2020 Camellia Bowl Game Program

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Welcome from Steven Reed....................................................................... 3
Mayor, City of Montgomery
Welcome from Elton Dean......................................................................... 5
Chairman, Montgomery County Commission
Welcome from Johnny Williams................................................................. 7
Executive Director, Camellia Bowl
Today’s Game Preview............................................................................... 9
Historic Cramton Bowl............................................................................ 13
Camellia Bowl Staff ................................................................................ 17
Camellia Bowl Executive Committee........................................................ 19
Welcome to Montgomery......................................................................... 21
Bowling in Alabama................................................................................. 25
Christmas in Montgomery....................................................................... 27
Camellia Bowl History............................................................................. 66
Camellia Bowl Record Book..................................................................... 72
Bart Starr Most Valuable Player Award.................................................... 75
2020-21 Bowl Schedule.......................................................................... 77
Why Camellia.......................................................................................... 78

Buffalo

University at Buffalo................................................................................ 33
Buffalo Athletics...................................................................................... 35
Head Coach Lance Leipold...................................................................... 36
Bulls Season Review................................................................................ 38
Meet the Bulls......................................................................................... 40
Bulls Roster............................................................................................ 47
Bulls Depth Chart................................................................................... 48

Marshall

Thundering Herd Depth Chart.................................................................. 49
Thundering Herd Roster.......................................................................... 50
Meet the Herd......................................................................................... 54
Thundering Herd Season Review.............................................................. 58
Head Coach Doc Holliday........................................................................ 62
Marshall Athletics................................................................................... 64
Marshall University.................................................................................. 65

CREDITS: The 2020 Camellia Bowl Program is a publication of the Camellia Bowl Committee. It was compiled, written and edited by Barry Allen, Director of Media Relations and
Stephen Williams, Assistant Director of Media Relations. The type-setting and graphic design was by Stephen Williams. The game program was digitized and hosted by Power On
Marketing. A special thanks to the Athletics Communications departments at the University at Buffalo and Marshall University. All photos were provided by the participating schools’
athletic departments.

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OFFICE OF THE MAYOR Post Office Box 1111 PH 334.625.2000
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StevenL.Reed, Mayor
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Together, we are ready to build back better, and invite you to join us for what’s next.

We wish you good health and a prosperous New Year.
Sincerely,
Sincerely,

Steven L. Reed
Mayor

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Greetings!

On behalf of the Montgomery County Commission and the more than 226,000
citizens we represent, it is my pleasure to welcome you to Montgomery County. To
the amazing players, school administrators and coaching staffs, families and fans of
Memphis, Florida Atlantic, Buffalo, and Marshall, welcome to our community! We are
thrilled to have you here and hope that you enjoy your stay.

With college football bowl games kicking off in our great county, all eyes will be on
Montgomery as the Tigers and Owls, and Bulls and Thundering Herd battle it out on
the gridiron. The stakes are high and the rosters are stacked, which means these
games should be ones for the record books. We are eager to watch it all unfold and
grateful all teams have made the trip to Montgomery County during such difficult
times.

To the teams, congratulations on being selected to play in a nationally televised bowl
game in the historic Cramton Bowl. You have worked tirelessly this season, despite
all the uncertainty 2020 has held. Each grueling hour spent perfecting your game and
defying the odds has led to this day… this very moment! We applaud your personal
and team efforts to reach the goal of playing in a national bowl game.

We thank each of you for choosing to come to Montgomery even in the midst of this
unprecedented year. We hope you and your loved ones have a safe and enjoyable stay.
Although you may not be able to fully experience Montgomery this year, we hope you will
come back and witness just how great our county is. When you visit us again, we hope you
have the opportunity to explore some of our great sites including The National Memorial for
Peace and Justice, Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church, the Rosa Parks
Museum, the Legacy Museum, the Civil Rights Memorial & Center, Hank Williams
Museum, and Old Alabama Town. We also recommend that you visit the Alabama
Shakespeare Festival, one of the largest Shakespeare Festivals in the world, as well as the
Montgomery Zoo which is home to more than 600 species of animals.

Again, welcome to Montgomery County. It is an honor to have you here. We hope
you enjoy your stay and will visit us again. Good luck to all the teams!

Warmest regards,

Elton N. Dean, Sr.
Chairman



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On behalf of ESPN Events and the Camellia Bowl staff, I would like to personally welcome you to
the 2020 Camellia Bowl at the historic Cramton Bowl in Montgomery.

This has certainly been a challenging year for everyone across the nation and the college football
landscape. I would like to congratulate everyone for the diligence in the making this season
possible. I would also like to congratulate the Buffalo Bulls and Marshall Thundering Herd for
their accomplishments this season and for being here in Montgomery.

It is hard to believe that this is our seventh year, but we have made some great memories along
the way. Our first six games have been down-to-the-wire finishes. The six games have been
decided by a total of 25 points. Two years ago, Georgia Southern defeated Eastern Michigan 23-
21 on a last second field goal by GSU’s Tyler Bass. We are hoping for another exciting finish this
year!

The state of Alabama is steeped in football tradition, with a combined 25 national championships.
The University of Alabama (17) and Auburn University (2) have 19 combined national
championships at the FBS level, including six in the last ten years. The University of North
Alabama (1993, 1994, and 1995), Troy University (1984 and 1987) and Jacksonville State
University (1992) have won six national titles at the Division II level.

The City of Montgomery also has a rich football tradition, including the annual Blue-Gray Football
Classic, sponsored by the Montgomery Lions Club from 1939-2001. The game was played on
Christmas Day in 1954, 1965 and from 1979-2000. The final Blue-Gray at the Cramton Bowl was
played on Dec. 23, 2001. We are thrilled to be able to bring back college football back to capitol
city on Christmas Day!

We are indebted to the Central Alabama Sports Commission, the City of Montgomery, and
Montgomery County for their continued support over the past seven years of our game.

Thank you to everyone who has made this event possible. We are thrilled that both teams are
here in the Capital of Dreams, welcome to the game!

Johnny Williams
Executive Director of the Montgomery Bowl

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toDAY’s game

The Camellia Bowl

Buffalo and Marshall meet in the seventh annual Camellia Bowl at Historic
Cramton Bowl in Montgomery, Ala. The game will kick off at 1:30 p.m. (CT)
and will be televised by ESPN. Bill Roth (play-by-play), Dustin Fox (analyst)
and Lauren Sisler (sidelines) will call the game. The six previous Camellia
Bowl games have been decided by 25 total points, including walk-off wins by
Appalachian State in 2016 and Georgia Southern in 2018.

The Series

Former Mid-American Conference foes, Buffalo and Marshall are meeting for
the ninth time in the programs’ histories. The Thundering Herd are 8-0 all-
time against the Bulls.

The teams met six times as MAC Eastern Division rivals from 1999-2004,
with Marshall outscoring Buffalo 280-82 in the six victories. The most recent
meeting between the two came on Oct. 23, 2004 with the Herd turning in a
48-14 victory.

Divisional Champions

Both Marshall and Buffalo won their respective division championships this
season.

Marshall captured the Conference USA East Division title, its first since
2014, while Buffalo won MAC East Division title for the second time in the
last three seasons.

Buffalo History

Buffalo is playing in its fifth bowl game in program history, one year after
picking up the school’s first-ever bowl win.

After losing in their first three bowl appearances, the Bulls took down
Charlotte 31-9 in the 2019 Bahamas Bowl. The 2020 Camellia Bowl
marks the third straight bowl appearance under head coach Lance
Leipold.

Buffalo made its bowl debut in the 2008 International Bowl at the Rogers
Centre in Toronto, where it was defeated 38-20 by Connecticut.

Marshall Bowl History

Marshall is in a bowl game for the seventh time in the last eight seasons
and 16th time overall. The Herd are 12-3 all-time in bowl action and
holds the highest winning percentage nationally among teams with at
least six bowl appearances.

Marshall saw its seven-game bowl winning streak come to an end with a
48-25 loss to UCF in the 2019 Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl.

Marshall was also involved in the highest-scoring bowl game in NCAA
history, defeating East Carolina 64-61 in double overtime in the 2001
GMAC Bowl in Mobile, Ala. Quarterback Byron Leftwich led the Herd
back from a 30-point halftime deficit.

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National Champions

Both Marshall and Buffalo have national championship pedigree.
The Thundering Herd played in five FCS national championship
games, winning titles in 1991 and 1996. Marshall defeated
Youngstown State for the 1991 crown and picked up its second title
with a win over Montana State five years later.
Marshall played in the FCS Championship five times in six years
from 1991-96 and owns four runner-up finishes to go along with the
two championships.
For the Bulls, head coach Lance Leipold built quite a reputation as
the head coach at Wisconsin-Whitewater.
Leipold led UW-Whitewater to six NCAA Division III national
championships in eight years from 2007-14, including three
straight titles from 2009-11.
Leipold is the fastest coach in NCAA history to reach 100 wins,
doing so in his 106th game.

Conference Tie-Ins

In its six seasons of existence, the Camellia Bowl has hosted teams
from the Sun Belt, MAC and Conference USA. The 2020 Camellia
Bowl marks the first time the Sun Belt will not have a team in
Montgomery.
MAC teams are 1-3 overall in the Camellia Bowl, with Bowling Green
owning the lone win in the inaugural game in 2014.

Conference USA teams have split their previous two appearances,
with Middle Tennessee claiming a victory in 2017.

Patterson Running Wild

Buffalo has only played in six games during the 2020 season.
However, that hasn’t stopped running back Jaret Patterson from
leaving a lasting mark across the country.

The junior was the first Buffalo freshman to rush for 1,000 yards in
a season in 2018 and then broke the single-season school record
for rushing in 2019.

His numbers have been jaw-dropping in 2020 though, as he leads
all of FBS averaging 178.7 yards per game on the ground.

