American college football season
2017 Buffalo Bulls football |
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Conference | Mid-American Conference |
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Division | East Division |
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Record | 6–6 (4–4 MAC) |
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Head coach | - Lance Leipold (3rd season)
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Offensive coordinator | Andy Kotelnicki (3rd season) |
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Offensive scheme | Multiple pro-style |
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Defensive coordinator | Brian Borland (3rd season) |
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Base defense | 4–3 |
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Home stadium | University at Buffalo Stadium |
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The 2017 Buffalo Bulls football team represented the University at Buffalo in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bulls were led by third-year head coach Lance Leipold and played their home games at University at Buffalo Stadium as members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference. The Bulls finished the season 6–6, 4–4 in MAC play to finish in a tie for third place in the East Division. Despite being bowl-eligible, the Bulls did not receive an invitation to a bowl game.
Coaching staff
Source:[1]
Season notes
Record setting game
On October 7, 2017, the Bulls and Western Michigan to score 139 points in a game that took a record-tying seven overtimes to settle. Buffalo lost 71–68.[2] The game marked the highest-scoring FBS game, breaking the previous record set in 2016.[3]
Bowl snub
On November 24, 2017, Buffalo gained bowl eligibility for just the third time in school history.[4] The Bulls had previously made appearances in the now-defunct International Bowl in 2008 and the Potato Bowl in 2013, then were denied bowl eligibility after a game the Bulls were likely to win was canceled due to a snowstorm and never rescheduled in 2014. The loss of one bowl game compared to the 2016 season and the distribution of wins and losses across the Bowl Subdivision meant that, unlike previous years, there were three fewer openings than there were teams to fill them, and the Bulls were one of the three teams snubbed by all of the bowls.
Schedule
Buffalo announced their 2017 football schedule on January 23, 2017.[5] In out-of-conference play, the Bulls will meet former Western Michigan head coach P. J. Fleck's Minnesota team, as well as the Lane Kiffin-led FAU Owls.
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 31 | 7:00 p.m. | at Minnesota* | | BTN | L 7–17 | 43,224 |
September 9 | 12:00 p.m. | at Army* | | CBSSN | L 17–21 | 24,017 |
September 16 | 6:00 p.m. | Colgate* | | ESPN3 | W 33–10 | 11,546 |
September 23 | 7:00 p.m. | Florida Atlantic* | | ESPN3 | W 34–31 | 14,246 |
September 30 | 3:30 p.m. | at Kent State | | ESPN3 | W 27–13 | 12,355 |
October 7 | 3:30 p.m. | Western Michigan![dagger](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | | ESPNU | L 68–71 7OT | 17,048 |
October 14 | 3:30 p.m. | Northern Illinois | | ESPN3 | L 13–14 | 12,784 |
October 21 | 2:30 p.m. | at Miami (OH) | | ESPN3 | L 14–24 | 13,803 |
October 28 | 11:30 a.m. | at Akron | | CBSSN | L 20–21 | 17,427 |
November 7 | 7:30 p.m. | Bowling Green | | ESPNU | W 38–28 | 12,205 |
November 16 | 7:00 p.m. | at Ball State | | CBSSN | W 40–24 | 5,248 |
November 24 | 1:00 p.m. | Ohio | | ESPN3 | W 31–24 | 12,273 |
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Game summaries
At Minnesota
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bulls | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Golden Gophers | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
At Army
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bulls | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
Black Knights | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
Colgate
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Raiders | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
Bulls | 20 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 33 |
Florida Atlantic
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Owls | 7 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 31 |
Bulls | 14 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 34 |
At Kent State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bulls | 7 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 27 |
Golden Flashes | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
Western Michigan
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | 2OT | 3OT | 4OT | 5OT | 6OT | 7OT | Total |
Broncos | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 71 |
Bulls | 14 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 68 |
Northern Illinois
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Huskies | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
Bulls | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
At Miami (OH)
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bulls | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
RedHawks | 10 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 24 |
At Akron
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bulls | 7 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 20 |
Zips | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
Bowling Green
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Falcons | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
Bulls | 21 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 38 |
At Ball State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bulls | 10 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 40 |
Cardinals | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
Ohio
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bobcats | 7 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 24 |
Bulls | 24 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 31 |
References
- ^ Buffalo Football coaches Archived 2017-05-13 at the Wayback Machine. University at Buffalo Athletics. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
- ^ "Western Michigan vs. Buffalo - Game Recap - October 7, 2017 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved October 27, 2017.
- ^ "Seven OTs, 139 points: WMU edges Buffalo in highest-scoring, longest FBS game". CBSSports.com. Retrieved October 27, 2017.
- ^ "Bulls Become Bowl Eligible with Win over Ohio on Senior Day". Buffalo. November 24, 2017. Archived from the original on December 3, 2017. Retrieved December 2, 2017.
- ^ UB Announces 2017 Football Opponents Archived 2017-04-22 at the Wayback Machine. January 23, 2017. UBBulls.com. University at Buffalo Athletics. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
- ^ 2017 Buffalo Bulls football schedule. FBSchedules.com. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
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