2017 The 2017 Season

Buffalo's 2017 season (6-6) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 6-6
Final Result Bowl season
AP Final post-bowls
SP+ -3.7 last-week
Era
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
L @ Minnes 7-17 L @ Army 17-21 W vs Colgate 33-10 W vs Flor Atl 34-31 W @ Kent Sta 27-13 L vs West Mic 68-71 L vs Nort Ill 13-14 L @ Miam (OH 14-24 L @ Akron 20-21 W vs Bowl Gre 38-28 W @ Ball Sta 40-24 W vs Ohio 31-24

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2017.

Defining Moments
The Statement

The 2017 season's largest margin: Buffalo 33, Colgate 10. A 23-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The Setback

The season's deepest loss: Buffalo 7, Minnesota 17. A 10-point margin the season is remembered by.

"Go Bulls"
— Buffalo fanbase voice · 2017· synthesized
What It Meant

2017 is a middle chapter for Buffalo — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.