Patterson set the Buffalo single-game record with 301 rushing yards
in a win at Bowling Green on Nov. 17 only to come back 11 days
later and rush for 409 yards against Kent State with eight rushing
touchdowns, tying Illinois running back Howard Griffith for the must
rushing scores in NCAA history.

Despite playing just six games, Patterson is second nationally with
19 rushing touchdowns on the season, trailing only Alabama’s Najee
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Montgomery’s historic Cramton Bowl has seen its
share of legends since the doors first opened ninety
years ago.

Cramton Bowl, a 25,000-seat stadium opened in 1922
as a baseball stadium and has hosted Major League
Baseball spring training and minor league baseball. It
currently serves as the football home to five local high
school football teams.

The stadium has the designation of having been the Cramton Bowl is named for F.J. Cramton, who donated
first in the South to feature a football game under the the land on which the stadium is built. The location was
lights, a night game pitting Cloverdale High School originally a sanitary landfill owned by Fred Cramton, a
against Pike Road High School in 1927. The game local businessman. The city told Cramton the project
drew more than 7,200 attendees and helped prompt a was too large for the city to undertake, so Cramton took
stadium seating expansion in 1929. Cramton Bowl is matters into his own hands. With the help of the Junior
also formerly the home of the Blue-Gray Football Clas- Chamber of Commerce, Cramton raised $33,000 to
sic college football game. The Alabama Crimson Tide build the new iconic sports venue.
played home games in the capital city at Cramton Bowl
from 1922 to 1932 and in various years through 1954.

The first baseball game played on the new field was
in May 1922 between Auburn University and Vander-
bilt University. Shortly after its completion in 1922,
the Philadelphia Athletics moved their spring training
operations from Eagle Pass, Texas to Montgomery, Ala-
bama. They used the facility in 1923 and 1924 before
moving to Fort Myers, Florida.

Minor league baseball’s newly formed Southeastern
League made its way to the Cramton Bowl from 1927-

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30. The Montgomery Lions played four years before when the Crimson Tide dropped a 13-6 decision to Flor-
the league suffered some problems from 1931-36. The ida on November 12, 1927. Coach Frank Thomas’ 1931
team returned in 1937 as the Montgomery Bombers UA team belted Clemson 74-7 on November 14, 1931.
and garnered their first MLB affiliation with the Cleve-
land Indians. Alabama’s Paul W. “Bear” Bryant participated in two
games at Cramton Bowl as a player and head coach.
The Indians pulled out after the 1938 season and the As a player, he helped the Crimson Tide to a 35-6 win
Athletics returned for one year before the Montgomery over Sewanee on October 6, 1934. More than a decade
Rebels joined a co-op league. The Rebels disbanded in later, he was the head coach at Kentucky and brought
1943 due to World War II. On July 11, 1943, the Chatta- the Wildcats to Montgomery. Alabama defeated UK 21-7
nooga Lookouts moved from Engle Stadium to Cramton on October 26, 1946.
Bowl to finish the year. The Rebels returned from 1946-
49 before moving into the newly constructed Paterson After a five-year absence, Alabama football returned
Field, which opened across the street. to Cramton Bowl and the Crimson Tide walloped Delta
State 89-0 on September 21, 1951. The Crimson Tide’s
Alabama posted an 18-3 record in 21 “home” games final game at Cramton Bowl was a 7-2 loss to Southern
played at Cramton Bowl from 1922-54. The Crimson Mississippi on September 15, 1954.
Tide defeated the Georgia Bulldogs 10-6 in their ini-
tial game in the Capital City on November 25, 1922. On January 19, 2013, Cramton Bowl played host to the
Alabama’s 1925 National Championship team posted a Raycom College Football All-Star Classic. NFL General
34-0 win over Florida on November 14, 1925. Managers, Coaches and Scouts converged for a week-
long training camp featuring some of the top college
Alabama suffered its first loss in the Cramton Bowl football talent in the nation.

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Johnny Williams

Executive Director

Johnny Williams is the Executive Director of the Camellia Bowl.
Williams is also the CEO of Creative Marketing Management. At CMM, he utilizes over 30 years of collegiate ath-
letics experience where he consults with collegiate athletic departments, businesses and high-profile entertainers.
CMM clients include Larry the Cable Guy, Tracy Lawrence and numerous colleges and universities.
Before founding Creative Marketing Management, Johnny was Senior Associate Athletic Director for External
Operations at the University of Alabama and was responsible for Tide Pride, Marketing and Promotions and the
Ticket Office.
Prior to joining the University of Alabama, he spent 11 years as Director of Athletics at Troy University, where he
successfully led the entire athletic program from Division II status to the FBS level, and received the 2002 General
Robert R. Neyland Lifetime Achievement Award.
Prior to being named Troy’s AD, Williams was an assistant coach at Troy and was a member of the 1987 Trojan staff that won the Division II National Champion-
ship. He also served as an assistant coach at North Alabama and was athletic director and head football coach at Pickens County High School.
Williams earned his bachelor’s degree in Health and Physical Education from North Alabama, where he played football and baseball.
Williams is married to the former Robin Libby. The couple has two adult sons – Andrew and David. Andrew is married to the former Alane Boswell. The Williams’
have two grandchildren, Gavin and Avery Kate.

Robin Williams Clay Norrell Marty McGinty Barry Allen Stephen Williams
Associate Executive Director Assistant Executive Director Director of Ticket Operations Media Relations Director Assistant Media Relations Director

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Gilpin Givhan, PC
Montgomery Area Chamber of Troy University Gray TV City of Montgomery
Commerce & CVB

Paul McTear Ernie Merritt Ken Needham Dr. Quinton Ross Leslie Sanders
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welcome to montgomery
The City of Montgomery is the state capital of Alabama
and the county seat for Montgomery County. It is locat-
ed on the Alabama River southeast of the center of the
state, in the Gulf Coastal Plain. As of the 2010 census,
Montgomery had a population of 205,764 making it the
second-largest city in Alabama, after Birmingham and
the 103rd largest in the United States.

The city was incorporated in 1819, as a merger of two
towns situated along the Alabama River. It became the
state capital in 1846, representing the shift of power
to the south-central area with the growth of cotton as a
commodity crop of the Black Belt and Mobile’s rise as
a mercantile port. In February 1861, Montgomery was
selected as the first capital of the Confederate States of
America, until the seat of government moved to Rich-
mond, Virginia, in May of that year. During the mid-20th
century, Montgomery was a major site of events in the
African-American Civil Rights Movement, including the
Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Selma to Montgomery
marches.

As state capital, Montgomery began to influence state
politics, and would also play a prominent role on the
national stage. Beginning February 4, 1861, representa-
tives from Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Missis-
sippi, and South Carolina met in Montgomery to form
the Confederate States of America. Montgomery was
named the first capital of the nation, and Jefferson Da-
vis was inaugurated as President on the steps of the
State Capitol. On April 12, 1865, following the Battle of
Selma, Major General James H. Wilson captured Mont-
gomery for the Union.

In 1886 Montgomery became the first city in the Unit-
ed States to install city-wide electric street cars along
a system that was nicknamed the Lightning Route. The
system made Montgomery one of the first cities to “de-
populate” its residential areas at the city center through
transit-facilitated suburban development.

According to the historian David Beito of the Universi-
ty of Alabama, African Americans in Montgomery “nur-
tured the modern civil rights movement.

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On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested for
refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man,
sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Martin Lu-
ther King, Jr., then the pastor of Dexter Avenue
Baptist Church, and E.D. Nixon, a lawyer and local
civil rights advocate, founded the Montgomery Im-
provement Association to organize the boycott. In
June 1956, the US District Court Judge Frank M.
Johnson ruled that Montgomery’s bus racial segre-
gation was unconstitutional. After the US Supreme
Court upheld the ruling in November, the city de-
segregated the bus system, and the boycott was
ended. Opponents organized mob violence with
police collaboration at the Greyhound Bus Station
during the Freedom Ride of May 1961. Outraged
national reaction resulted in the desegregation of
interstate public transportation.

Martin Luther King returned to Montgomery in
1965. Local civil rights leaders in Selma had been
protesting Jim Crow laws that prevented blacks
from registering to vote.

Following the shooting of a man after a civil rights
rally, the leaders decided to march to Montgomery
to petition Governor George Wallace to allow free
voter registration. The violence they encountered
contributed to Congressional passage of the Voting
Rights Act of 1965, to enforce the rights of African
Americans and other minorities to vote.

In addition to housing many Alabama government
agencies, Montgomery has a large military pres-
ence due to Maxwell Air Force Base, public uni-
versities Alabama State University, Troy University
(Montgomery campus) and Auburn University at
Montgomery’ private colleges/universities Faulkner
University and Huntingdon College; high-tech man-
ufacturing, including Hyundai Motor Manufacturing
Alabama; and cultural attractions such as the Ala-
bama Shakespeare Festival and Montgomery Muse-
um of Fine Arts.

