2020 Buffalo Bulls football team

The 2020 Buffalo Bulls football team will represent the University at Buffalo in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bulls will be led by sixth-year head coach Lance Leipold and play their home games at the University at Buffalo Stadium as members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference.

2020 Buffalo Bulls football
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Division	East Division
2020 record	0–0 (0–0 MAC)
Head coach	Lance Leipold (6th season)
Offensive coordinator	Andy Kotelnicki (6th season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Jim Zebrowski (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	Brian Borland (6th season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Chris Simpson (1st season as co-DC, 6th overall season)
Home stadium	University at Buffalo Stadium (Capacity: 29,013)
Uniform

2020 Mid-American Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
Akron			–							–
Bowling Green			–							–
Buffalo			–							–
Kent State			–							–
Miami			–							–
Ohio			–							–
West Division
Ball State			–							–
Central Michigan			–							–
Eastern Michigan			–							–
Northern Illinois			–							–
Toledo			–							–
Western Michigan			–							–
Championship: TBA
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Note: Due to COVID-19, the Mid-American suspended the 2020 football season. As of August 14, 2020; Rankings from AP Poll.

Previous season

The Bulls finished the 2019 season 8–5, 5–3 in MAC play to finish in a three-way tie for second place in the East Division, losing the tiebreakers to Kent State and Ohio. The Bulls were invited to the Bahamas Bowl, where they defeated Charlotte.

Preseason

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

Award	Player	Position	Year
Chuck Bednarik Award[1]	Taylor Riggins	DE	SR
Doak Walker Award[2]	Kevin Marks Jr.	RB	JR
	Jaret Patterson	RB	JR
Jim Thorpe Award[3]	Tyrone Hill	S	SR
Bronko Nagurski Trophy[4]	Malcolm Koonce	DE	SR
	Taylor Riggins	DE	SR
Outland Trophy[5]	Kayode Awosika	OL	SR
Wuerffel Trophy[6]	Max Michel	DE	SO
Maxwell Award[7]	Jaret Patterson	RB	JR

