Buffalo Bulls

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Ugh, no.

Buffalo Bulls lost to the Minnesota Golden Gophers

0-1 10 – 23

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Final · Thu, Aug 28

Game Details

Huntington Bank Stadium (Minneapolis) · 47,774 fans · FS1

Recap

Minnesota beats Buffalo 23-10 in opener as Drake Lindsey passes for 290 yards, 2 TDs in debut

Drake Lindsey passed for 290 yards and two touchdowns in his debut and Darius Taylor rushed for 141 yards on 30 carries to help Minnesota wear...

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Huntington Bank Stadium · Minneapolis

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
BUFF	0	3	7	0	10
MINN	0	10	3	10	23

Win Probability · Buffalo Bulls

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Game Leaders

Buffalo Bulls

Ta'Quan Roberson · 12/20, 107 YDS, 1 TDPassing Yards
Al-Jay Henderson · 11 CAR, 25 YDSRushing Yards
Victor Snow · 5 REC, 67 YDS, 1 TDReceiving Yards
Red Murdock · 1Sacks
Red Murdock · 16Tackles

Minnesota Golden Gophers

Drake Lindsey · 19/35, 290 YDS, 2 TD, 1 INTPassing Yards
Darius Taylor · 30 CAR, 141 YDSRushing Yards
Jalen Smith · 2 REC, 76 YDS, 1 TDReceiving Yards
Devon Williams · 1Sacks
Maverick Baranowski · 10Tackles

2026 Mid-American Conference Standings

Team
Eastern Michigan
Toledo
Central Michigan
Ohio
Western Michigan
Bowling Green
Massachusetts
Kent State
Buffalo
Miami (OH)
Akron
Ball State
Sacramento State

2026 Big Ten Conference Standings

Team
Indiana
Nebraska
UCLA
Minnesota
Ohio State
Wisconsin
Oregon
USC
Iowa
Northwestern
Purdue
Michigan
Penn State
Washington
Illinois
Maryland
Michigan State
Rutgers

Scoring

Q4 10:52

TD Jalen Smith 60 Yd pass from Drake Lindsey (Brady Denaburg Kick)10–23

Q4 11:31

FG Brady Denaburg 25 Yd Field Goal 10–16

Q3 6:48

TD Victor Snow 40 Yd pass from Ta'Quan Roberson (Jack Howes Kick)10–13

Q3 11:39

FG Brady Denaburg 29 Yd Field Goal 3–13

Q2 0:02

FG Brady Denaburg 38 Yd Field Goal 3–10

Q2 7:56

FG Jack Howes 36 Yd Field Goal 3–7

Q2 13:53

TD Jameson Geers 9 Yd pass from Drake Lindsey (Brady Denaburg Kick)0–7

Team Stats

Buffalo BullsMinnesota Golden Gophers

Offense

151 Total Yards 443

107 Passing Yards 290

44 Rushing Yards 153

8 First Downs 27

Efficiency

1-11 3rd Down 9-16

1-1 4th Down 1-2

12/20 Completions 19/35

Turnovers & Clock

1 Turnovers 1

4-45 Penalties 2-10

21:32 Possession 38:28

Box Score

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Ta'Quan Roberson	12/20	107	5.4	1	0	34.5
Team	12/20	107	5.4	1	0	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
Al-Jay Henderson	11	25	2.3	6
Terrance Shelton Jr.	2	16	8.0	15
Ta'Quan Roberson	9	7	0.8	6
Messiah Burch	2	-4	-2.0	1
Team	24	44	1.8	15

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Victor Snow	5	67	13.4	1	40
Jasaiah Gathings	3	21	7.0	0	9
Nik McMillan	2	20	10.0	0	11
Messiah Burch	2	-1	-0.5	0	4
Team	12	107	8.9	1	40

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Miles Greer	1	1	0
Team	1	1	0

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Red Murdock	16	5	1	1	0	0
Dion Crawford	14	3	0	0	0	0
Jalen McNair	9	4	0	0	2	1
Solomon Brown	9	4	0	0	0	0
Miles Greer	9	2	0	0	1	0
SaVeon Brown	6	2	0	0.5	1	0
Malin White	4	1	0.5	0.5	0	0
Keontez Bradley	3	3	0	0	0	0
Charles McCartherens	3	1	0	0	0	0
George Wolo	3	0	0	0	0	0
Marquis Cooper	3	0	0	0	0	0
Kobe Stewart	2	0	0.5	1	0	0
Devin Morgan	1	1	0	0	0	0
Andrew Schnackenberg	1	1	0	0	0	0
Connor Henderson	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mitchell Gonser	1	0	0	0	0	0
Oliver Bridges	1	0	0	0	0	1
Cornell Evans	1	0	0	0	0	0
Gio De Leon	1	0	0	0	0	0
Demetrius Ballard	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team	89	27	2	3	4	2

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Mitchell Gonser	1	54	0
Team	1	54	0

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Miles Greer	1	18	18.0	18	0
Team	1	18	18.0	18	0

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Victor Snow	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team	1	0	0.0	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Jack Howes	1/2	50.0	36	1/1	4
Team	1/2	50.0	36	1/1	4

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Dylan Drennan	7	309	44.1	0	1	63
Team	7	309	44.1	0	1	63

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Drake Lindsey	19/35	290	8.3	2	1	43.5
Team	19/35	290	8.3	2	1	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
Darius Taylor	30	141	4.7	18
A.J. Turner	6	16	2.7	5
Cam Davis	4	12	3.0	4
Jameson Geers	1	0	0.0	0
Drake Lindsey	3	-16	-5.3	2
Team	44	153	3.5	18

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Jalen Smith	2	76	38.0	1	60
Javon Tracy	3	71	23.7	0	35
Jameson Geers	4	38	9.5	1	15
Darius Taylor	4	36	9.0	0	12
Le'Meke Brockington	2	30	15.0	0	15
Logan Loya	2	18	9.0	0	10
Koi Perich	1	12	12.0	0	12
Drew Biber	1	9	9.0	0	9
Team	19	290	15.3	2	60

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Matt Kingsbury	0	0	1
Team	0	0	1

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Maverick Baranowski	10	2	0	1.5	0	0
Devon Williams	8	6	1	1	1	0
Kerry Brown	5	3	0	1	0	0
Deven Eastern	4	0	0	0.5	0	0
Aidan Gousby	3	2	0	0	0	0
Jalen Logan-Redding	3	0	0.5	1	0	0
Rushawn Lawrence	2	1	0	0	0	0
Anthony Smith	2	1	0.5	1.5	1	0
John Nestor	2	1	0	0	1	0
Koi Perich	2	1	0	0	0	0
Jaxon Howard	2	0	0	0	0	1
Nate Becker	1	1	0	0	0	0
Joey Gerlach	1	1	0	0	0	0
Darius Taylor	1	1	0	0	0	0
Mason Carrier	1	1	0	0	0	0
Emmanuel Karmo	1	1	0	0	0	0
Lucas Finnessy	1	0	0	0.5	0	0
Matt Kingsbury	1	0	0	0	0	0
Za'Quan Bryan	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team	50	22	2	7	4	1

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Jameson Geers	1	8	8.0	8	0
Team	1	8	8.0	8	0

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Koi Perich	1	18	18.0	18	0
Team	1	18	18.0	18	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Brady Denaburg	3/3	100.0	38	2/2	11
Team	3/3	100.0	38	2/2	11

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Tom Weston	3	130	43.3	0	2	50
Team	3	130	43.3	0	2	50

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