2021 Buffalo Bulls football | |
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Conference | Mid-American Conference |
East Division | |
Record | 4–8 (2–6 MAC) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Shane Montgomery (1st season) |
Defensive coordinator | Joe Cauthen (1st season) |
Home stadium | University at Buffalo Stadium |
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Kent State xy | 6 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Miami (OH) | 5 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio | 3 | – | 5 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling Green | 2 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Buffalo | 2 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Akron | 1 | – | 7 | 2 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Northern Illinois xy$ | 6 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Central Michigan x | 6 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Toledo | 5 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ball State | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Michigan | 4 | – | 4 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Michigan | 4 | – | 4 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Championship: Northern Illinois 41, Kent State 23 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2021 Buffalo Bulls football team represented the University at Buffalo in the 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bulls were led by first-year coach Maurice Linguist and played their home games at the University at Buffalo Stadium as members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference.
Defensive end Malcolm Koonce was selected in the third round of the 2021 NFL Draft by the Las Vegas Raiders. [1] Koonce was the 15th Buffalo player to be drafted in the program’s history, and the first since 2017, when the Cincinnati Bengals selected Bulls tight end Mason Schreck in the seventh round, at No. 251. [2] Koonce became the third Buffalo player drafted by the Raiders, joining Trevor Scott in 2008 and Khalil Mack in 2014. [2]
Round | Pick | Player | Position | NFL Club |
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3 | 79 | Malcolm Koonce | DE | Las Vegas Raiders |
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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September 2 | 7:00 p.m. | Wagner * | ESPN3 | W 69–7 | 13,063 | |||
September 11 | 3:30 p.m. | at Nebraska * | BTN | L 3–28 | 85,663 | |||
September 18 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 16 Coastal Carolina * |
| ESPN2 | L 25–28 | 16,739 | ||
September 25 | 6:00 p.m. | at Old Dominion * | ESPN+ | W 35–34 | 18,197 | |||
October 2 | 12:00 p.m. | Western Michigan |
| CBSSN | L 17–24 | 17,344 | ||
October 9 | 7:00 p.m. | at Kent State | ESPNU | L 38–48 | 12,105 | |||
October 16 | 12:00 p.m. | Ohio |
| ESPN+ | W 27–26 | 12,909 | ||
October 23 | 3:30 p.m. | at Akron | ESPN+ | W 45–10 | 8,635 | |||
October 30 | 12:00 p.m. | Bowling Green |
| CBSSN | L 44–56 | 13,163 | ||
November 9 | 7:00 p.m. | at Miami (OH) | ESPNU | L 18–45 | 10,069 | |||
November 17 | 7:00 p.m. | Northern Illinois |
| ESPN2 | L 27–33 OT | 13,097 | ||
November 23 | 7:00 p.m. | at Ball State | ESPN+ | L 3–20 | 6,112 | |||
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