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bowling in alabama

By: Barry Allen, Media Relations Director

College football is a way of life in the state of Alabama.
So, it should come as no surprise that Alabama is steeped in bowl tradition.
The University of Alabama, the state’s flagship institution, has played and won more bowl
games than any school in NCAA history. The Crimson Tide’s bowl history dates back to the
Jan. 1, 1925 Rose Bowl - a 20-19 win over Washington in Pasadena.
Throughout its history, the state of Alabama has hosted more than 90 bowl games. A
record-setting four NCAA Bowl games will be played inside the state’s borders this season.
The list includes Montgomery Bowl (Dec. 23) and Camellia Bowl (Dec. 25) at the historic
Cramton Bowl in Montgomery, LendingTree Bowl (Dec. 26) and Ladd-Peebles Stadium, and
the Birmingham Bowl (Jan. 1) at Birmingham’s Legion Field.
The state’s bowl history dates back to the 1947 season when Legion Field and the city of
Birmingham hosted the Dixie Bowl. The state’s very first bowl game was contested on Jan.
1, 1948 when Arkansas defeated William & Mary, 21-19. The second Dixie Bowl was played
on Jan. 1, 1949 when Baylor defeated Wake Forest, 20-7.
Birmingham has hosted three different bowl games in the storied history of Legion Field.
In addition to the Dixie Bowl, Birmingham has hosted the Hall of Fame Classic and
Birmingham Bowl.
The inaugural Hall of Fame Classic was played on Dec. 22, 1977. Maryland defeated
Minnesota 17-7 in the first bowl game played in this state in nearly 30 years. The Hall of
Fame Classic was played from 1977-85. In 1986, the game became the All-American Bowl, with Florida State beating Indiana, 27-13, on Dec.
31, 1986. North Carolina State defeated Southern Mississippi, 31-27, in the final All-American Bowl on Dec. 28, 1990.
The NCAA Division III National Championship Game, which is called the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl, was played at Garrett-Harrison Stadium
in Phenix City, Ala., from 1973-82 and 1985-89. Wittenburg made four appearances at the Stagg Bowl in Phenix City, winning the national
championship in 1973 and 1975 and finishing runner up in 1978 and 1979.
The state went without post-season bowl games from 1991-98.
The city of Mobile joined the college football bowl scene in 1999 with the Mobile (Alabama) Bowl. TCU defeated East Carolina 28-17 in the
inaugural game on Dec. 28, 1999. The game has several title sponsors over the 22-year history, including GMAC Bowl (2001-10), GoDaddy
Bowl (2011-15), Dollar General (2016-19) and LendingTree Bowl (2020). Western Kentucky and Georgia State will square off in this year’s
game on Saturday, Dec. 26 at 2:30 p.m. (CDT). The game will be televised by ESPN.
The college football bowl schedule returned to Legion Field in 2006 with the Papa John’s Bowl. South Florida posted a 23-7 win over East
Carolina in the inaugural game on Dec. 23, 2006. The name was changed to the BBVA Compass Bank Bowl in 2010, where UConn defeated
South Carolina 20-7 on Jan. 2, 2010. Auburn and Memphis will square off in the 2015 Birmingham Bowl on Wednesday, Dec. 30. Auburn is
the sixth different SEC team to play in the Birmingham Bowl in the last seven years.
The Camellia Bowl was brought to Montgomery in 2014. The six previous games have been decided by 25 total points. Bowling Green defeated
South Alabama 33-28 in the inaugural game on Dec. 20, 2014. Arkansas State defeated FIU 34-26 in last year’s game.
Alabama hosted 17 non-sanctioned NCAA bowl games from 1941-68. The list of games included the Steel Bowl (1941-42, 52) in Birmingham,
the Vulcan Bowl (1941-49) at Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Rocket City Bowl (1960) and Space Bowl (1966-67) in Huntsville, Peanut Bowl
(1968) in Dothan and Azalea Bowl Classic (1971, 1974) in Mobile.
The state also has a had rich history of college football all-star games, including the Blue-Gray College Football Classic (Montgomery), Senior
Bowl (Mobile) and Raycom College Football All-Star Game (Montgomery).
The Blue-Gray College Football Classic began in 1939 and was held annually through 2001 under the auspices of the Montgomery Lions Club.
The Gray held a 33-29-2 series lead. The game was played annually on Christmas Day. The game was discontinued after the 2003 season.
The Senior Bowl is a post-season college football all-star game played in Mobile, Ala., which showcases the best NFL Draft prospects of those
collegiate players who have completed their eligibility. The game was first played in Jacksonville, Fla., in 1950 and moved to Ladd-Peebles
Stadium in Mobile in 1951. The game will be played a Hancock Whitney Stadium, on the South Alabama campus, this season.
The Raycom Media College All-Star Game was played at the Cramton Bowl on Jan. 19, 2013 and was used as a spring board to the evolution
of the Camellia Bowl.

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christmas in montgomery

By: Tim Gayle, Staff Writer

In Montgomery, football is as synonymous with Christmas as gift giving and holiday
festivities.

Generations of sports fans in the River Region have grown accustomed to attending
Cramton Bowl during the holiday season, first with the Blue-Gray All-Star Football
Classic and later with the Camellia Bowl.

The Blue-Gray game was launched in 1939 at Cramton Bowl and continued through
2001 until the lack of corporate sponsorship finally killed the college all-star classic.
Throughout the first 40 years of the game, it was annually held on the last Saturday
in December, varying from Christmas Day to New Year’s Eve. Beginning in 1979 with
a new television contract from CBS, the game was held annually on Christmas Day
at 11 a.m.

“I won’t minimize the fact it plays on a day where really no one wants to play,”
CBS Sports president Neal Pilson said in 2003. “That’s a huge advantage as far as
television, but I recognize the inconvenience to the people who live in Montgomery.
It’s one of these things that if you want the Blue-Gray game, it’s probably got to run
on the Christmas holiday. If you play it on Christmas Day, we’ll televise it. If you
don’t, we can’t. Your call.”

Champ Pickens in 1962 (Blue-Gray Association) Not surprisingly, the game was a promoter’s dream from the very beginning. Champ
Pickens, a natural-born promoter, was thinking of ideas for the World’s Fair that
would be held the next year in New York City.

“I knew that the promoters would be looking for gimmicks to attract patrons,” he wrote in his autobiography. “Then an idea hit me like a flying
bottle in a Bowery pub. Why not a football game between the North and South? The two sections never stopped arguing about the Civil War
and this would be a splendid way to cement goodwill.”

Promoters liked the idea and wanted to hold the first event at Yankee Stadium in 1939. Pickens, bursting at the seams with his newly created
event, told Montgomery mayor W.A. Gunter of the plan. “But why play the game in New York?” Gunter questioned. “It belongs right here in
Montgomery.”

Pickens told Gunter such an idea would easily cost the city $5,000 (the first game did, in fact, lose $4,860) but Gunter was insistent and
offered to write Pickens a check immediately to cover the cost.

The first game, a Blue 7-0 victory, occurred on Jan. 2, 1939, but beginning later that year, the game became a Yuletide treat between
Christmas and New Year’s Eve, falling on Christmas in 1943, 1948, 1954 and 1965 before finally settling into an annual Christmas event in
1979.

The first Christmas game almost didn’t happen. World War II suspended travel and canceled the Blue-Gray but organizers put together a
regional high school championship of sorts, featuring Boys High of Atlanta and Meridian High. A new addition to the stadium – along with a
new two-story press box -- increased capacity to 22,500, but the estimated crowd of 15,000 never showed as heavy rain and temperatures
fluctuating between 33 and 38 degrees led to the most miserable Blue-Gray game in history.

The two teams combined for 205 yards, 23 punts and seven fumbles in a Boys High 13-0 victory as Meridian star Shorty McWilliams, who
had rushed for 30 touchdowns that year, left the game in the third quarter with an injury.

The next Christmas game, in 1948, featured McWilliams, now at Mississippi State, and Boys High star George Broadnax, now a Georgia Tech
receiver, as Gray teammates. McWilliams and fellow Mississippi State tailback Harper Davis both left the game with injuries as the Blue won
19-13.

The third Christmas battle, in 1954, was the first Blue-Gray game ever televised. Pickens had seen the success of Gillette’s Calvacade of
Sports presented over the Mutual Broadcasting System and went to Boston in 1947 to talk to Gillette executives. He came back with an
agreement from Gillette for television (still several years from launching) and radio rights for the next 15 years. Harry Wisner handled the first
five radio broadcasts of the Blue-Gray, pairing with analyst Mel Allen in 1947 and 1948. By 1954, Bob Neal announced the first television
game from Cramton Bowl on NBC as Missouri coach Don Faurot brought both his quarterbacks, Tony Scardino and Vic Eaton, and Eaton won
MVP honors in the Blue’s 14-7 win.

By the time the Blue-Gray returned to Christmas (in 1965) a new era was dawning. No African-American players were allowed on any
Southeastern Conference teams at that time, but NBC had refused, beginning in 1963, to televise the Blue-Gray game until African-Americans
from Northern colleges were included on the all-star roster.

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Blue-Gray officials would go one step further, putting a pair of Florida A&M players
– defensive tackle Johnny Holmes and running back Eugene Thomas – on the Gray
roster along with Blue players Jim Long of Purdue and William Briggs of Iowa.
Their performance, while historic, was overshadowed on Christmas Day by Texas
A&I quarterback Randy Johnson, who completed 20 of 33 passes for 308 yards,
including a fourth-down pass to Harlan Lane with 29 seconds remaining for the
game-winning points. Johnson, who went on to become a first-round draft pick by
the Atlanta Falcons in their inaugural draft of 1966, still holds the Blue-Gray game
record for completions and passing yards.

When the game made its CBS debut in 1979, the color analyst was Sonny Jergensen.
While that selection wasn’t as newsworthy as plucking a fan (Bart Starr) out of the
stands to fill in for Pat Summerall in 1970 or getting Paul “Bear” Bryant to serve
as an analyst for the 1975 game, it certainly added to the prestige of the game in
getting a Pro Football Hall of Famer to praise the value of the contest.

It got another boost the following year in 1980 when Charles “Fats” Jones took over
as executive director. Jones made an impact that year by adding longtime Clemson
coach Frank Howard as a Gray recruiter; getting a commitment from Auburn coach
Doug Barfield, fired days earlier, to coach in the game; and adding a pair of young
head coaches as assistants, Oklahoma State’s Jimmy Johnson and Wake Forest’s
John Mackovic.

