2007 Buffalo Bulls football team

2007 Buffalo Bulls football
MAC East Division Co-Champions
Conference Mid-American Conference
2007 record 5-7 (5-3 MAC)
Head coach Turner Gill
Offensive coordinator Turner Gill
Home stadium University at Buffalo Stadium
Seasons
« 2006 2008 »
2007 Mid-American Conference football standings
Div     Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L         W   L  
East
Miami xy   4 2         5 2         6 7  
Bowling Green x   4 2         6 2         8 5  
Buffalo x   4 2         5 3         5 7  
Ohio   3 3         4 4         6 6  
Temple   3 3         4 4         4 8  
Akron   2 4         3 5         4 8  
Kent State   1 5         1 7         3 9  
West
Central Michigan xy   4 1         6 1         8 6  
Ball State x   4 1         5 2         7 6  
Eastern Michigan   3 2         3 4         4 8  
Western Michigan   2 3         3 4         5 7  
Toledo   2 3         3 5         5 7  
Northern Illinois   0 5         1 6         2 10  
Championship: Central Michigan 35, Miami 10
† – Conference champion
x – Division champion/co-champions
  • Due to an unbalanced conference schedule, the team with best division record within each division was awarded that division's championship game berth.
    Rankings from AP Poll
For information on all Buffalo Bulls sports, see Buffalo Bulls

The 2007 Buffalo Bulls football team is representing the University of Buffalo in the 2007 NCAA Division I-Bowl Subdivision college football season. The team plays in the East Division of the Mid-American Conference.

Contents

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
08/30/2007 7:00 p.m. at #16 Rutgers* Rutgers StadiumPiscataway, NJ MSG L 38–3   43,091
09/08/2007 1:00 p.m. at Temple Lincoln Financial FieldPhiladelphia, PA W 42–7   15,629
09/15/2007 12:00 p.m. at #12 Penn State* Beaver StadiumState College, PA BTN L 45–24   107,506
09/22/2007 6:00 p.m. Baylor* UB StadiumBuffalo, NY L 34–21   22,676
09/29/2007 1:00 p.m. at Ball State Scheumann StadiumMuncie, IN L 49–14   14,333
10/06/2007 1:00 p.m. Ohio UB Stadium • Buffalo, NY W 31–10   10,755
10/13/2007 1:00 p.m. Toledo UB Stadium • Buffalo, NY W 43–33   12,529
10/20/2007 4:00 p.m. at Syracuse* Carrier DomeSyracuse, NY ESPNU L 20–12   30,897
10/27/2007 1:00 p.m. Akron UB Stadium • Buffalo, NY W 26-10   10,142
11/03/2007 3:00 p.m. at Miami (Ohio) Yager StadiumOxford, OH L 31-28   12,288
11/17/2007 1:00 p.m. Bowling Green UB Stadium • Buffalo, NY L 31-17   11,740
11/24/2007 1:00 p.m. at Kent State Dix StadiumKent, OH W 30-23 OT  2,687
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Game capsules

Statistics

NFL selections

For the first time in the history of the UB Football team, 3 players from the 2007 football team signed for NFL teams. Trevor Scott and Jamey Richard were drafted by the Oakland Raiders and Indianapolis Colts respectively, while punter Ben Woods signed a free agent contract with the Cleveland Browns.[1]

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