Game notes: Buffalo at Miami (OH)
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The matchup
- Buffalo (4–3, 2–1 in conference) at Miami (OH) (4–3, 2–1 in conference), Tuesday, November 3, 7 p.m. ET, Yager Stadium.resultsWins and losses in this season’s finished games before kickoff, from the game results on file. Ranks as of the game, as listed with the schedule (AP poll, else the coaches’).
The series
- It will be their 27th meeting; Miami (OH) leads the series 17–9.resultsEvery meeting on file; official counts take out wins the NCAA vacated and count forfeits as the rivalry’s article does.
- Last meeting: Wednesday, November 19, 2025: Miami (OH) 37, Buffalo 20.resultsThe most recent meeting on file.
- They first met in 1999: Miami (OH) 43, Buffalo 0.resultsThe earliest meeting on file.
- Miami (OH) is 10–3 at home against Buffalo.resultsThe home team’s record against this opponent in its home games (neutral sites aside), every meeting on file.
- Last five meetings: 2025: Miami (OH) 37–20 (at Buffalo); 2023: Miami (OH) 23–10 (at Miami (OH)); 2022: Buffalo 24–20 (at Buffalo); 2021: Miami (OH) 45–18 (at Miami (OH)); 2020: Buffalo 42–10 (at Buffalo).resultsThe last five meetings on file.
Buffalo
- Buffalo is 4–3 (2–1 in conference games), 0–1 against ranked teams.resultsWins and losses in this season’s finished games before kickoff, from the game results on file.
- This season: W 21–17 vs. UAlbany; L 20–33 at Florida International; L 13–55 at No. 14 Penn State; W 31–28 vs. Robert Morris; L 17–20 vs. Western Michigan; W 23–8 at Toledo; W 25–18 vs. Massachusetts.resultsThis season’s finished games.
- Buffalo is No. 86 of 138 FBS teams in our Elo ratings.our ratingsOur Elo rating, from every game on file, ranked among active FBS teams.
- Pete Lembo is 18–14 in his third season at Buffalo and 51–43 as an FBS head coach.results, WikipediaHead-coaching seasons on file, ours rebuilt from game results and the season articles’ coaching splits.
- Pete Lembo is 2–1 against Miami (OH).results, WikipediaGames between the two coaches’ teams in seasons each was the head coach, every game on file.
- Messiah Burch (RB): 661 rushing yards, 2 TD, the team leader in rushing yards.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Jason Wright (QB): 860 passing yards, 6 TD, the team leader in passing yards.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Saveon Brown (LB): 59 tackles, 1 sack, 1 INT, the team leader in tackles.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- On this date in 2016, Buffalo lost to Ohio 34–10.resultsThe team’s most notable finished game on this calendar date in an earlier season: a ranked opponent first, then a bowl, then the newest.
Miami (OH)
- Miami (OH) is 4–3 (2–1 in conference games).resultsWins and losses in this season’s finished games before kickoff, from the game results on file.
- This season: L 14–59 at Pittsburgh; W 45–7 vs. Holy Cross; L 31–35 at Cincinnati; W 24–21 vs. UConn; L 20–24 vs. Bowling Green; W 20–19 at Massachusetts; W 34–14 vs. Akron.resultsThis season’s finished games.
- Miami (OH) is No. 82 of 138 FBS teams in our Elo ratings.our ratingsOur Elo rating, from every game on file, ranked among active FBS teams.
- Chuck Martin is 76–77 in his 13th season at Miami (OH).results, WikipediaHead-coaching seasons on file, ours rebuilt from game results and the season articles’ coaching splits.
- Chuck Martin is 6–5 against Buffalo.results, WikipediaGames between the two coaches’ teams in seasons each was the head coach, every game on file.
- David McComb (QB): 1,120 passing yards, 7 TD, the team leader in passing yards.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Rodney Nelson (RB): 348 rushing yards, 2 TD, the team leader in rushing yards.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Malcolm McCain (LB): 57 tackles, the team leader in tackles.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- On this date in 2012, Miami (OH) lost to Buffalo 27–24.resultsThe team’s most notable finished game on this calendar date in an earlier season: a ranked opponent first, then a bowl, then the newest.
The coaches
- Chuck Martin is 1–0 against Pete Lembo’s teams as a head coach.results, WikipediaGames between the two coaches’ teams in seasons each was the head coach, every game on file.
Sources
Every sentence here is ours, written from counts we make over the games on file. Where the facts come from:
- CollegeFootballData.com: Game results, rankings and player statistics; the sentence and every count in it are ours. Derived output (CollegeFootballData.com terms, section 4).
- CollegeFootballDigest: Our own ratings (Elo) and research notes. CC BY 4.0.
- Wikipedia: Facts from Wikipedia’s lists and articles (schools’ record books, trophies, College GameDay sites, coaching records), restated. CC BY-SA 4.0 (facts restated; credit Wikipedia).
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