rentschler Field	Jim Hofher	40,000	-	No
2005	9/1/2005	@	Connecticut	L	0	38	Big East	Rentschler Field	Jim Hofher	40,000	-	No
2005	9/10/2005	@	Syracuse	L	0	31	Big East	Carrier Dome	Jim Hofher	34,442	-	No
2005	9/17/2005	vs.	Rutgers	L	3	17	Big East	UB Stadium	Jim Hofher	17,620	-	No
2006	9/23/2006	@	Auburn	L	7	38	SEC	Jordan–Hare Stadium	Turner Gill	84,921	#3	No
2006	10/28/2006	@	Boston College	L	0	41	ACC	Alumni Stadium	Turner Gill	14,682	#17	No
2006	11/18/2006	@	Wisconsin	L	3	35	Big Ten	Camp Randall Stadium	Turner Gill	80,850	#10	No
2007	8/30/2007	@	Rutgers	L	3	38	Big East	Rutgers Stadium	Turner Gill	43,091	#16	No
2007	9/15/2007	@	Penn State	L	24	45	Big Ten	Beaver Stadium	Turner Gill	107,506	#12	No
2007	9/22/2007	vs.	Baylor	L	21	34	Big 12	UB Stadium	Turner Gill	22,676	-	No
2007	10/20/2007	@	Syracuse	L	12	20	Big East	Carrier Dome	Turner Gill	30,897	-	No
2008	9/6/2008	@	Pittsburgh	L	16	27	Big East	Heinz Field	Turner Gill	42,494	-	No
2008	9/20/2008	@	Missouri	L	21	42	Big 12	Faurot Field	Turner Gill	65,566	#5	No
2008	1/3/2009	vs.	Connecticut	L	20	38	Big East	Rogers Centre	Turner Gill	40,184	-	Yes
2009	9/12/2009	vs.	Pittsburgh	L	27	54	Big East	UB Stadium	Turner Gill	21,870	-	No
2010	9/11/2010	@	Baylor	L	6	34	Big 12	Floyd Casey Stadium	Jeff Quinn	40,853	-	No
2010	9/25/2010	@	Connecticut	L	21	45	Big East	Rentschler Field	Jeff Quinn	36,738	-	No
2011	9/3/2011	@	Pittsburgh	L	16	35	Big East	Heinz Field	Jeff Quinn	48,359	-	No
2011	9/24/2011	vs.	Connecticut	L	3	17	Big East	UB Stadium	Jeff Quinn	18,215	-	No
2011	10/1/2011	@	Tennessee	L	10	41	SEC	Neyland Stadium	Jeff Quinn	87,758	-	No
2012	9/1/2012	@	Georgia	L	23	45	SEC	Sanford Stadium	Jeff Quinn	92,446	#6	No
2012	9/29/2012	@	Connecticut	L	17	24	Big East	Rentschler Field	Jeff Quinn	34,666	-	No
2012	10/20/2012	vs.	Pittsburgh	L	6	20	Big East	UB Stadium	Jeff Quinn	17,021	-	No
2013	8/31/2013	@	Ohio State	L	20	40	Big Ten	Ohio Stadium	Jeff Quinn	103,980	#2	No
2013	9/7/2013	@	Baylor	L	13	70	Big 12	Floyd Casey Stadium	Jeff Quinn	39,126	#23	No
2013	9/28/2013	vs.	Connecticut	W	41	12	Big East	UB Stadium	Jeff Quinn	20,952	-	No
Totals			2–33		461	1282				1,518,703
Regular Season Totals			2–32		441	1244				1,478,522
Postseason Totals			0–1		20	38				40,184

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References

1. "Buffalo Records by Team". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved 2015-08-12.