Then, Jones went out and brought in a group of players that included Tennessee Rutgers QB Mike McMahon in 2000 (Blue-Gray Association)
State quarterback Joe “747” Adams, Citadel tailback Stump Mitchell, USC receiver
Kevin Williams, Minnesota tailback Marion Barber, Iowa center Jay Hilgenberg,
Oklahoma State defensive end Dexter Manley, Southern Miss cornerback Hanford
Dixon and Villanova defensive end Howie Long, the game’s MVP.

The defining game in Blue-Gray history came in 1984 when Mississippi Valley State receiver Jerry Rice took home MVP honors in front of a
capacity crowd. From that moment on, for better or worse, the Blue-Gray game became an outlet for small-school stars, where NFL officials
would encourage game officials to take certain players to see how they would perform against large-school opponents.

In 1987, it was two-way star Gordie Lockbaum of Holy Cross who came to Montgomery. Two years later, Texas A&I tailback Johnny Bailey,
who owned all the national rushing records, was on the Gray squad along with Savannah State receiver Shannon Sharpe. Alabama State stars
Eddie Robinson (1991) and Reggie Barlow (1995) were included, along with Division II Central Oklahoma tailback Joe Aska in 1994.

By 2000, as Kelly Springfield Tires’ parent company, Goodyear, ended a 17-year run as the corporate sponsor, the Blue-Gray’s talent pool was
drying up as agents urged their high-profile players to skip college all-star games, resulting in 15 in-state players. But even in 2001, its final
year in Cramton Bowl as it struggled without a sponsor and without recruiters, the game still managed a 3.3 television rating.

By today’s standards, as it was in 2001, that made the Blue-Gray game the highest rated all-star game and one of the highest rated games in
the bowl season. (Last year’s “Big Four” – Rose, Cotton, Sugar and Orange – along with the Texas, Alamo, Citrus and College Football Playoff
bowls would be the only games with more viewers). As Pilson noted, the Blue-Gray’s niche made it extremely popular with the rest of the
college football world while people in Montgomery learned to live with football on Christmas.

Howard Schnellenberger started the Florida Atlantic program from scratch and will certainly watch the Owls in their Dec. 23 game with
Memphis at Cramton Bowl in the inaugural Montgomery Bowl. Schnellenberger knows all about Montgomery’s Yuletide passion for football.
As an All-American receiver at Kentucky, he played in the 1955 Blue-Gray game on New Year’s Eve. Later, he would spend Christmas in
Montgomery as a Gray coach from Miami in 1981 and from Louisville in 1988.

“Growing up, I always wanted to play in the Blue-Gray Game, to be on the field with the best of the best players from schools across the
country,” Schnellenberger said. “It was always played between Christmas and New Year’s and in 1955 we got to play on New Year’s Eve. It was
an honor to be chosen to play in the game after my senior year at the University of Kentucky.

“How exciting that my FAU Owls are now playing in the same Montgomery, Alabama stadium for their 2020 bowl game.”

Memphis fans also have a tie to the Blue-Gray game. Allyn McKeen was a Memphis attorney when he volunteered to help Zach Curlin as
an assistant at West Tennessee State (now Memphis) in the 1930s. When Curlin stepped down after an 0-9 season in 1936, McKeen was
appointed head coach and led the nation in scoring in 1938 while compiling a 10-0 record.

He moved on to Mississippi State and coached in the Blue-Gray game in 1942, 1946, 1947 and 1948, retiring as a head coach after the 1948
Blue-Gray game to become Pickens’ assistant. When Pickens retired, the popular owner of a local sporting goods store took over as executive
director of the Blue-Gray game and served until 1975.

In 1976, he was inducted into the University of Memphis Hall of Fame. In 1991, he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

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BUFFALO athletics

The University at Buffalo Mid-American Conference titles. In 2018, the Bulls
Athletics Department sponsors upset fourth-seeded Arizona to advance to the Round
16 Division I teams that of 32 of the NCAA Tournament. In 2019, UB enjoyed its
finest season, going 32-4. The Bulls were ranked as high
compete in the Mid-American as 14 in the national polls and advanced to the second
Conference. The Bulls football round of the NCAA Tournament.
team joined the FBS ranks in
Under the direction of head coach Felisha Legette-Jack,
1999 while the other teams the women’s basketball team has averaged 22 wins
over the last six years. The Bulls won the Mid-American
have been Division I since Conference championship in 2016 and 2019. In 2018,
following a 27-win regular season, the Bulls earned
Brian White 1991. an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. UB defeated
Director of Athletics Buffalo is enjoying its finest South Florida and Florida State to advance to the Sweet
16 for the first time in program history.
era of athletics. On the girdiron, the Bulls are playing
Khalil Mack is likely the most famous player to don the
in their third straight bowl game after only making two Blue and White. A member of the UB football team from
2009-13, Mack was selected fifth overall in the 2014
bowl appearances in their first 19 seasons as an FBS NFL Draft and has become one of the most feared
defenders in the NFL.
program. In addition, Buffalo has won the MAC East

Division in two of the past three years. This season, the

Bulls reached no. 23 in the Associated Press rankings –

marking the first time they had ever been ranked.

The men’s basketball team has won four of the last five

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lance Leipold

Buffalo Head Coach

Now in his sixth season, head coach Lance Leipold continues to build In 2016, Leipold led a very young squad, featuring 42 new players.
the Buffalo football program into a consistent winner. The Bulls were the fourth most inexperienced team in the nation.
Leipold was named Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year for Buffalo earned impressive wins over Army (a bowl team) and Akron.
the second time in 2020. He led the Bulls to their second MAC East Buffalo had four players named to the All-MAC team.
Division title following a perfect 5-0 regular season. Under Leipold, In 2015, his first with the Bulls, Leipold led UB to a 5-7 mark. He
the Bulls made their first ever appearance in the Associated Press became the first UB head coach to win five games in his first season
Top 25, reaching as high as 23rd. since Bob Deming went 6-3 in 1969.
Twelve Bulls were named All-MAC led by running back Jaret Patterson Leipold came to UB from Wisconsin-Whitewater where he compiled
who was also named the MAC Offensive Player of the Year as well an astounding 109-6 record and won six Division III National
as the Vern Smith Leadership Award winner, given annually to the Championships over his eight seasons. A six-time National Coach of
league’s top overall player. the Year, Leipold reached 100 career victories faster than any other
Leipold led Buffalo to its first ever bowl win in 2019, defeating coach in NCAA history – at any level.
Charlotte, 31-9, in the Makers Wanted Bahamas Bowl. UB finished Leipold has gathered multiple honors from as many as five football-
the 2019 campaign with a record of 8-5, its third straight season of related organizations. He earned his sixth American Football Coaches
bowl edibility and second straight bowl berth, both program firsts. Association Division III Coach of the Year award in 2014. He has won
Two of Buffalo’s four bowl berths in school history have come with the award more times than any active coach at any level. He passed
Leipold at the helm. the late Joe Paterno, who was a five-time recipient of the award.
Leipold led the Bulls to a school-record 10-win campaign in 2018. In his first season as head coach at Whitewater, The Warhawks
The 10 wins, included a program-best 7-1 record in the Mid-American went 14-1 and won the national title. He led the Warhawks back to
Conference, a MAC East Division title and the school’s second trip the national championship game in 2008, but they lost to Mount
to the MAC Championship game. Among the Bulls non-conference Union, 31-26. Wisconsin-Whitewater went 15-0, winning the national
victories in 2018, included a 42-13 win at Rutgers, for the school’s championship in 2009, 2010 and 2011 and won 46 straight games
first-ever win over a Power 5 opponent. The Bulls earned an invitation
to the 2018 Dollar General Bowl for just their third bowl game berth
in program history.
Leipold was named the 2018 Mid-American Conference Coach of the
Year as well as a semifinalist for the George Munger College Coach
of the Year Award, presented yearly by the Maxwell Football Club.
In 2017, he guided the Bulls to a 6-6 record and bowl eligibility for
just the third time as an FBS program. The six wins were the fourth
most in a season since the Bulls made the move to the FBS ranks
in 1999.

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over that span. Following a 7-3 season in 2012, UWW went a perfect Coaching file
15-0 and won the national championship in 2013 and followed with
another perfect 15-0 season and a national title in 2014. 1987............................Wisconsin-Whitewater - Quarterbacks
1988........................ Wisconsin-Whitewater - Wide Receivers
A native of Jefferson, WI, Leipold began his coaching career at 1989................................................................ Doane - Assistant
Wisconsin-Whitewater in 1987 as a quarterbacks coach and then 1990................................... Wisconsin-Whitewater - Assistant
wide receivers coach. He moved to the University of Wisconsin from 1991-93................................... Wisconsin - Graduate Assistant
1991-93 as a graduate assistant and helped the Badgers to a Big Ten 1994-00......................................Nebraska-Omaha - Assistant
title and a Rose Bowl appearance in 1993. 2001-03......Nebraska - Administrative Assistant/Recruiting
2004-06.... Nebraska-Omaha - Asst. Head Coach/Off. Coordinator
As an assistant coach at Division II Nebraska-Omaha from 1994- 2007-14........................ Wisconsin-Whitewater - Head Coach
2000, Leipold helped turn the Mavericks from a 1-10 team in 1994 2007 – 14-1 (National champions)
into three-time North Central Conference champions during his 2008 – 13-2
tenure. After being promoted to offensive coordinator in 2000, he 2009 – 15-0 (National champions)
moved on to the University of Nebraska, where he served for three 2010 – 15-0 (National champions)
seasons under current Ohio head coach Frank Solich. He was on the 2011 – 15-0 (National champions)
same staff as former UB head coach Turner Gill. The Cornhuskers 2012 – 7-3
competed in the national championship game in 2001 and earned 2013 – 15-0 (National champions)
bowl bids in 2002 and 2003. 2014 – 15-0 (National champions)
Total – 109-6 (6 national championships)
He returned to Nebraska-Omaha to serve as associate head coach 2015-present.......................................... Buffalo - Head Coach
and offensive coordinator from 2004-06. The Mavericks finished 8-3 2015 – 5-7 (3-5 MAC)
and won the conference championship each of his three seasons. 2016 – 2-10 (1-7 MAC)
2017 – 6-6 (4-4 MAC)
Leipold is a 1987 graduate of Wisconsin-Whitewater where he was a 2018 – 10-4 (7-1 MAC)
standout quarterback for the Warhawks. 2019 – 8-5 (5-3 MAC)
2020 – 5-1 (5-0 MAC)
Leipold and his wife, Kelly, have a daughter, Lindsey, and a son, Total – 36-33 (25-20)
Landon. His daughter, Lindsey plays volleyball at Stetson University.
Head Coaching Record – 145-39 overall (14 seasons)

buffalo Coaching Staff

Rob Ianello Brian Borland Andy Kotelnicki Chris Simpson Jim Zebrowski
Associate Head Coach Defensive Coordinator Offensive Coordinator Co-Defensive Coordinator Co-Offensive Coordinator
Recruiting Coordinator/WR
Cornerbacks Tight Ends Linebackers Quarterbacks

