Buffalo·Mid-American

2024 — The Winning Chapter

Buffalo's 2024 season (9-4) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 9-4
Final result Bowl season Won the Bahamas Bowl
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ -1.1 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Lafaye 30-13 L @ Missouri 0-38 W vs Massac 34-3 W @ Nort Ill 23-20 L @ UConn 3-47 W vs Toledo 30-15 L vs West Mic 41-48 L @ Ohio 16-47 W @ Akron 41-30 W vs Ball Sta 51-48 W @ East Mic 37-20 W vs Kent Sta 43-7 W @ Liberty 26-7 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2024.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2024 season's largest margin: Buffalo 43, Kent State 7. A 36-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Buffalo 3, UConn 47. A 44-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Buffalo beat Liberty 26-7 in the postseason.

"Go Bulls"
— Buffalo fanbase voice · 2024· synthesized
What it meant

2024 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.