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2021 Buffalo Bulls football team

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2021 Buffalo Bulls football

Conference	Mid-American Conference
Division	East Division
Record	4–8 (2–6 MAC)
Head coach	Maurice Linguist (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Shane Montgomery (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Joe Cauthen (1st season)
Base defense	4–2–5
Home stadium	University at Buffalo Stadium
Seasons ← 2020 2022 →

2021 Mid-American Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
East Division
Kent Statexy	6	–	2	7	–	7
Miami (OH)	5	–	3	7	–	6
Ohio	3	–	5	3	–	9
Bowling Green	2	–	6	4	–	8
Buffalo	2	–	6	4	–	8
Akron	1	–	7	2	–	10
West Division
Northern Illinois xy$	6	–	2	9	–	5
Central Michiganx	6	–	2	9	–	4
Toledo	5	–	3	7	–	6
Ball State	4	–	4	6	–	7
Eastern Michigan	4	–	4	7	–	6
Western Michigan	4	–	4	8	–	5
Championship: Northern Illinois 41, Kent State 23
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant

The 2021 Buffalo Bulls football team represented the University at Buffalo in the 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bulls were led by first-year coach Maurice Linguist and played their home games at the University at Buffalo Stadium as members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference.

Offseason[edit]

Defensive end Malcolm Koonce was selected in the third round of the 2021 NFL Draft by the Las Vegas Raiders.^[1] Koonce was the 15th Buffalo player to be drafted in the program’s history, and the first since 2017, when the Cincinnati Bengals selected Bulls tight end Mason Schreck in the seventh round, at No. 251.^[2] Koonce became the third Buffalo player drafted by the Raiders, joining Trevor Scottin2008 and Khalil Mackin2014.^[2]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL Club
3	79	Malcolm Koonce	DE	Las Vegas Raiders

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	7:00 p.m.	Wagner*	UB Stadium Buffalo, NY	ESPN3	W 69–7	13,063
September 11	3:30 p.m.	atNebraska*	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE	BTN	L 3–28	85,663
September 18	12:00 p.m.	No. 16Coastal Carolina*	UB Stadium Buffalo, NY	ESPN2	L 25–28	16,739
September 25	6:00 p.m.	atOld Dominion*	S.B. Ballard Stadium Norfolk, VA	ESPN+	W 35–34	18,197
October 2	12:00 p.m.	Western Michigan	UB Stadium Buffalo, NY	CBSSN	L 17–24	17,344
October 9	7:00 p.m.	atKent State	Dix Stadium Kent, OH	ESPNU	L 38–48	12,105
October 16	12:00 p.m.	Ohio	UB Stadium Buffalo, NY	ESPN+	W 27–26	12,909
October 23	3:30 p.m.	atAkron	InfoCision Stadium Akron, OH	ESPN+	W 45–10	8,635
October 30	12:00 p.m.	Bowling Green	UB Stadium Buffalo, NY	CBSSN	L 44–56	13,163
November 9	7:00 p.m.	atMiami (OH)	Yager Stadium Oxford, OH	ESPNU	L 18–45	10,069
November 17	7:00 p.m.	Northern Illinois	UB Stadium Buffalo, NY	ESPN2	L 27–33 ^OT	13,097
November 23	7:00 p.m.	atBall State	Scheumann Stadium Muncie, IN	ESPN+	L 3–20	6,112
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Source^[3]

^ ^a ^b Reporter, Rachel Lenzi News Sports. "Las Vegas Raiders draft UB's Malcolm Koonce at No. 79". The Buffalo News. Retrieved June 28, 2021.

^ "2021 Buffalo Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved February 15, 2021.

v t e Buffalo Bulls football
Venues	Olympic Park (1894–1919) International Park (1915–1917, 1919) Rotary Field (1920–1942, 1955–1984) War Memorial Stadium (1946–1954, 1958, 1960, 1968–1969) Kunz Stadium (1985–1992) University at Buffalo Stadium (1993–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games
Culture & lore	Victor E. Bull "Victory March" Thunder of the East Marching Band
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders NFL draftees
Seasons	1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904–1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943–1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971–1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

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