Taiwo Onatolu Scott Fuchs Jeff Burrow George Ricumstrict Isaac Reed
Special Teams Coordinator Offensive Line Safeties Defensive Tackles Running Backs

Defensive Ends

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bulls season review

game 1 game 2 game 3

Nov. 4 at Northern Illinois | Dekalb, Ill. Nov. 10 vs. Miami (OH) | Buffalo, N.Y. Nov. 17 at Bowling Green | Bowling Green, Ohio

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The University at Buffalo football team scored Kyle Vantrease threw for a career-high 353 Jaret Patterson rushed for a school-record
three defensive touchdowns and forced five yards and four touchdowns to lead the 301 yards and scored four touchdowns to help
turnovers in a 49-30 win at Northern Illinois in University at Buffalo football team to a 42-10 lead the University at Buffalo football team
the season opener for both programs. It was win over Miami (OH). The junior quarterback to a 42-17 win at Bowling Green. Patterson
the Bulls’ first win against Northern Illinois led an offensive attack that rolled up 558 broke his own record of 298 yards on the
since joining the Mid-American Conference in yards of total offense against the defending ground set against the Falcons last season.
1999, snapping an 11-game losing streak to MAC champions. A week after airing it out for a win over Miami
the Huskies. It was a defensive struggle early on as neither (OH), the Bulls went back to their lethal run
Early on, it looked like it was going to be team scored in the first quarter. The RedHawks game to get the job done tonight. The Bulls
an easy win as UB marched right down the defense blinked first as Kevin Marks ripped rushed for a season-high 396 yards which
field on its first possession and scored the off a 30-yard run early in the second quarter was 12 yards more than their first two games
game’s first touchdown on a 5-yard run by that gave the Bulls a first down at the Miami combined. Kevin Marks also had a strong
Jaret Patterson less than three minutes into 12-yard line. Jaret Patterson capped the drive performance on the ground, rushing for 90
the game. A 17-yard touchdown pass from with a 2-yard touchdown run to give UB a 7-0 yards and a scored on 15 carries.
Kyle Vantrease to Antonio Nunn put the Bulls lead. It didn’t take long for the Bulls to get on the
ahead, 14-3, after the first quarter. Less than two minutes later, UB struck again board as they took their opening possession
Taking advantage of a short field, Northern when Vantrease hit Trevor Wilson in stride for and marched 74 yards on seven plays and
Illinois was able to cut the lead to 14-10 early a 78-yard touchdown pass to put the Bulls took a 7-0 lead on Patterson’s first touchdown
in the second quarter. However, Patterson ahead 14-0. Wilson had the best game of of the game, a 17-yard run up the middle.
struck again, this time on a 56-yard TD run, his young career, finishing with 103 yards Marks scored on a three-yard run, early in
to put the Bulls up 21-10 with just over two receiving and a score. the second quarter, to make the score 14-3.
minutes left in the half. The Huskies were Miami scored late in the second quarter to Patterson punched it in from four yards out,
able to score a touchdown late in the second cut the UB lead to 14-7 at the break. late in the second quarter, to extend the UB
quarter to cut the UB advantage to 21-16 at The second half was all UB as the Bulls advantage to 21-3 at the half.
the break. scored on each of their first four possessions Patterson’s third touchdown came on a 15-
The UB defense was able to put the game of the second half to put the game on ice. yard run with six minutes to go in the third
away in the third quarter. First, linebacker Vantrease finished the game 17-of-27 for 353 quarter to put the Bulls ahead, 28-3. On
Tim Terry scooped up a fumble by NIU yards and four touchdowns. The junior signal- the Bulls next possession, quarterback Kyle
quarterback Ross Bowers and dashed 46 caller was a perfect 9-for-9 for 229 yards and Vantrease called his own number and scored
yards for the score. On the Huskies’ very next three touchdowns in the second half alone. on a six-yard run to up the advantage to 35-3.
possession, James Patterson laid a big hit Marks led the rushing attack with 109 yards Patterson but an explanation point on the win
on NIU running back Erin Collins. He jarred on 16 carries. Patterson added 73 yards and and broke the single-game school rushing
the ball loose and it bounced right into the two scores on the ground. record with a 57-yard run with just over two
hands of Isaiah King who darted 42 yards for minutes left in the game.
another UB touchdown. Suddenly, UB led 35- Patterson’s 301 rushing yards tied for 12th in
16 midway through the third quarter. Mid-American Conference history for a single
After Vantrease scored on a 4-yard run, less game.
than two minutes later, to put the Bulls ahead,
42-16, Kadofi Wright cemented the victory
with a 65-yard pick six early in the fourth
quarter.

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bulls season review

game 4 game 5 game 6

Nov. 28 vs. Kent State | Buffalo, N.Y. Dec. 12 vs. Akron | Buffalo, N.Y. Dec. 18 vs. Ball State | Detroit, Mich.

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Jaret Patterson rushed for a record 409 Playing in their first game as a nationally- The University at Buffalo football team
yards and eight touchdowns to help lead the ranked program, the University at Buffalo couldn’t overcome missed opportunities
University at Buffalo football team to a 70-41 football team cruised past Akron, 56-7, on a and fell to Ball State, 38-28, in the Rocket
win over Kent State at UB Stadium. The 409 rainy afternoon at UB Stadium. Mortgage Mid-American Conference
yards were a Mid-American Conference record Championship held at Ford Field.
and his eight rushing touchdowns tied an The Bulls used a steady dose of their
NCAA record for single game. dominant run game to set the tone. Kevin Things started well for the Bulls as they
Patterson’s game came on the heels of his Marks, Jr. and Jaret Patterson both rushed marched right down the field on their opening
301-yard, four touchdown performance at for over 100 yards and two touchdowns in the possession and scored on a 3-yard touchdown
Bowling Green in UB’s last outing. Through first half alone. Marks finished with a career- run by Jaret Patterson to take a 7-0 lead.
four games, the junior running back has high 182 yards on only 15 carries and scored
rushed for 920 yards and 16 touchdowns. on touchdown runs of 24 and 23 yards. After Ball State scored a touchdown on its
Patterson broke off a 62-yard run on the opening possession, The Bulls marched right
first play from scrimmage to set the tone. He Patterson rushed for 105 yards on 16 carries, back down the field and took a 14-7 lead
scored the first of his eight touchdowns on a all in the first half. With the game well in hand, on a 24-yard pass from Vantrease to Trevor
three-yard just one play later. He scored on his play was limited. The junior running back Wilson. After Ball State tied the game at
a 31-yard run on UB’s next possession and did go over 1,000 yards on the season, tying 14-14 midway through the second quarter,
added a 42-yard TD scamper with 21 seconds the FBS record for earliest game to eclipsed Vantrease called his own number from the
left in the first quarter. He had a 49-yard TD 1,000 yards, doing so in five games. He also 1-yard line to put UB back in front, 21-14,
run early in the second quarter and scored his scored his 50th and 51st career rushing with 7:31 left in the half.
fifth TD of the game on a 1-yard plunge with touchdown, becoming just the seventh
just over two minutes left in the half. Patterson player in MAC history to scored 50 rushing However, the rest of the second quarter was
rushed for 267 yards and five touchdowns in touchdowns. all Ball State. After tying the game at 21-21,
the first half alone. the Cardinals got the ball back and on third-
Patterson added a 7-yard touchdown early in The Bulls rolled up 507 yards of total offense, and-long connected on a 56-yard touchdown
the third quarter and scored on a 58-yard dash including 428 on the ground. It was the third pass to take a 28-21 lead with 1:30 left in
in the fourth quarter to tie Illinois’ Howard straight game Buffalo rushed for over 300 the half.
Griffith for the NCAA record set in 1990. yards.
Buffalo rushed for a program-record 515 yards What happened on the Bulls’ ensuing
in the game. Kevin Marks added 97 yards and Defensively, the Bulls held Akron to 204 yards possession really changed the complexion
two rushing touchdowns. The 10 total rushing of total offense. UB got contributions up and of the game. A strip sack of Vantrease was
touchdowns were also a school record. down the roster. The Bulls tied their season scooped up by Ball State and returned 34
The 70 points were the most scored by a UB high with four sacks in the game, coming yards for a touchdown. It was the first sack
team in its FBS era (since 1999), topping its from four different players (George Wolo, allowed by Buffalo in nine games dated back
previous best of 68 points scored in a seven- Eddie Wilson, Max Michel and Kyler Laing). to last season.
overtime game against Western Michigan in
2017. The UB defense stood tall in the second half,
allowing only three points. However, the Bulls
just couldn’t capitalize on opportunities. With
1:16 left in the third quarter Kevin Marks, Jr.
ripped off a 67-yard run to cut the lead to
38-28, but the Bulls would get no closer. UB
crossed midfield a couple times in the fourth
quarter, but just couldn’t score again.

