UB Football beat Temple 36 to 29 Saturday afternoon. Buffalo had all the history against them as the Bulls haven’t started a season 2-0 since 1983.
After a 48-10 romp of Delaware State last week, the Bulls will head to Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia to take on the Temple Owls. Temple (0-1) is coming off a season-opening loss to FCS Villanova Wildcats (1-0) team.
UB football dominated its season opener against the Delaware State Hornets (0-1, 0-0) 48 to 10. By the completion of the first half, Buffalo (1-0, 0-0 Mid-American Conference) led 34-3 with junior quarterback Tyree Jackson passing for a school record of five touchdowns in the half. The Bulls came into this season with high expectations and the most preseason excitement in recent memory.
Football (0-0, 0-0 Mid-American Conference) The first UB football game of the season is this Saturday against the Delaware State Hornets (0-0) at home.
Among the UB football team’s 107 players, one player stands out. Senior wide receiver Anthony Johnson was named to the program’s first preseason Associated Press All-American last Tuesday.
One year after announcing Mike Roberts as head softball coach, UB softball announced his departure from the program in August.
UB Athletics had the most eventful period in recent memory this past year. UB had three NCAA Tournament-bound teams and plenty of record breaking individual performances.
UB softball didn't officially play a home game at Nan Harvey Field until April 3 –– its 29th game of the season.
Football (Last year’s record: 6-6, 4-4 Mid-American Conference) The football team had one of its strongest seasons since joining Division I in 1999, becoming bowl eligible for the first time in four years.
Inconsistent road play, scoring problems and mental lapses are not scenarios the Bulls want attributed to their team. Soccer is looking to return to being the top team in the Mid-American Conference since 2014, when the Bulls won a program’s first MAC Championship, going 16-3-3.
Felisha Legette-Jack has signed a five-year contract, keeping her in Buffalo after a historic season for the Bulls. The new contract runs until 2023 and guarantees she will stay at UB for the next season.
BURBANK, CALIFORNIA -- UB’s Heroes of the Storm team fell short Saturday night, losing in the Heroes of the Dorm Grand Finals against No. 2 Université Laval 0-3.
LOS ANGELES -- Allen “FantaFiction” Hu, started playing Blizzard Entertainment’s popular video game, Heroes of the Storm six months ago for fun. Now, he and his teammates are two victories away from winning over $500,000. Hu, a sophomore accounting major, and his four teammates are competing this weekend in Blizzard’s Heroes of the Dorm competition, the March Madness equivalent of collegiate esports. Over 1,000 students comprising over 300 teams competed for the top 64 spots during the tournament’s regular season. The top 64 teams then played best-of-three matches to advance up the bracket.
It will be the Bulls against the Wildcats in the first round of the women’s tennis NCAA Tournament.
The UB track and field team hosts the Mid-American Conference Championships this weekend, beginning Thursday at 10 a.m.
Three former Bulls were recently invited to an NFL minicamp, while former defensive end Derome Harris signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Former Bulls safety Tim Roberts earned an invitation to attend Washington’s rookie camp.
Buffalo men’s basketball has never been better, with a third Mid-American Conference Championship in four years, five All-MAC players, MAC coach of the year, MAC sixth man of the year and its first-ever NCAA Tournament win. “We’re trying to make our ceiling, our new floor,” said junior guard CJ Massinburg, after the No. 13 seed Bulls broke brackets across the country defeating the No. 4 seed Arizona. With 10 players returning and the highest rated recruiting class in program history, the Bulls are on track to do just that.
The Bulls will start next season in unknown territory for the program as a nationally ranked team. Coming off the two biggest wins in program history this past March at the NCAA Tournament, Buffalo is hoping to build with the upcoming recruiting class.
The Bulls conclude their season this weekend in a matchup against the Miami (OH) Redhawks. Buffalo is on the outside looking in, trying to reach the Mid-American Conference softball tournament this season.
Karin Moss’ time on the Bulls didn’t start with a MAC Championship, NCAA appearance or even 20 wins.
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