Game notes: Buffalo at Akron
Friday, November 27, noon ET, InfoCision Stadium.The game page.
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The matchup
- Buffalo (4–3, 2–1 in conference) at Akron (1–6, 0–3 in conference), Friday, November 27, noon ET, InfoCision 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 26th meeting; Buffalo leads the series 13–12.resultsEvery meeting on file; official counts take out wins the NCAA vacated and count forfeits as the rivalry’s article does.
- Last meeting: Saturday, October 25, 2025: Akron 24, Buffalo 16.resultsThe most recent meeting on file.
- They first met in 1999: Akron 17, Buffalo 10.resultsThe earliest meeting on file.
- Akron is 7–5 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: Akron 24–16 (at Buffalo); 2024: Buffalo 41–30 (at Akron); 2023: Buffalo 13–10 (at Akron); 2022: Buffalo 23–22 (at Buffalo); 2021: Buffalo 45–10 (at Akron).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 3–1 against Akron.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 2015, Buffalo lost to Massachusetts 31–26.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.
Akron
- Akron is 1–6 (0–3 in conference games).resultsWins and losses in this season’s finished games before kickoff, from the game results on file.
- This season: L 16–38 at Wake Forest; W 45–10 vs. Robert Morris; L 7–41 at Minnesota; L 10–38 vs. UNLV; L 17–41 at Central Michigan; L 23–25 vs. Eastern Michigan; L 14–34 at Miami (OH).resultsThis season’s finished games.
- Akron has lost five straight, since beating Robert Morris 45–10 (Sept. 12, 2026).resultsThe team’s current run of results, every finished game on file across seasons.
- Akron is No. 133 of 138 FBS teams in our Elo ratings.our ratingsOur Elo rating, from every game on file, ranked among active FBS teams.
- Joe Moorhead is 14–41 in his fifth season at Akron and 28–53 as an FBS head coach.results, WikipediaHead-coaching seasons on file, ours rebuilt from game results and the season articles’ coaching splits.
- Joe Moorhead is 1–3 against Buffalo.results, WikipediaGames between the two coaches’ teams in seasons each was the head coach, every game on file.
- Jordan Gant (RB): 452 rushing yards, 4 TD, the team leader in rushing yards.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Brayden Roggow (QB): 1,068 passing yards, 7 TD, the team leader in passing yards.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Donelius Johnson (LB): 67 tackles, No. 6 in FBS in tackles.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- On this date in 2021, Akron lost to Toledo 49–14.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
- Joe Moorhead is 1–1 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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