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meet the bulls

#15 Ali Abbas #25 Tajay Ahmed #11 Wankeith Akin, Jr. #47 Caleb Arena #96 Jordan Avissey #73 Kayode Awosika
CB | SR RB | SO CB | JR LB | FR DT | R-FR OL | SR

#18 Roy Baker #14 Jackson Baltar #86 Tahliq Battle #53 C.J. Bazile #94 Eric Black
S | SR K/P | SO WR | FR DE | R-FR DE | JR

#34 Trevor Borland #7 E.J. Brown #36 Cole Burniston #21 Kolbe Burrell #4 Trevor Bycznski
TE | FR S | SR TE | SO RB | FR QB | R-FR

#60 Trevor Cahill #6 Casey Case #32 Owen Chambers #12 Aaron Chase #13 Sean Colgan
OL | SO QB | FR S | SO QB | R-FR LB | SR

#2 Ron Cook, Jr. #68 Donovan Cornelius #19 Javien Cuff #37 Evan Davis #22 Mark Davis, Jr.
RB | SO OL | FR WR | R-FR LS | SO CB | R-FR

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#64 Mike Dempsey #72 Deondre Doiron #52 Shaun Dolac #78 Tyler Doty #40 Evan Finegan #65 Michael Ford, Jr.
OL | R-FR OL | FR LB | FR OL | FR P | JR OL | FR

#10 Marcus Fuqua #59 Jake Fuzak #66 Jacob Gall #45 Evan Gantley #24 Cory Gross Jr.
S | R-FR OL | SR OL | JR S | JR S | SO

#19 Shemar Hayes #51 Zander Heim #33 Tyrone Hill #85 James Hook #91 Mason Hoose
CB | JR DE | JR S | SR P | R-FR DE | JR

#35 Logic Hudgens #36 Nick Hunter #9 Dominic Johnson #83 Marlyn Johnson #38 Bryce Johnson-Maith
S | FR DE | JR WR | SR WR | R-FR DE | FR

#4 Isaiah King #79 Jack Klenk #50 Malcolm Koonce #55 Kyler Laing #76 Anthony Laudicina
CB | JR OL | SR DE | SR DE | R-FR OL | R-FR

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meet the bulls

#3 Daniel Lee #89 Zac Lefebvre #5 Kevin Marks, Jr. #43 Jason McCarthy #8 Dylan McDuffie #99 Ronald McGee
WR | SR TE | SR RB | JR LB | FR RB | SO DT | JR

#28 Jalen McNair #16 Alex McNulty #6 Max Michel #30 Rich Miller, Jr. #44 Jake Molinich
S | FR K | SO DE | SO LB | SO TE | SR

#47 Wyatt Molinich #10 Matt Myers #62 Mike Novitsky #1 Antonio Nunn #82 Tyree O’Neil
TE | R-FR QB | SO OL | SO WR | SR WR | JR

#20 James Patterson #26 Jaret Patterson #74 Bence Polgar #61 Dom Polizzi #17 Bernard Porter
LB | JR RB | JR OL | R-FR DT | SO WR | R-SO

#39 Dylan Powell #42 Bendan Pyne #30 Ryan Razzano #12 Lonnie Rice #49 Taylor Riggins
S | R-JR LB | GR RB | R-FR LB | FR DE | SR

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meet the bulls

#57 Jeremiah Riordan #29 Larry Robbins #28 Caron Robinson #87 Jovany Ruiz #58 Alain Schaerer #95 Garrett Selover
LS | SR CB | R-FR RB | FR WR | SR OL | R-SO K | R-FR

#77 Caelan Shepard #80 Tyler Stephens #25 Caleb Tate #5 Tim Terry, Jr. #93 Michael Tetteh
OL | R-FR TE | R-FR LB | R-FR LB | JR DT | FR

#71 Ray Thomas-Ishman #27 Tyree Thompson #13 Carlton Todd #75 Sam Todd #63 A.J. Urbaniak
OL | GR LB | GR WR | SR OL | FR OL | FR

#7 Kyle Vantrease #69 Gabe Wallace #3 Aapri Washington #0 Eddie Wilson #18 Trevor Wilson
QB | JR OL | SO CB | JR DT | JR WR | R-FR

#90 George Wolo #95 Tyrece Woods, Jr. #31 Kadofi Wright #70 Nick Zikuski #56 Jake Zimmer
DT | FR DT | SO LB | SR OL | R-FR LB | SO

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The Automated ScoreBook
Buffalo Combined Team Statistics (as of Dec 20, 2020)

All games

Date Opponent Score Att. Record: O v e ra ll Home Away Neutral
* Nov 04, 202 at Northern Illinois W 49-30 449 All gam es 5-1 3-1 2-0 0-0
* Nov 10, 202 M IAM I (OH) W 42-10 C o n fe re n c e 5-0 3-0 2-0 0-0
* Nov 17, 202 at Bowling G reen W 42-17 0 Non-Conference 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0
* Nov 28, 202 KENT STATE W 70-41 1500
* Dec 12, 202 AKRON W 56-7 Team Statistics UB OPP
Dec 18, 202 BALL STATE L 28-38 0 FIRST DOW NS 134 123
0
0 R u s h in g 76 54
P a s s in g 46 56
R u s h in g g att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g P e n a lty 12 13
PATTERSON, Jare 6 141 1084 12 1072 7.6 19 67 178.7 RUSHING YARDAGE 1857 968
M ARKS, Kevin 6 77 607 4 603 7.8 6 67 100.5 Rushing Attem pts 257 244
COOK, Ron 6 17 80 3 77 4.5 0 18 12.8 Average Per Rush 7.2 4.0
AHM ED, Tajay 3 1 44 0 44 44.0 1 44 14.7 Average Per Game 309.5 161.3
ROBINSON, Caron 1 5 36 0 36 7.2 0 27 36.0 TDs Rushing 30
VANTREASE, Kyle 6 8 30 8 22 2.8 3 10 3.7 PASSING YARDAGE 1197 9
M cDUFFIE, Dylan 2 1 4 0 4 4.0 0 Com p-Att-Int 82-130-3 1307
M YERS, M att 3 3 7 4 3 1.0 1 4 2.0 Average Per Pass 9.2 98-180-6
Total 6 257 1892 35 1857 7.2 30 4 1.0 Average Per Catch 14.6
O p p o n e n ts 6 244 1103 135 968 4.0 9 67 309.5 Average Per Game 199.5 7.3
32 161.3 TDs Passing 13.3
TOTAL OFFENSE 7 217.8
Passing g effic com p-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g Average Per Play 3054
VANTREASE, Kyle 6 156.48 80-127-2 63.0 1186 7 82 197.7 Average Per Game 8
M YERS, M att 3 146.20 2-2-0 100. 11 0 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 7.9 2275
BYCZNSKI, Trevo 1 -200.0 0-1-1 0.0 0 0 7 3.7 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 509.0
Total 6 153.58 82-130-3 63.1 1197 7 0 0.0 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 16-300 5.4
O p p o n e n ts 6 123.44 98-180-6 54.4 1307 8 82 199.5 F U M B LE S -LO S T 379.2
56 217.8 P E N A L T IE S -Y a rd s 8-73 22-501
PUNTS-AVG 6-93
R e c e iv in g g no. yds avg td lg avg/g TIM E OF POSSESSION/G 2-0
NUNN, Antonio 6 33 535 16.2 2 82 89.2 3RD-DOW N Conversions 3-2 3-0
W ILSON, Trevor 6 14 309 22.1 3 78 51.5 4TH-DOW N Conversions 36-322 7-4
RUIZ, Jovany 6 13 131 10.1 1 26 21.8 19-38.7 33-296
LEFEBVRE, Zac 6 11 155 14.1 1 38 25.8 31-42.6
JOHNSON, Dom ini 6 5 43 8.6 0 14 7.2 30:02 29:57
M ARKS, Kevin 6 3 -3 -1.0 0 7 -0.5 31/66 28/86
0 15 2.5 8/14
0 6 1.0 5/10
0 6 1.0
COOK, Ron 6 1 15 15.0 7 82 199.5 Interceptions no. yds avg td lg
PORTER, Bernard 6 1 6 6.0 8 56 217.8 W RIGHT, Kadofi 1 65 65.0 1 65
M OLINICH, Jake 6 1 6 6.0 BAKER, Roy 1 0 0.0 0 0
Total 6 82 1197 14.6 PATTERSON, Jam 1 -6 -6.0 0 0
O p p o n e n ts 6 98 1307 13.3 HAYES, Shemar 1 34 34.0 0 34
FUQUA, Marcus 1 0 0.0 0 0
Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blk GROSS, Cory 1 0 0.0 0 0
M cNULTY, Alex 0-2 0.0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 0 1

Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk
FINEGAN, Evan 16 621 38.8 59 1 4 5 3 0
PAT BALTAR, Jackson 2 73 36.5 41 0 0 0 0 0
Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts VANTREASE, Kyle 1 42 42.0 42 0 0 1 0 0
PATTERSON, Jare 19 -
M cNULTY, Alex - - - - - - 114 Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg
M ARKS, Kevin - 0-2 40-40 - - - - - 40 COOK, Ron 8 73 9.1 0 27
W ILSON, Trevor 6- Total 8 73 9.1 0 27
VANTREASE, Kyle 3- - - - - - - 36 O p p o n e n ts 2 0 0.0 0 0
NUNN, Antonio 3- - - - - - - 18
RUIZ, Jovany 2- - - - - - - 18 Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg
M YERS, M att 1- - - - - - - 12 COOK, Ron 9 227 25.2 0 33
HILL, Tyrone 1- - - -- - - 6 M ARKS, Kevin 3 48 16.0 0 22
AHM ED, Tajay 1- - - -- - - 6 NUNN, Antonio 2 2 1.0 0 2
W RIGHT, Kadofi 1- - - -- - - 6 W ILSON, Trevor 1 14 14.0 0 14
LEFEBVRE, Zac 1- - - -- - - 6 M OLINICH, Jake 1 9 9.0 0 9
KING, Isaiah 1- - - -- - - 6 Total
TERRY, Tim 1- - - -- -- 6 O p p o n e n ts 16 300 18.8 0 33
BALTAR, Jackson 1- - - -- - - 6 22 501 22.8 0 45
Total -- - - -- - - 6
O p p o n e n ts 41 0-2 1-1 - - - - - 1 All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g
18 6-10 41-41 - - - - - 287 PATTERSON, 6 1072 0 00 0 1072 178.7
15-15 1-1 - 0-2 - - 143 MARKS, Kevi 6 603 -3 0 48 0 648 108.0
NUNN, Antoni 6 0 535 02 0 537 89.5
Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total COOK, Ron 6 77 15 73 227 0 392 65.3
B u ffa lo 70 77 91 49 0 287 W ILSON, Tre 6 0 309 0 14 0 323 53.8
O p p o n e n ts 23 62 10 48 0 143 LEFEBVRE, Z 6 0 155 00 0 155 25.8
RUIZ, Jovany 6 0 131 00 0 131 21.8
W RIGHT, Ka 600 00 65 65 10.8
AHM ED, Taja 3 44 0 00 0 44 14.7
JOHNSON, D 6 0 43 00 0 43 7.2
Total 6 1857 1197 73 300 93 3520 586.7
O p p o n e n ts 6 968 1307 0 501 0 2776 462.7

Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g
VANTREASE, Kyle 6 135 22 1186 1208 201.3
PATTERSON, Jare 6 141 1072 0 1072 178.7
M ARKS, Kevin 6 77 603 0 603 100.5
COOK, Ron 6 17 77 0 77 12.8
AHM ED, Tajay 3 1 44 0 44 14.7
ROBINSON, Caron 1 5 36 0 36 36.0
M YERS, M att 3 5 3 11 14 4.7
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O p p o n e n ts 6 424 968 1307 2275 379.2

The Automated ScoreBook
Buffalo Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Dec 20, 2020)

All games

Tackles Sacks Pass defense Fumbles blkd

# Defensive Leaders gp ua a tot tfl/yds no-yds int-yds brup qbh rcv-yds ff kick saf

20 PATTERSON, Jame 6 24 30 54 1.0-0 . 1--6 2 1 . 1. .
24 GROSS, Cory 34 1.0-3 . . . .. .
50 KOONCE, Malcolm 6 19 15 30 6.5-38 5.0-32 1-0 . 4 . .. .
27 THOMPSON, Tyree 28 1.0-4 . 1 . .. .
33 HILL, Tyrone 6 16 14 26 0.5-1 . .2 . . .1 .
90 WOLO, George 25 4.0-22 3.0-20 1 . 2. .
5 TERRY, Tim 6 17 11 21 . .1 . 1-46 .. .
4 KING, Isaiah 20 . . . 1-42 .. .
31 WRIGHT, Kadofi 5 15 11 18 0.5-1 . .6 . . .. .
0 WILSON, Eddie 16 1.5-2 1.0-1 1 . .. .
7A BROWN, E.J. 6 9 16 16 2.0-2 . .. . . .. .
1B BAKER, Roy 15 1.0-1 . . . .. .
35 HUDGENS, Logic 6 12 9 13 . .. 1 . .. .
30 MILLER, Rich 12 . . . . .. .
6 MICHEL, Max 6 16 4 11 . 1.5-7 .1 1 . .. .
95 WOODS, Tyrece 10 1.0-1 2.0-14 . . .. .
94 BLACK, Eric 6 8 10 2.5-8 1.0-8 1-65 7 2 . 1. .
1F FUQUA, Marcus 9 3.0-16 . . . .. .
52 DOLAC, Shaun 6 6 10 9 1.0-8 . .. . . .. .
61 POLIZZI, Dom 6 . . . 1-0 .. .
2T TATE, Caleb 5 10 6 6 . . .1 . . .. .
55 LAING, Kyler 5 . 2.0-16 . . 1. .
92 McGEE, Ronald 6 10 5 5 . 0.5-2 1-0 . 1 . .. .
3 WASHINGTON, Aap 4 3.0-17 . . . .. .
53 BAZILE, C.J. 5 10 3 4 0.5-2 . .2 . . .. .
15 ABBAS, Ali 4 . . . . .. .
39 POWELL, Dylan 666 4 . . .. . . .. .
98 ZINN-TURNER, Ed 3 . . 1 1-0 .. .
25 AHMED, Tajay 647 3 . . .. . . .. .
42 PYNE, Brendan 3 . . . . 1. .
18 WILSON, Trevor 437 3 . . .. . . .. .
99 DARELUS, Frendy 2 . . 1 . .. .
70 ZIKUSKI, Nick 636 2 . . .. . . .. .
96 AVISSEY, Jordan 2 . . . . .. .
8 McDUFFIE, Dylan 572 2 . . 1-0 . . . .. .
3J JOHNSON-MAITH, 1 . . . . .. .
11 AKIN, Wankeith 651 1 . . .. . . .. .
56 ZIMMER, Jake 1 . . . . .. .
45 GANTLEY, Evan 515 1 1.0-2 . .. . . .. .
87 RUIZ, Jovany 1 . . . . .. .
9 JOHNSON, Domini 632 1 . . .. . . .. .
1H HAYES, Shemar 1 . . . . .. .
28 McNAIR, Jalen 541 1 . . .. . . .. .
16 McNULTY, Alex 1 . . . . .. .
213 1 . 16-100 .. 15 4-88 61 .
Total 435 . 1-9 4 2-37 11 .
Opponents 331 398 31-128 .1
14-38
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522 ..

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321 ..

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62 . ..

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12 . ..

5 .2 ..

21 . ..

21 . ..

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1 .1 1-34 .

31 . ..

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6 235 200 6-93 25

6 234 164 3-0 13

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buffalo roster

No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown
39 Dylan Powell S 6-3 205 R-Jr. Bowie, MD
0 Eddie Wilson DT 6-4 325 Jr. Jersey City, NJ 40 Evan Finegan P 5-11 195 Jr. Sterling Heights,MI
42 Brendan Pyne LB 6-0 220 Gr. Bradenton, FL
1 Antonio Nunn WR 5-11 200 Sr. Tampa, FL 43 Jason McCarthy LB 5-11 205 Fr. Ballston Spa, NY
44 Jake Molinich TE 6-0 255 Sr. Pittsford, NY
2 Ron Cook, Jr. RB 5-9 190 So. Washington, DC 45 Evan Gantley S 5-11 185 Jr. Syracuse, NY
47 Wyatt Molinich TE 6-0 250 R-Fr. Pittsford, NY
3 Aapri Washington CB 5-9 185 Jr. Charlotte, NC 47 Caleb Arena LB 6-1 205 Fr. Pittsford, NY
49 Taylor Riggins DE 6-2 250 Sr. Webster, NY
3 Daniel Lee WR 6-0 195 Sr. Breaux Bridge, LA 50 Malcolm Koonce DE 6-3 250 Sr. Peekskill, NY
51 Zander Heim DE 6-3 285 Jr. Boca Raton, FL
4 Isaiah King CB 5-10 190 Jr. Norfolk, VA 52 Shaun Dolac LB 6-1 215 Fr. West Seneca, NY
53 C.J. Bazile DE 6-3 255 R-Fr. Bayonne, NJ
4 Trevor Bycznski QB 6-5 235 R-Fr. Berea, OH 55 Kyler Laing DE 6-1 240 R-Fr. Tallahasee, FL
56 Jake Zimmer LB 6-1 230 So. Penfield, NY
5 Kevin Marks, Jr. RB 6-0 205 Jr. Norfolk, VA 57 Jeremiah Riordan LS 6-2 225 Sr. Plymouth, MI
58 Alain Schaerer OL 6-3 290 R-So. Zurich, Switzerland
5 Tim Terry, Jr. LB 6-2 225 Jr. Pittsburgh, PA 59 Jake Fuzak OL 6-5 300 Sr. Williamsville, NY
60 Trevor Cahill OL 6-6 310 So. Oakdale, NY
6 Max Michel DE 6-2 230 So. Elizabeth, NJ 61 Dom Polizzi DT 6-1 285 So. Brockport, NY
62 Mike Novitsky OL 6-5 295 So. Victor, NY
6 Casey Case QB 6-6 210 Fr. Winter Park, FL 63 A.J. Urbaniak OL 6-4 285 Fr. Williamsville, NY
64 Mike Dempsey OL 6-4 275 R-Fr. Patchogue, NY
7 Kyle Vantrease QB 6-3 220 Jr. Stow, OH 65 Michael Ford, Jr. OL 6-3 285 Fr. Homewood, IL
66 Jacob Gall OL 6-2 305 Jr. Cincinnati, OH
7 E.J. Brown S 5-11 205 Sr. Stone Mountain, GA 68 Donovan Cornelius OL 5-10 275 Fr. Grand Island, NY
69 Gabe Wallace OL 6-6 315 So. Salmon Arm, BC
8 Dylan McDuffie RB 6-0 215 So. Amherst, NY 70 Nick Zikuski OL 6-3 295 R-Fr. Binghamton, NY
71 Ray Thomas-Ishman OL 6-3 325 Gr. Philadelphia, PA
9 Dominic Johnson WR 6-5 220 Sr. Windsor, Ontario 72 Deondre Doiron OL 6-4 285 Fr. London, Ontario
73 Kayode Awosika OL 6-5 315 Sr. Plymouth, MN
10 Matt Myers QB 6-4 220 So. West Seneca, NY 74 Bence Polgar OL 6-3 300 R-Fr. Wayne Hills, NJ
75 Sam Todd OL 6-2 275 Fr. Ocean City, MD
10 Marcus Fuqua S 6-0 200 R-Fr. Southfield, MI 76 Anthony Laudicina OL 6-6 295 R-Fr. Villanova, PA
77 Caelan Shepard OL 6-6 310 R-Fr. Annapolis, MD
11 Wankeith Akin, Jr. CB 5-10 175 Jr. Roseland, NJ 78 Tyler Doty OL 6-5 315 Fr. Gasport, NY
79 Jack Klenk OL 6-3 300 Sr. Pittsford, NY
12 Aaron Chase QB 6-0 205 R-Fr. Lockport, NY 80 Tyler Stephens TE 6-6 230 R-Fr. Braceville, OH
82 Tyree O’Neil WR 6-1 190 Jr. Portland, OR
12 Lonnie Rice LB 6-0 220 Fr. Philadelphia, PA 83 Marlyn Johnson WR 6-4 200 R-Fr. Penllyn, PA
84 Jackson Westfall WR 6-5 205 R-Fr. Pittsford, NY
13 Sean Colgan LB 6-1 215 Sr. Goshen, NY 85 James Hook P 6-3 220 R-Fr. State College, PA
86 Tahliq Battle WR 5-7 180 Fr. Hempstead, NY
13 Carlton Todd WR 5-11 180 Sr. Waterloo, IA 87 Jovany Ruiz WR 6-0 195 Sr. Fredonia, NY
88 Dajuan Hudson WR 6-2 200 Sr. Troy, NY
14 Jackson Baltar K/P 5-11 170 So. Orlando, FL 89 Zac Lefebvre TE 6-6 235 Sr. Victor, NY
90 George Wolo DT 6-0 265 Fr. Columbia, MD
15 Ali Abbas CB 5-10 180 Sr. Newark, NJ 91 Mason Hoose DE 6-1 235 Jr. Lakeview, NY
93 Michael Tetteh DT 6-3 260 Fr. Bronx, NY
16 Alex McNulty K 6-1 210 So. Caledonia, NY 94 Eric Black DE 6-3 245 Jr. Rochester, NY
95 Tyrece Woods, Jr. DT 6-2 295 So. Detroit, MI
17 Bernard Porter WR 6-3 190 R-So. Spartanburg, SC 95 Garrett Selover K 5-11 185 R-Fr. Baldwinsville, NY
96 Jordan Avissey DT 6-5 285 R-Fr. Paris, France
17 Jahkeel Reef CB 5-10 170 R-Fr. Brooklyn, NY 99 Ronald McGee DT 6-3 285 Jr. Sumter, SC

