2002 Buffalo Bulls football team

2002 Buffalo Bulls football
Conference Mid-American Conference East
2002 record 1-11 (0-8 MAC)
Head coach Jim Hofher
Home stadium University at Buffalo Stadium
(Capacity: 31,000)
2002 Mid-American Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
Eastern Division
#24 Marshall x†   7 – 1         11 – 2  
UCF   6 – 2         7 – 5  
Miami   5 – 3         7 – 5  
Ohio   4 – 4         4 – 8  
Akron   3 – 5         4 – 8  
Kent State   1 – 7         3 – 9  
Buffalo   0 – 8         1 – 11  
Western Division
Toledo xy   7 – 1         9 – 5  
Northern Illinois x   7 – 1         8 – 4  
Bowling Green   6 – 2         9 – 3  
Ball State   4 – 4         6 – 6  
Western Michigan   3 – 5         4 – 8  
Central Michigan   2 – 6         4 – 8  
Eastern Michigan   1 – 7         3 – 9  
Championship: Marshall 49, Toledo 45
† – Conference champion
x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2002 Buffalo Bulls football team represented the University at Buffalo in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A college football season. The Bulls offense scored 214 points while the defense allowed 416 points.[1] Though the Bulls went 1-11 on the season, they did make team history by recording their first victory over a team from a Bowl Championship Series conference, a 34-11 road victory over Big East member Rutgers on September 7, 2002.

Regular season

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
August 29 7:30 PM Lehigh* UB Stadium • Amherst, NY L 26-37   21,103
September 7 7:00 PM at Rutgers* Rutgers Stadium • Piscataway, NJ W 34-11   19,101
September 14 7:30 PM Connecticut* UB Stadium • Amherst, NY L 3-24   17,012
September 21 2:30 PM at Minnesota* Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome • Minneapolis, MN L 17-41   34,294
September 28 7:00 PM at Ohio Peden Stadium • Athens, OH L 32-34   12,512
October 4 1:00 PM Western Michigan UB Stadium • Amherst, NY L 17-31   8,112
October 12 4:30 PM at Marshall Marshall University Stadium • Huntington, WV L 21-66   28,200
October 19 1:00 PM Miami (OH) UB Stadium • Amherst, NY L 0-49   9,213
October 26 1:00 PM Kent State UB Stadium • Amherst, NY L 12-16   5,102
November 9 1:00 PM Central Florida UB Stadium • Amherst, NY L 21-45   6,923
November 16 1:00 PM at Akron Rubber Bowl • Akron, OH L 10-21   4,178
November 23 1:00 PM at Ball State Ball State Stadium • Muncie, IN L 21-41   7,957
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

References

  1. ↑ http://cfreference.net/cfr/school.s?id=236&season=2002