List of Buffalo Bulls football seasons
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 Champions | Division Champions | Bowl Eligible | Undefeated Season |
| Year | NCAA Division | Conference | Conference Division | Overall | Conference | Coach | Final Ranking | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Games | Win | Loss | Tie | Pct. | Games | Win | Loss | Pct. | Standing | AP | Coaches' | |||||
| 1894 | N/A | Independent | N/A | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 | N/A | No Coach | - | - | ||||
| 1895 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 | - | - | |||||||||
| 1896 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .667 | Fred D. Townsend | - | - | ||||||||
| 1897 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | N/A | C.W. Dibble | - | - | |||||||
| 1898 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | N/A | No Coach | - | - | |||||||
| 1899 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .875 | Bemus Pierce | - | - | ||||||||
| 1900 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .500 | No Coach | - | - | ||||||||
| 1901 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .667 | James B. “Turk” Gordon | - | - | ||||||||
| 1902 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .357 | No Coach | - | - | ||||||||
| 1903 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .500 | Ray Turnbull | - | - | ||||||||
| 1904 | No team | |||||||||||||||
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| 1915 | N/A | Independent | N/A | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .429 | N/A | Frank Mt. Pleasant | - | - | ||||
| 1916 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | .400 | Art Powell | - | - | ||||||||
| 1917 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .500 | - | - | |||||||||
| 1918 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | - | - | |||||||||
| 1919 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | .083 | - | - | |||||||||
| 1920 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .200 | - | - | |||||||||
| 1921 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | .429 | - | - | |||||||||
| 1922 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .167 | George "Dim" Batterson | - | - | ||||||||
| 1923 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | .313 | James Bond | - | - | ||||||||
| 1924 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .125 | Russ Carrick | - | - | ||||||||
| 1925 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .438 | - | - | |||||||||
| 1926 | New York State Conference | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .000 | - | - | ||||||||
| 1927 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | .071 | - | - | |||||||||
| 1928 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .143 | - | - | |||||||||
| 1929 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .714 | Jay "Biffy" Lee | - | - | ||||||||
| 1930 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .375 | - | - | |||||||||
| 1931 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .250 | Bill Pritchard | - | - | ||||||||
| 1932 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | .214 | Jim Wilson | - | - | ||||||||
| 1933 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | .429 | - | - | |||||||||
| 1934 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .357 | George Van Bibber | - | - | ||||||||
| 1935 | Independent | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .250 | - | - | ||||||||
| 1936 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .625 | Jim Peelle | - | - | ||||||||
| 1937 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .500 | - | - | |||||||||
| 1938 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .250 | - | - | |||||||||
| 1939 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .000 | - | - | |||||||||
| 1940 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .375 | - | - | |||||||||
| 1941 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .438 | - | - | |||||||||
| 1942 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .750 | - | - | |||||||||
| 1943 | No team due to World War II | |||||||||||||||
| 1944 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1945 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1946 | N/A | Independent | N/A | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .778 | N/A | Jim Peelle | - | - | ||||
| 1947 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .889 | - | - | |||||||||
| 1948 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .813 | Frank Clair | - | - | ||||||||
| 1949 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .667 | - | - | |||||||||
| 1950 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .625 | Jim Wilson | - | - | ||||||||
| 1951 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .500 | - | - | |||||||||
| 1952 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .125 | Friedrich "Fritz" Febel | - | - | ||||||||
| 1953 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | .214 | - | - | |||||||||
| 1954 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | .222 | - | - | |||||||||
| 1955 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .500 | Dick Offenhamer | - | - | ||||||||
| 1956 | College | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .625 | - | - | ||||||||
| 1957 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .556 | - | - | |||||||||
| 1958 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .889 | N/A | Dick Offenhamer | - | - | |||||||
| 1959 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .889 | N/A | Dick Offenhamer | - | - | |||||||
| 1960 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | .400 | - | - | |||||||||
| 1961 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | .444 | - | - | |||||||||
| 1962 | University | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .667 | - | - | ||||||||
| 1963 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .611 | - | - | |||||||||
| 1964 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .500 | - | - | |||||||||
| 1965 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .600 | - | - | |||||||||
| 1966 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .500 | Richard "Doc" Urich | - | - | ||||||||
| 1967 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .600 | - | - | |||||||||
| 1968 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .700 | - | - | |||||||||
