Buffalo at Kent State

Saturday, November 12, 2005

Buffalo beat Kent State 10–⁠6. It was their 12th meeting; after it, Kent State led the series 7–⁠5.

AwayBuffalo1–⁠10 in 2005
10
HomeKent State1–⁠10 in 2005
6

Final at Dix Stadium, KentAttendance 3,151

At kickoff
59°F, partly cloudy, wind 16 mph from the southWeather: NOAA NCEI Integrated Surface Database; Akron-Canton Regional Airport (KCAK), 27 km from the stadium

Scoring by quarter

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Buffalo037010
Kent State00336

Standouts

Player stats

Buffalo

PassingC/AttYdsTDInt
Drew Willy16/229700
RushingCarYdsTDLong
Jared Patterson837117
Stephen Thomas127027
Steven King132405
Philip Warren923011
ReceivingRecYdsTDLong
Brian Watson436011
Chad Upshaw31406
Jeff Green114014
Evan Wallace3803
InterceptionsIntYdsTD
Ramon Guzman1100
Kareem Byrom100

Kent State

PassingC/AttYdsTDInt
Michael Machen15/2512902
Jon Brown8/154600
RushingCarYdsTDLong
Linwood Jenkins929010
ReceivingRecYdsTDLong
Marcus Hill552017
Mark Woodson225014
Tom Sitko42007
Shawn Bayes31908

From CollegeFootballData’s box score. Names lead to each player’s page. ★ a career high on file.

Team stats

BuffaloKent State
204Total yards138
112Passing yards229
107Rushing yards-37
4.2Yards per pass4.4
2.7Yards per rush-1.9
11First downs15
6–⁠18Third downs6–⁠14
1–⁠2Fourth downs0–⁠1
0Turnovers4
0–⁠0Penalties0–⁠0
21:17Possession14:53

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Kent State 71% to win. Buffalo pulled the upset.

Buffalo leads 16–⁠13 in 29 meetings, counting the 17 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Buffalo 31, Kent State 28
2024Buffalo 43, Kent State 7
2023Buffalo 24, Kent State 6
2022Kent State 30, Buffalo 27
2021Kent State 48, Buffalo 38
2020Buffalo 70, Kent State 41

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