When the dust settled on the 2019 season, the Buffalo Bulls finished 8-5. Most importantly, the Bulls took home a piece of history when they recorded their first-ever bowl victory by blowing out Charlotte 31-9 in the Bahamas Bowl. In a chaotic year shrouded in a preposterous cloud of parity, Buffalo’s 8-5 mark stood as the best record in terms of winning percentage in the entire Mid-American Conference.
But come November and December, Buffalo wasn’t playing like an 8-5 team. Lance Leipold’s program was clearly a step ahead of that. Except for a 21-point blown fourth quarter lead in a Thursday night matchup at Kent State, Buffalo didn’t lose a single game after October 5.