Teams / Mid-American / Buffalo
Index · this season
51
at its 5-year level
Career48since 1936
Peak652018
Last 552seasons
#126 nationally · 3-3 (1-1 conf)
Résumé #100 · record ahead of its play
Schedule so far #124
Margin ±5 pts (tightens with games)
Buffalo Bulls
Mid-American · Amherst, NY · UB Stadium · Head coach Pete Lembo
Rival
Kent State · also Ohio
Building rivalry
16-13 all time (29 meetings since 1966)
Buffalo leads
Last: won 31-28 (2025) · Buffalo has won 3 straight
Holds it
program traits are earned from history
0national titles
0Heisman
0AP top-10
1All-Americans
11NFL picks
41.2%win pct
History since 1936 · football since 1958. Every season →
Chemistry
48
43Foundation
57Gel
gel counts 40% so far
▼ Below its norm -4
early · #109 of 138
HC year3
Ret. starters18%
QB yrs w/ OC1
| Season | Record | Conference | AP final | Season rank | Rating | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026in progress | 3-3 | Mid-American | — | #126 | 51 | Pete Lembo |
| 2025 | 5-7 | Mid-American | — | #119 | 51 | Pete Lembo |
| 2024 | 9-4 | Mid-American | — | #93 | 58 | Pete Lembo; Maurice Linguist |
| 2023 | 3-9 | Mid-American | — | #124 | 48 | Maurice Linguist |
| 2022 | 7-6 | Mid-American | — | #97 | 56 | Maurice Linguist |
| 2021 | 4-8 | Mid-American | — | #113 | 49 | Maurice Linguist |
| 2020 | 6-1 | Mid-American | #25 | — | — | Lance Leipold |
| 2019 | 8-5 | Mid-American | — | #66 | 63 | Lance Leipold |
| 2018 | 10-4 | Mid-American | — | #65 | 65 | Lance Leipold |
| 2017 | 6-6 | Mid-American | — | #82 | 60 | Lance Leipold |
| 2016 | 2-10 | Mid-American | — | #127 | 35 | Lance Leipold |
| 2015 | 5-7 | Mid-American | — | #98 | 54 | Lance Leipold |
| 2014 | 5-6 | Mid-American | — | #108 | 52 | Jeff Quinn; Alex Wood |
| 2013 | 8-5 | Mid-American | — | #68 | 64 | Jeff Quinn |
| 2012 | 4-8 | Mid-American | — | #105 | 52 | Jeff Quinn |
| 2011 | 3-9 | Mid-American | — | #107 | 50 | Jeff Quinn |
| 2010 | 2-10 | Mid-American | — | #118 | 31 | Jeff Quinn |
| 2009 | 5-7 | Mid-American | — | #91 | 55 | Turner Gill |
| 2008 | 8-6 | Mid-American | — | #69 | 62 | Turner Gill |
| 2007 | 5-7 | Mid-American | — | #95 | 52 | Turner Gill |
| 2006 | 2-10 | Mid-American | — | #114 | 36 | Turner Gill |
| 2005 | 1-10 | Mid-American | — | #117 | 33 | Jim Hofher |
| 2004 | 2-9 | Mid-American | — | #118 | 31 | Jim Hofher |
| 2003 | 1-11 | Mid-American | — | #111 | 39 | Jim Hofher |
| 2002 | 1-11 | Mid-American | — | #110 | 37 | Jim Hofher |
| 2001 | 3-8 | Mid-American | — | #107 | 46 | Jim Hofher |
| 2000 | 2-9 | Mid-American | — | #114 | 27 | Craig Cirbus |
| 1999 | 0-11 | Mid-American | — | #114 | 18 | Craig Cirbus |
| 1970 | 2-9 | FBS Independents | — | #103 | 28 | Bob Deming |
| 1969 | 6-3 | FBS Independents | — | #68 | 59 | Bob Deming |
| 1968 | 7-3 | FBS Independents | — | #98 | 40 | Doc Urich |
| 1967 | 6-4 | FBS Independents | — | #85 | 55 | Doc Urich |
| 1966 | 5-5 | FBS Independents | — | #81 | 55 | Doc Urich |
| 1965 | 5-3-2 | FBS Independents | — | #88 | 53 | Dick Offenhamer |
| 1964 | 4-4-1 | FBS Independents | — | #88 | 53 | Dick Offenhamer |
| 1963 | 5-3-1 | FBS Independents | — | #89 | 54 | Dick Offenhamer |
| 1962 | 6-3 | FBS Independents | — | #97 | 42 | Dick Offenhamer |
| 1961 | 1-3 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | |
| 1960 | 0-4 | FBS Independents | — | — | — | |
| 1958 | 2-0 | FBS Independents | — | — | — |
★ = a national title the school claims. Seasons before 1936 (the first AP poll) are the early era: shown in gray and rated on the same yardstick, but the all-time pool and program totals that matter most start in 1936.