| Mode: | football |
| Year: | 2017 |
| Team: | Buffalo Bulls |
| Conference: | Mid-American Conference |
| Division: | East Division |
| Short Conf: | MAC |
| Record: | 6–6 |
| Conf Record: | 4–4 |
| Head Coach: | Lance Leipold |
| Hc Year: | 3rd |
| Off Coach: | Andy Kotelnicki |
| Oc Year: | 3rd |
| Def Coach: | Brian Borland |
| Dc Year: | 3rd |
| Off Scheme: | Multiple pro-style |
| Def Scheme: | 4–3 |
| Stadium: | University at Buffalo Stadium |
The 2017 Buffalo Bulls football team represented the University at Buffalo in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bulls were led by third-year head coach Lance Leipold and played their home games at University at Buffalo Stadium as members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference. The Bulls finished the season 6–6, 4–4 in MAC play to finish in a tie for third place in the East Division. Despite being bowl-eligible, the Bulls did not receive an invitation to a bowl game.
| Name | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| Head coach | ||
| Associate head coach/wide receivers coach | ||
| Defensive coordinator/safeties coach | ||
| Offensive coordinator/running backs coach | ||
| Daryl Agpalsa | Offensive line coach | |
| Tight ends coach | ||
| Chris Simpson | Linebackers coach | |
| Tim Edwards | Defensive line coach | |
| Quarterbacks coach | ||
| Taiwo Onatolu | Cornerbacks coach | |
| Graduate assistant |
On October 7, 2017, the Bulls and Western Michigan to score 139 points in a game that took a record-tying seven overtimes to settle. Buffalo lost 71–68.[2] The game marked the highest-scoring FBS game, breaking the previous record set in 2016.[3]
On November 24, 2017, Buffalo gained bowl eligibility for just the third time in school history.[4] The Bulls had previously made appearances in the now-defunct International Bowl in 2008 and the Potato Bowl in 2013, then were denied bowl eligibility after a game the Bulls were likely to win was canceled due to a snowstorm and never rescheduled in 2014. The loss of one bowl game compared to the 2016 season and the distribution of wins and losses across the Bowl Subdivision meant that, unlike previous years, there were three fewer openings than there were teams to fill them, and the Bulls were one of the three teams snubbed by all of the bowls.
Buffalo announced their 2017 football schedule on January 23, 2017.[5] In out-of-conference play, the Bulls will meet former Western Michigan head coach P. J. Fleck's Minnesota team, as well as the Lane Kiffin-led FAU Owls.Source:[6]
See also: 2017 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team.
See also: 2017 Army Black Knights football team.
See also: 2017 Colgate Raiders football team.
See also: 2017 Florida Atlantic Owls football team.
See also: 2017 Kent State Golden Flashes football team.
See also: 2017 Western Michigan Broncos football team.
See also: 2017 Northern Illinois Huskies football team.
See also: 2017 Miami RedHawks football team.
See also: 2017 Akron Zips football team.
See also: 2017 Bowling Green Falcons football team.
See also: 2017 Ball State Cardinals football team.
See also: 2017 Ohio Bobcats football team.