The Buchtelite · Nov 1, 2016
Zips football trampled by the Bulls
The University of Akron football team fell to The University at Buffalo on Thursday, Oct. 27, by a score of 41-20.
With another loss, the Zips now have a record of 5-4 (3-2) while Buffalo picked up its first conference win of the season (1-3). Overall, the Bulls are now 2-6.
The Zips defense had a long night on Thursday. It gave up 518 total yards — with 378 coming from the Bulls’ unstoppable rushing attack. Despite Bulls quarterback Tyree Jackson only completing seven passes for 140 yards and their offense only converting once out of 10 times on third down, Akron allowed the Bulls to average nine yards per rush.