This is a list of seasons completed by the Buffalo Bulls football team of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). Buffalo's first football team was fielded in 1894.
Buffalo originally competed as a football independent. Following the 1970 season, Buffalo's football team was discontinued for six seasons, before being reinstated as a Division III team in 1977. Buffalo competed as a I-AA team for six seasons before joining the I-A's Mid-American Conference in 1999, of which it has been a member since.
Seasons Statistics correct as of the end of the 2025–26 college football season
YearNCAA DivisionConferenceConference DivisionOverallConferenceCoachFinal Ranking Games Win Loss Tie Pct. Games Win Loss Pct. Standing AP Coaches' 1894 N/A Independent N/A 2 0 1 1 .250 N/A No Coach - - 1895 2 0 1 1 .250 - - 1896 3 1 0 2 .667 Fred D. Townsend - - 1897 7 7 0 0 1.000 N/A C.W. Dibble - - 1898 5 4 1 0 .800 N/A No Coach - - 1899 8 7 1 0 .875 Bemus Pierce - - 1900 4 1 1 2 .500 No Coach - - 1901 6 4 2 0 .667 James B. “Turk” Gordon - - 1902 7 2 4 1 .357 No Coach - - 1903 6 3 3 0 .500 Ray Turnbull - - 1904 No team 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 N/A Independent N/A 7 3 4 0 .429 N/A Frank Mt. Pleasant - - 1916 10 3 5 2 .400 Art Powell - - 1917 8 4 4 0 .500 - - 1918 4 3 1 0 .750 - - 1919 6 0 5 1 .083 - - 1920 5 1 4 0 .200 - - 1921 7 2 3 2 .429 - - 1922 6 1 5 0 .167 George "Dim" Batterson - - 1923 8 2 5 1 .313 James Bond - - 1924 8 1 7 0 .125 Russ Carrick - - 1925 8 3 4 1 .438 - - 1926 New York State Conference 7 0 7 0 .000 - - 1927 7 0 6 1 .071 - - 1928 7 1 6 0 .143 - - 1929 7 5 2 0 .714 Jay "Biffy" Lee - - 1930 8 3 5 0 .375 - - 1931 8 2 6 0 .250 Bill Pritchard - - 1932 7 1 5 1 .214 Jim Wilson - - 1933 7 2 3 2 .429 - - 1934 7 2 4 1 .357 George Van Bibber - - 1935 Independent 8 2 6 0 .250 - - 1936 8 5 3 0 .625 Jim Peelle - - 1937 8 4 4 0 .500 - - 1938 8 2 6 0 .250 - - 1939 7 0 7 0 .000 - - 1940 8 3 5 0 .375 - - 1941 8 3 4 1 .438 - - 1942 8 6 2 0 .750 - - 1943 No team due to World War II 1944 1945 1946 N/A Independent N/A 9 7 2 0 .778 N/A Jim Peelle - - 1947 9 8 1 0 .889 - - 1948 8 6 1 1 .813 Frank Clair - - 1949 9 6 3 0 .667 - - 1950 8 5 3 0 .625 Jim Wilson - - 1951 8 4 4 0 .500 - - 1952 8 1 7 0 .125 Friedrich "Fritz" Febel - - 1953 7 1 5 1 .214 - - 1954 9 2 7 0 .222 - - 1955 9 4 4 1 .500 Dick Offenhamer - - 1956 College 8 5 3 0 .625 - - 1957 9 5 4 0 .556 - - 1958 9 8 1 0 .889 N/A Dick Offenhamer - - 1959 9 8 1 0 .889 N/A Dick Offenhamer - - 1960 10 4 6 0 .400 - - 1961 9 4 5 0 .444 - - 1962 University 9 6 3 0 .667 - - 1963 9 5 3 1 .611 - - 1964 9 4 4 1 .500 - - 1965 10 5 3 2 .600 - - 1966 10 5 5 0 .500 Richard "Doc" Urich - - 1967 10 6 4 0 .600 - - 1968 10 7 3 0 .700 - - 1969 9 6 3 0 .667 Bob Deming - - 1970 11 2 9 0 .182 - - 1971 No team 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 III Division III Independent N/A 4 0 3 1 .125 N/A Bill Dando - - 1978 9 3 6 0 .333 - - 1979 9 4 5 0 .444 - - 1980 11 6 5 0 .545 - - 1981 10 5 5 0 .500 - - 1982 10 5 5 0 .500 - - 1983 10 8 2 0 .800 - - 1984 10 6 4 0 .600 - - 1985 10 4 6 0 .400 - - 1986 11 9 2 0 .818 - - 1987 10 3 7 0 .300 - - 1988 10 2 8 0 .200 - - 1989 10 4 6 0 .400 - - 1990 10 2 8 0 .200 Sam Sanders - - 1991 10 3 7 0 .300 - - 1992 10 4 6 0 .400 Jim Ward - - 1993 I-AA Division I-AA Independent 11 1 10 0 .091 - - 1994 11 3 8 0 .273 - - 1995 11 3 8 0 .273 Craig Cirbus - - 1996 11 8 3 0 .727 - - 1997 11 2 9 0 .182 - - 1998 11 4 7 0 .364 - - 1999 I-A MAC East 11 0 11 0 .000 8 0 8 .000 7th (East) - - 2000 11 2 9 0 .182 8 2 6 .250 T-5th (East) - - 2001 11 3 8 0 .273 8 1 7 .125 T-6th (East) Jim Hofher - - 2002 12 1 11 0 .083 8 0 8 .000 7th (East) - - 2003 12 1 11 0 .083 8 1 7 .125 T-6th (East) - - 2004 11 2 9 0 .182 8 2 6 .250 T-5th (East) - - 2005 11 1 10 0 .091 8 1 7 .125 5th (East) - - 2006 FBS 12 2 10 0 .167 8 1 7 .125 6th (East) Turner Gill - - 2007 12 5 7 0 .417 8 5 3 .625 T-1st (East) Turner Gill - - 2008 14 8 6 0 .571 8 5 3 .625 1st (East) Turner Gill - - 2009 12 5 7 0 .417 8 3 5 .375 5th (East) Turner Gill - - 2010 12 2 10 0 .167 8 1 7 .125 T-5th (East) Jeff Quinn - - 2011 12 3 9 0 .250 8 2 6 .250 6th (East) - - 2012 12 4 8 0 .333 8 3 5 .375 T-4th (East) - - 2013 13 8 5 0 .615 8 6 2 .750 2nd (East) Jeff Quinn - - 2014 11 5 6 0 .455 7 3 4 .429 3rd (East) Jeff Quinn - - 2015 12 5 7 0 .417 8 3 5 .375 4th (East) Lance Leipold - - 2016 12 2 10 0 .167 8 1 7 .125 6th (East) - - 201712 6 6 0 .500 8 4 4 .500 T-3rd (East)Lance Leipold- - 2018 14 10 4 0 .714 8 7 1 .875 1st (East) Lance Leipold - - 201913 8 5 0 .615 8 5 3 .625 T-2nd (East)Lance Leipold- - 2020 7 6 1 0 .857 5 5 0 1.00 1st (East) Lance Leipold 25 2021 12 4 8 0 .333 8 2 6 .250 T-4th (East) Maurice Linguist - - 2022 13 7 6 0 .538 8 5 3 .625 T-2nd (East) Maurice Linguist - - 2023 12 3 9 0 .250 8 3 5 .375 T-4th (East) Maurice Linguist - - 2024 N/A13 9 4 0 .692 8 6 2 .750 T-3rd Pete Lembo - -202512570.417844.500T-6thPete Lembo - - Totals 976 412 555 28 188 66 122
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