MAC media poll

Roster

2020 Buffalo Bulls football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 1 Antonio Nunn Sr WR 3 Daniel Lee Sr QB 4 Trevor Bycznski  Fr RB 5 Kevin Marks Jr QB 6 Casey Case Fr QB 7 Kyle Vantrease  Jr RB 8 Dylan McDuffie  So QB 9 Dominic Johnson Sr QB 10 Matt Myers  So QB 12 Aaron Chase  Fr WR 14 Jelani Foster  Fr WR 16 Lemaro Smith Jr. So WR 17 Bernard Porter So WR 18 Trevor Wilson  Fr WR 19 Javien Cuff  Fr RB 23 Ron Cook Jr. So RB 25 Tajay Ahmed  Fr RB 26 Jaret Patterson Jr RB 28 Caron Robinson Fr RB 30 Ryan Razzano  Fr TE 34 Trevor Borland Fr TE 36 Cole Burniston  So WR 38 Jackson Westfall  Fr TE 44 Jake Molinich Sr TE 47 Wyatt Molinich  Fr OL 58 Alain Schaerer  So OL 59 Jake Fuzak Sr OL 60 Trevor Cahill  So OL 61 Dom Polizzi So OL 62 Mike Novitsky  So OL 63 Austin Kunick Sr OL 66 Jacob Gall Jr OL 69 Gabe Wallace So OL 70 Nick Zikuski  Fr OL 72 Deondre Doiron Fr OL 73 Kayode Awosika Sr OL 74 Bence Polgar So OL 76 Anthony Laudicina  Fr OL 77 Caelan Shepard  Fr OL 78 Tyler Doty Fr OL 79 Jack Klenk Sr TE 80 Tyler Stephens  Fr TE 81 Mike Dempsey  Fr WR 82 Tyree O'Neill Jr WR 83 Marlyn Johnson  Fr TE 85 Julien Bourassa Jr WR 86 Carlton Todd Sr WR 87 Jovany Ruiz Sr WR 88 Dajuan Hudson Sr TE 89 Zac Lefebvre Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class CB 3 Aapri Washington  Jr CB 4 Isaiah King Jr LB 5 Tim Terry Jr.  Jr LB 6 Max Michel So S 8 Marcus Fuqua  Fr CB 10 Trey Franklin  Fr CB 11 Wankeith Akin Jr. Jr LB 13 Sean Colgan Sr CB 15 Ali Abbas Sr CB 17 Jahkeel Reef  Fr LB 18 Roy Baker Sr CB 19 Shemar Hayes Jr LB 20 James Patterson Jr LB 21 Justin Mulbah  Sr CB 22 Mark Davis  Fr S 24 Corey Gross Jr.  So LB 25 Caleb Tate  Fr S 27 E. J. Brown Sr CB 29 Larry Robbins  Fr LB 30 Rich Miller So LB 31 Kadofi Wright Sr S 32 Owen Chambers  So S 33 Tyrone Hill Sr LB 35 Logic Hudgens Fr CB 39 Dylan Powell  Jr LB 43 Jason McCarthy Fr S 45 Evan Gantley  Jr LB 48 Fabian Weitz  So DE 49 Taylor Riggins Sr DE 50 Malcolm Koonce Sr DE 51 Zander Heim  Jr LB 52 Mike McGoey Fr DE 53 C. J. Bazile  Fr DT 54 DeShondrick Foxworth Sr DE 55 Kyler Laing  Fr LB 56 Jake Zimmer  So DT 91 Eddie Wilson Jr DT 92 Ronald McGee Jr DE 94 Eric Black  Jr DT 95 Tyrece Woods Jr. So DE 96 Jordan Avissey  Fr DT 98 Georell Kidd  Fr DE 99 Frendy Darelus  Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K,P 14 Jackson Baltar So K 16 Alex McNulty So LS 37 Evan Davis So P 40 Evan Finegan  Jr LS 57 Jeremiah Riordan Sr K 95 Garrett Selover  Fr	Head coach Lance Leipold Coordinators/assistant coaches Rob Ianello (Associate head coach / Recruiting Coordinator / Wide Receivers) Brian Borland (Defensive Coordinator / Cornerbacks) Andy Kotelnicki (Offensive Coordinator / Running backs) Scott Fuchs (Offensive Line) Alan Hensell (Tight Ends) Chris Simpson (Linebackers / Defensive Run Game Coordinator) Brad McCaslin (Defensive Tackles) Jim Zebrowski (Quarterbacks / Co-Offensive Coordinator / Passing game coordinator) Taiwo Onatolu (Defensive Ends / Special Teams Coordinator) Jeff Burrow (Safeties) Matt Gildersleeve (Head Strength and Conditioning Coach) Ryan Wilson (Graduate Assistant) Daniel Allen (Graduate Assistant) James Daniels (Graduate Assistant) Isaac Reed (Graduate Assistant) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: April 24, 2019

Schedule

Buffalo had a game scheduled against Ohio State, which was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[8]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5		at Kansas State*	Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium Manhattan, KS
September 12		Saint Francis (PA)*	UB Stadium Buffalo, NY
September 26		at Bowling Green	Doyt Perry Stadium Bowling Green, OH
October 3		Akron	UB Stadium Buffalo, NY
October 10		Ball State	UB Stadium Buffalo, NY
October 17		Kent State	UB Stadium Buffalo, NY
October 24		at Army*	Michie Stadium West Point, NY
October 31[lower-alpha 1]		at Northern Illinois	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL
November 10		Miami (OH)	UB Stadium Buffalo, NY
November 18		at Ohio	Peden Stadium Athens, OH
November 27		at Western Michigan	Waldo Stadium Kalamazoo, MI
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

[10]

1. Originally scheduled for Tuesday, November 3.[9]

References

1. "2020 Chuck Bednarik Award Watch List". July 13, 2020. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
2. "2019 finalist Chuba Hubbard, 2018 finalist Travis Etienne two of the 76 Doak Walker Award watch listers". July 15, 2020. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
3. "The Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame and Jim Thorpe Association are proud to reveal The Paycom Jim Thorpe Award 2020 Preseason Watch List". July 20, 2020. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
4. "2020 Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List Unveiled". July 21, 2020. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
5. "2020 Outland Trophy Watch List Unveiled". July 21, 2020. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
6. "The Wuerffel Trophy 2020 Watch List (Non AP)". July 23, 2020. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
7. "2020 Maxwell Award Watch List". July 24, 2020. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
8. Myerberg, Paul. "Big Ten football reduces season schedule to only conference games, maybe setting stage for others to follow". USA TODAY. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
9. Wilmer, Brian (22 June 2020). "2020 Buffalo-NIU game moved to Saturday, Oct. 31". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
10. "2020 Buffalo Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved March 8, 2020.