2012 Buffalo Bulls football team

The 2012 Buffalo Bulls football team represented the University at Buffalo in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Jeff Quinn and played their home games at University at Buffalo Stadium. They were a member of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 4–8, 3–5 in MAC play to finish in a tie for fourth place in the East Division.

2012 Buffalo Bulls football
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Division	East Division
2012 record	4–8 (3–5 MAC)
Head coach	Jeff Quinn (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Alex Wood
Defensive coordinator	Lou Tepper
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	University at Buffalo Stadium (Capacity: 29,013)

2012 Mid-American Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
Kent State x		8	–	0					11	–	3
Bowling Green		6	–	2					8	–	5
Ohio		4	–	4					9	–	4
Buffalo		3	–	5					4	–	8
Miami		3	–	5					4	–	8
UMass		1	–	7					1	–	11
Akron		0	–	8					1	–	11
West Division
No. 22 Northern Illinois x$		8	–	0					12	–	2
Toledo		6	–	2					9	–	4
Ball State		6	–	2					9	–	4
Central Michigan		4	–	4					7	–	6
Western Michigan		2	–	6					4	–	8
Eastern Michigan		1	–	7					2	–	10
Championship: Northern Illinois 44, Kent State 37
$ – Conference champion and BCS representative as top non-AQ school to meet automatic qualification criteria x – Division champion/co-champions UMass not eligible for conference title or bowl game as part of FBS transition Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	12:00 PM	at No. 6 Georgia*	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	SECN	L 23–45	92,446
September 8	6:00 PM	Morgan State*	UB Stadium Amherst, NY	TWCS	W 56–34	15,570
September 19	7:00 PM	Kent State	UB Stadium Amherst, NY	ESPNU	L 7–23	14,373
September 29	12:00 PM	at Connecticut*	Rentschler Field East Hartford, CT	Big East Network	L 17–24	34,666
October 6	12:00 PM	at Ohio	Peden Stadium Athens, OH	ESPN+/CSS	L 31–38	20,044
October 13	3:30 PM	at Northern Illinois	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL		L 3–45	14,419
October 20	3:30 PM	Pittsburgh*	UB Stadium Amherst, NY	ESPN+	L 6–20	17,021
October 27	3:30 PM	Toledo	UB Stadium Amherst, NY	TWCS	L 20–25	10,658
November 3	12:00 PM	Miami (OH)	UB Stadium Amherst, NY		W 27–24	10,817
November 10	3:30 PM	Western Michigan	UB Stadium Amherst, NY		W 29–24	11,012
November 17	3:00 PM	at Massachusetts	Gillette Stadium Foxborough, MA		W 29–19	12,649
November 23	2:00 PM	vs. Bowling Green	Columbus Crew Stadium Columbus, OH	BCSN	L 7–21	11,846
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

• Source: Schedule

Game summaries

@ Georgia

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulls	6	10	0	7	23
#6 Bulldogs	14	10	7	14	45

See also: 2012 Georgia Bulldogs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Morgan State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	3	10	14	7	34
Bulls	14	21	21	0	56

See also: 2012 Morgan State Bears football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–1	1998	BUF, 35–17

Kent State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Flashes	0	10	3	10	23
Bulls	0	7	0	0	7

See also: 2012 Kent State Golden Flashes football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
9–9	2009	BUF, 9–6

@ Connecticut

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulls	7	0	7	3	17
Huskies	3	14	7	0	24

See also: 2012 Connecticut Huskies football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–15	2011	UCONN, 17–3

@ Ohio

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulls	14	0	10	7	31
Bobcats	7	14	3	14	38

See also: 2012 Ohio Bobcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–11	2011	BUF, 38–37

@ Northern Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulls	3	0	0	0	3
Huskies	7	21	14	3	45

See also: 2012 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–7	2011	NIU, 31–30

Pittsburgh

	1	2	3	4	Total
Panthers	6	7	7	0	20
Bulls	0	6	0	0	6

See also: 2012 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–3	2011	PITT, 35–16

Toledo

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rockets	7	0	18	0	25
Bulls	7	7	0	6	20

See also: 2012 Toledo Rockets football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–5	2007	BUF, 43–33

Miami (OH)

	1	2	3	4	Total
RedHawks	0	3	7	14	24
Bulls	0	3	14	10	27

See also: 2012 Miami RedHawks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–12	2011	MIAOH, 41–13

Western Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Broncos	0	14	7	3	24
Bulls	7	10	6	6	29

See also: 2012 Western Michigan Broncos football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–5	2009	WMU, 34–31

@ Massachusetts

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulls	0	0	14	15	29
Minutemen	3	10	6	0	19

See also: 2012 UMass Minutemen football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–5	1998	UMASS, 51–27

vs Bowling Green

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulls	0	0	0	7	7
Falcons	0	14	7	0	21

See also: 2012 Bowling Green Falcons football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–6	2011	BGSU, 42–28

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