| 1969 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .667 | Bob Deming | - | - | ||||||||
| 1970 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | .182 | - | - | |||||||||
| 1971 | No team | |||||||||||||||
| 1972 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1973 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1974 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1975 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1976 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1977 | III | Division III Independent | N/A | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .125 | N/A | Bill Dando | - | - | ||||
| 1978 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | .333 | - | - | |||||||||
| 1979 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | .444 | - | - | |||||||||
| 1980 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | .545 | - | - | |||||||||
| 1981 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .500 | - | - | |||||||||
| 1982 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .500 | - | - | |||||||||
| 1983 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .800 | - | - | |||||||||
| 1984 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .600 | - | - | |||||||||
| 1985 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | .400 | - | - | |||||||||
| 1986 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .818 | - | - | |||||||||
| 1987 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | .300 | - | - | |||||||||
| 1988 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | .200 | - | - | |||||||||
| 1989 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | .400 | - | - | |||||||||
| 1990 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | .200 | Sam Sanders | - | - | ||||||||
| 1991 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | .300 | - | - | |||||||||
| 1992 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | .400 | Jim Ward | - | - | ||||||||
| 1993 | I-AA | Division I-AA Independent | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | .091 | - | - | |||||||
| 1994 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | .273 | - | - | |||||||||
| 1995 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | .273 | Craig Cirbus | - | - | ||||||||
| 1996 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .727 | - | - | |||||||||
| 1997 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | .182 | - | - | |||||||||
| 1998 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | .364 | - | - | |||||||||
| 1999 | I-A | MAC | East | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | .000 | 8 | 0 | 8 | .000 | 7th (East) | - | - | |
| 2000 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | .182 | 8 | 2 | 6 | .250 | T-5th (East) | - | - | ||||
| 2001 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | .273 | 8 | 1 | 7 | .125 | T-6th (East) | Jim Hofher | - | - | |||
| 2002 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 0 | .083 | 8 | 0 | 8 | .000 | 7th (East) | - | - | ||||
| 2003 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 0 | .083 | 8 | 1 | 7 | .125 | T-6th (East) | - | - | ||||
| 2004 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | .182 | 8 | 2 | 6 | .250 | T-5th (East) | - | - | ||||
| 2005 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | .091 | 8 | 1 | 7 | .125 | 5th (East) | - | - | ||||
| 2006 | FBS | 12 | 2 | 10 | 0 | .167 | 8 | 1 | 7 | .125 | 6th (East) | Turner Gill | - | - | ||
| 2007 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | .417 | 8 | 5 | 3 | .625 | T-1st (East) | Turner Gill | - | - | |||
| 2008 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | .571 | 8 | 5 | 3 | .625 | 1st (East) | Turner Gill | - | - | |||
| 2009 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | .417 | 8 | 3 | 5 | .375 | 5th (East) | Turner Gill | - | - | |||
| 2010 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 0 | .167 | 8 | 1 | 7 | .125 | T-5th (East) | Jeff Quinn | - | - | |||
| 2011 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | .250 | 8 | 2 | 6 | .250 | 6th (East) | - | - | ||||
| 2012 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | .333 | 8 | 3 | 5 | .375 | T-4th (East) | - | - | ||||
| 2013 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | .615 | 8 | 6 | 2 | .750 | 2nd (East) | Jeff Quinn | - | - | |||
| 2014 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | .455 | 7 | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3rd (East) | Jeff Quinn | - | - | |||
| 2015 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | .417 | 8 | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4th (East) | Lance Leipold | - | - | |||
| 2016 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 0 | .167 | 8 | 1 | 7 | .125 | 6th (East) | - | - | ||||
| 2017 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .500 | 8 | 4 | 4 | .500 | T-3rd (East) | Lance Leipold | - | - | |||
| 2018 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | .714 | 8 | 7 | 1 | .875 | 1st (East) | Lance Leipold | - | - | |||
| 2019 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | .615 | 8 | 5 | 3 | .625 | T-2nd (East) | Lance Leipold | - | - | |||
| 2020 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1.00 | 1st (East) | Lance Leipold | 25 | ||||
| 2021 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | .333 | 8 | 2 | 6 | .250 | T-4th (East) | Maurice Linguist | - | - | |||
| 2022 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | .538 | 8 | 5 | 3 | .625 | T-2nd (East) | Maurice Linguist | - | - | |||
| 2023 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | .250 | 8 | 3 | 5 | .375 | T-4th (East) | Maurice Linguist | - | - | |||
| 2024 | N/A | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | .692 | 8 | 6 | 2 | .750 | T-3rd | Pete Lembo | - | - | ||
| 2025 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | .417 | 8 | 4 | 4 | .500 | T-6th | Pete Lembo | - | - | |||
| Totals | 976 | 412 | 555 | 28 | .428 | 188 | 66 | 122 | .351 | |||||||
References
- ^ "The Sports Network Football Bowl Subdivision". www.sportsnetwork.com. Archived from the original on November 9, 2014.
- ^ "Buffalo Bulls Stats, History, and More - databaseFootball.com/College". databasefootball.com. Archived from the original on January 5, 2012. Retrieved December 19, 2011.
- ^ "Buffalo Historical Data". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved February 11, 2014.