18 Roy Baker S 6-2 200 Sr. Miami, FL

18 Trevor Wilson WR 5-11 190 R-Fr. Tallahassee, FL

19 Shemar Hayes CB 6-1 190 Jr. Rochester, NY

19 Javien Cuff WR 6-2 180 R-Fr. Vero Beach, FL

20 James Patterson LB 6-0 230 Jr. Glendale, MD

21 Kolbe Burrell RB 5-9 190 Fr. Jenkintown, PA

22 Mark Davis, Jr. CB 6-2 195 R-Fr. Bradenton, FL

23 Keith Woetzel LB 6-0 225 Gr. Wyckoff, NJ

24 Cory Gross Jr. S 6-2 205 So. Rochester, NY

25 Tajay Ahmed RB 6-1 195 So. Lockport, NY

25 Caleb Tate LB 6-0 210 R-Fr. Tampa, FL

26 Jaret Patterson RB 5-9 195 Jr. Glendale, MD

27 Tyree Thompson LB 6-1 225 Gr. Pacoima, CA

28 Caron Robinson RB 5-9 185 Fr. Rochester, NY

28 Jalen McNair S 5-9 195 Fr. Durham, NC

29 Larry Robbins CB 5-8 185 R-Fr. Miami, FL

30 Rich Miller, Jr. LB 6-1 230 So. Detroit, MI

30 Ryan Razzano RB 5-10 195 R-Fr. Manorville, NY

31 Kadofi Wright LB 6-3 230 Sr. Richmond, VA

32 Owen Chambers S 5-10 185 So. Central Valley, NY

33 Tyrone Hill S 6-1 200 Sr. Passaic, NJ

34 Trevor Borland TE 6-3 240 Fr. Bolingbrook, IL

35 Logic Hudgens S 6-0 180 Fr. Severn, MD

36 Cole Burniston TE 6-3 245 So. Grimsby, Ontario

36 Nick Hunter DE 6-1 240 Jr. Queens, NY

37 Evan Davis LS 5-10 210 So. Fair Haven, NJ

37 Jailen Nias RB 6-1 210 Fr. Bronx, NY

38 Bryce Johnson-Maith DE 6-5 200 Fr. Bethesda, MD

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buffalo depth chart
Offense Defense

QB 7..... Kyle Vantrease........... Jr...... 6-3... 220..................... Stow, OH DE 94...Eric Black................ Jr...... 6-3... 245.............. Rochester, NY

10... Matt Myers.................So..... 6-4... 220.......... West Seneca, NY 55...Kyler Lange............. R-Fr.... 6-1... 240.............Tallahassee, FL
RB 26... Jaret Patterson.......... Jr...... 5-9... 195...............Glendale, MD DT 0.....Eddie Wilson........... Jr...... 6-4... 325................ Hoboken, NJ

5..... Kevin Marks................So..... 6-0... 205...................Norfolk, VA 61...Dom Polizzi.............So..... 6-1... 285.............. Brockport, NY
WR 1..... Antonio Nunn............. Sr..... 5-11.. 200....................Tampa, FL DT 90...George Wolo............ Fr...... 6-0... 265..............Columbia, MD

18... Trevor Wilson............. R-Fr... 5-11.. 190.............Tallahassee, FL 92...Jordan Avissey........ R-Fr.... 6-5... 285................ Paris, France
WR 87... Jovany Ruiz................ Sr...... 6-0... 195................Fredonia, NY DE 50...Malcolm Koonce...... Sr...... 6-3... 250...............Peekskill, NY

13... Carlton Todd............... Sr..... 5-11.. 180................. Waterloo, IA 6.....Max Michel...............Jr...... 6-2... 230................Elizabeth, NJ
WR 9..... Dominic Johnson........ Sr...... 6-5... 220..........Windsor, Ontario LB 27...Tyree Thompson...... Gr...... 6-1... 225................ Pacoima, CA

or 17... Bernard Porter......... R-So.... 6-3... 190.......... Spartanburg, SC or 5.....Tim Terry................ Jr...... 6-2... 225............. Pittsburgh, PA

TE 89... Zac Lefebvre............... Sr...... 6-6... 235.................... Victor, NY LB 20...James Patterson...... Jr...... 6-0... 230...............Glendale, MD

44... Jake Molinich.............. Sr...... 6-0... 255................ Pittsford, NY 42...Brendan Pyne.......... Gr...... 6-0... 220.............. Bradenton, FL
LT 73... Kayode Awoski........... Sr...... 6-5... 315..............Plymouth, MN LB 31...Kadofi Wright.......... Sr...... 6-3... 230.............. Richmond, VA

77... Caelan Shepard......... R-Fr.... 6-6... 310..............Annapolis, MD 30...Rich Miller...............So..... 6-1... 230................... Detroit, MI
LG 66... Jacob Gall..................So..... 6-2... 305............. Cincinnati, OH CB 18...Roy Baker................ Sr...... 6-2... 200.................... Miami, FL

71... Ray Thomas-Ishman... Gr...... 6-3... 325........... Philadelphia, PA 35...Logic Hudgens..........Fr...... 6-0... 180.................. Severn, MD
C 62... Mike Novitsky.............So..... 6-5... 295.................... Victor, NY SS 24...Cory Gross..............So..... 6-2... 205.............. Rochester, NY

74... Bence Polgar............. R-Fr.... 6-3... 300............ Wayne Hills, NJ 7.....E.J. Brown............... Sr..... 5-11.. 205..... Stone Mountain, GA
RG 73... Jack Klenk................. Sr...... 6-3... 300................Pittsford, NY FS 33...Tyrone Hill.............. Sr...... 6-1... 200................. Passiac, NJ

65... Michael Ford................Fr...... 6-3... 285.............. Homewood, IL 10...Marcus Fuqua......... R-Fr.... 6-0... 200.............. Southfield, MI
RT 59... Jake Fuzak................. Sr...... 6-5... 300......... Williamsville, NY CB 4.....Isaac King............... Jr..... 5-10.. 190.................. Norfolk, VA

69... Gabe Wallace..............So..... 6-6... 315.......... Salmon Arm, BC 15...Ali Abbas................. Sr..... 5-10.. 180.................. Newark, NJ

Special Teams

K 16....Alex McNulty..............So...... 6-1.... 210...............Rochester, NY
14....Jackson Baltar............So..... 5-11... 170...................Orlando, FL
P 40....Evan Finegan.............. Jr..... 5-11... 195..... Sterling Heights, MI
14....Jackson Balter............So..... 5-11... 170...................Orlando, FL
H 40....Evan Finegan.............. Jr..... 5-11... 195..... Sterling Heights, MI
LS 57....Jeremiah Riordan....... Sr...... 6-2.... 220................Plymouth, MI
37....Evan Davis..................So..... 5-10... 210...............Fair Haven, NJ
KOR 2......Ron Cook....................So...... 5-9.... 190............ Washington, DC
18....Trevor Wilson.............R-Fr.... 5-11... 190............. Tallahassee, FL
PR 2......Ron Cook....................So...... 5-9.... 190............ Washington, DC

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