List of Buffalo Bulls football seasons

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This is a list of seasons completed by the Buffalo Bulls football team of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). Buffalo's first football team was fielded in 1894.

Buffalo originally competed as a football independent. Following the 1970 season, Buffalo's football team was discontinued for six seasons, before being reinstated as a Division III team in 1977. Buffalo competed as a I-AA team for six seasons before joining the I-A's Mid-American Conference in 1999, of which it has been a member since.

Seasons

Statistics correct as of the end of the 2025–26 college football season
NCAA Division I champions Conference ChampionsDivision ChampionsBowl EligibleUndefeated Season
YearNCAA DivisionConferenceConference DivisionOverallConferenceCoachFinal Ranking
GamesWinLossTiePct.GamesWinLossPct.StandingAPCoaches'
1894 N/A Independent N/A2011.250N/ANo Coach--
1895 2011.250--
1896 3102.667Fred D. Townsend--
1897 77001.000N/A C.W. Dibble --
1898 5410.800N/ANo Coach--
1899 8710.875 Bemus Pierce --
1900 4112.500No Coach--
1901 6420.667James B. “Turk” Gordon--
1902 7241.357No Coach--
1903 6330.500 Ray Turnbull --
1904No team
1905
1906
1907
1908
1909
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915 N/A Independent N/A7340.429N/A Frank Mt. Pleasant --
1916 10352.400 Art Powell --
1917 8440.500--
1918 4310.750--
1919 6051.083--
1920 5140.200--
1921 7232.429--
1922 6150.167 George "Dim" Batterson --
1923 8251.313 James Bond --
1924 8170.125 Russ Carrick --
1925 8341.438--
1926 New York State Conference7070.000--
1927 7061.071--
1928 7160.143--
1929 7520.714 Jay "Biffy" Lee --
1930 8350.375--
1931 8260.250 Bill Pritchard --
1932 7151.214 Jim Wilson --
1933 7232.429--
1934 7241.357 George Van Bibber --
1935 Independent 8260.250--
1936 8530.625 Jim Peelle --
1937 8440.500--
1938 8260.250--
1939 7070.000--
1940 8350.375--
1941 8341.438--
1942 8620.750--
1943No team due to World War II
1944
1945
1946 N/A Independent N/A9720.778N/A Jim Peelle --
1947 9810.889--
1948 8611.813 Frank Clair --
1949 9630.667--
1950 8530.625 Jim Wilson --
1951 8440.500--
1952 8170.125 Friedrich "Fritz" Febel --
1953 7151.214--
1954 9270.222--
1955 9441.500 Dick Offenhamer --
1956 College8530.625--
1957 9540.556--
1958 9810.889N/A Dick Offenhamer --
1959 9810.889N/A Dick Offenhamer --
1960 10460.400--
1961 9450.444--
1962 University9630.667--
1963 9531.611--
1964 9441.500--
1965 10532.600--
1966 10550.500 Richard "Doc" Urich --
1967 10640.600--
1968 10730.700--
1969 9630.667 Bob Deming --
1970 11290.182--
1971No team
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977 III Division III Independent N/A4031.125N/A Bill Dando --
1978 9360.333--
1979 9450.444--
1980 11650.545--
1981 10550.500--
1982 10550.500--
1983 10820.800--
1984 10640.600--
1985 10460.400--
1986 11920.818--
1987 10370.300--
1988 10280.200--
1989 10460.400--
1990 10280.200 Sam Sanders --
1991 10370.300--
1992 10460.400 Jim Ward --
1993 I-AA Division I-AA Independent 111100.091--
1994 11380.273--
1995 11380.273 Craig Cirbus --
1996 11830.727--
1997 11290.182--
1998 11470.364--
1999 I-A MAC East110110.000808.0007th (East)--
2000 11290.182826.250T-5th (East)--
2001 11380.273817.125T-6th (East) Jim Hofher --
2002 121110.083808.0007th (East)--
2003 121110.083817.125T-6th (East)--
2004 11290.182826.250T-5th (East)--
2005 111100.091817.1255th (East)--
2006 FBS 122100.167817.1256th (East) Turner Gill --
2007 12570.417853.625 T-1st (East) Turner Gill --
2008 14860.571853.625 1st (East) Turner Gill --
2009 12570.417835.375 5th (East) Turner Gill --
2010 122100.167817.125 T-5th (East) Jeff Quinn --
2011 12390.250826.250 6th (East) --
2012 12480.333835.375 T-4th (East) --
2013 13850.615862.750 2nd (East) Jeff Quinn --
2014 11560.455734.429 3rd (East) Jeff Quinn --
2015 12570.417835.375 4th (East) Lance Leipold --
2016 122100.167817.125 6th (East) --
2017 12660.500844.500 T-3rd (East) Lance Leipold --
2018 141040.714871.875 1st (East) Lance Leipold --
2019 13850.615853.625 T-2nd (East) Lance Leipold --
2020 7610.8575501.00 1st (East) Lance Leipold 25
2021 12480.333826.250 T-4th (East) Maurice Linguist --
2022 13760.538853.625 T-2nd (East) Maurice Linguist --
2023 12390.250835.375 T-4th (East) Maurice Linguist --
2024 N/A13940.692862.750 T-3rd Pete Lembo --
2025 12570.417844.500 T-6th Pete Lembo --
Totals97641255528.42818866122.351

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References

  1. ↑ "The Sports Network Football Bowl Subdivision". www.sportsnetwork.com. Archived from the original on November 9, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Buffalo Bulls Stats, History, and More - databaseFootball.com/College". databasefootball.com. Archived from the original on January 5, 2012. Retrieved December 19, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Buffalo Historical Data". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved February 11, 2014.
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