Army vs. Buffalo

Army and Buffalo have 7 meetings on file, the first in 1960; Army leads the series 4–⁠3 in the games on file. Over the last 7 meetings it’s Army 4–⁠3, and Army has won the last 2.

Scheduled 2037 at Army; 2038 at Buffalo. As the programs’ Wikipedia articles list them (CC BY-SA).

Army wins
4
Buffalo wins
3
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1960
Longest streak
2 Buffalo
Current streak
2 Army
Last 10 meetings
Army 4–⁠3
Most recent
2018

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1960s1–⁠0
2000s0–⁠2
2010s3–⁠1
Average margin
13 points; 5 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Army
3–⁠1 Army’s record at home
At Buffalo
2–⁠1 Buffalo’s record at home
Shutouts
1

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Army’s biggest win1960: Army 37, Buffalo 0by 37 points
  2. Buffalo’s biggest win2001: Buffalo 26, Army 19by 7 points
  3. Upset2001: Buffalo 26, Army 19Buffalo had a 35% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Coach against coach

YearsArmySeriesBuffalo
2016–⁠2018Jeff Monken2–⁠1Lance Leipold

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Army’s side (Monken 2–⁠1 against Leipold). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Army and Buffalo, 1960 on1300150017001960197019801990200020102020

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

Photos

From the rivalry’s and its games’ categories on Wikimedia Commons (free licenses only, each credited).

Every game

Sep 29, 2018Army 42, Buffalo 13at Buffalo
Sep 9, 2017Army 21, Buffalo 17at Army
Sep 24, 2016Buffalo 23, Army 20at Buffalo
Sep 6, 2014Army 47, Buffalo 39at Army
Oct 18, 2008Buffalo 27, Army 24at Buffalo
Nov 10, 2001Buffalo 26, Army 19at Army
Sep 17, 1960Army 37, Buffalo 0at Army

Every game is listed as played on the field.