Buffalo·Mid-American

2020 — The 2020 Season

Buffalo's 2020 season (6-1) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 6-1
Final result Bowl season Won the Camellia Bowl
AP final #23 post-bowls
SP+ -2.5 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W @ Nort Ill 49-30 W vs Miam (OH 42-10 W @ Bowl Gre 42-17 W vs Kent Sta 70-41 W vs Akron 56-7 L vs Ball Sta 28-38 W vs Marshall 17-10 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2020.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2020 season's largest margin: Buffalo 56, Akron 7. A 49-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Buffalo 28, Ball State 38. A 10-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Buffalo beat Marshall 17-10 in the postseason.

"Go Bulls"
— Buffalo fanbase voice · 2020· synthesized
What it meant

2020 is a middle chapter for Buffalo — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.