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| 2008Buffalo Bulls football | |
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MAC champion MAC East Division champion | |
| Conference | Mid-American Conference |
| Division | East |
| Record | 8–6 (5–3 MAC) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Turner Gill |
| Home stadium | University at Buffalo Stadium |
Seasons | |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| East Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Buffalo x$ | 5 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling Green | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Temple | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio | 3 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Akron | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kent State | 3 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miami (OH) | 1 | – | 7 | 2 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ball State x | 8 | – | 0 | 12 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Central Michigan | 6 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Michigan | 6 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Illinois | 5 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Toledo | 2 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Michigan | 2 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Championship:Buffalo 42, Ball State 24 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The2008 Buffalo Bulls football team represented theUniversity at Buffalo in the2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. 2008 was a season of firsts for the Bulls. With a 40–34 double overtime win overBowling Green on November 21, the Bulls won the MAC East division and gained a berth to the MAC Championship for the first time. The Bulls won their first conference championship by beating #12 ranked and previously undefeatedBall State, 42–24 on December 5. The win was also Buffalo's first against a ranked opponent and ensured a winning season for the first time since Buffalo returned to the top-level of college football in 1999. They earned an invitation to theInternational Bowl at theRogers Centre inToronto, their first trip to a bowl game in their history, exactly fifty years after the Bulls turned down their only previous bowl bid, to theTangerine Bowl, when they were told by the bowl's organizers that their twoblack players would not be allowed to play.[1] The Bulls also received their first votes in theUSA Today Coaches' Poll after winning the MAC Championship whenUTEP coachMike Price voted the Bulls #23 on his ballot. On December 16, Buffalo announced head coachTurner Gill agreed to a contract extension and a raise.[2] Gill's contract now runs through 2013 and makes him one of the highest-paid coaches in the MAC. The ending of the season was bittersweet as the Bulls lost to theConnecticut Huskies 38-20 in the International Bowl, but the Bulls were able to give about two dozen members of the 1958 Bulls team the bowl experience they missed by inviting them to be honorary captains for the game.
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| August 28 | 7:00 pm | UTEP* | TWCSN | W 42–17 | 16,656 | |
| September 6 | 6:00 pm | atPittsburgh* | ESPN+ | L 16–27 | 42,494 | |
| September 13 | 12:00 pm | Temple |
| ESPN+ | W 30–28 | 18,333 |
| September 20 | 2:00 pm | at No. 5Missouri* | L 21–42 | 65,566 | ||
| September 27 | 4:00 pm | atCentral Michigan | L 25–27 | 21,032 | ||
| October 11 | 3:30 pm | Western Michigan |
| TWCSN | L 28–34OT | 15,025 |
| October 18 | 3:30 pm | Army* |
| TWCSN | W 27–24OT | 21,719 |
| October 28 | 7:00 pm | atOhio | ESPNU | W 32–19 | 10,042 | |
| November 4 | 7:30 pm | Miami (OH) |
| ESPN2 | W 37–17 | 16,058 |
| November 13 | 7:00 pm | atAkron | ESPNU | W 43–404OT | 18,516 | |
| November 21 | 6:00 pm | atBowling Green | BCSN | W 40–342OT | 13,284 | |
| November 28 | 2:00 pm | Kent State |
| TWCSN | L 21–24 | 13,754 |
| December 5 | 8:00 pm | vs. No. 12Ball State | ESPN2 | W 42–24 | 12,871 | |
| January 3 | 12:00 pm | vs.Connecticut* | ESPN2 | L 20–38 | 40,184 | |
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Final |
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| Harris | Not released | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Not released | |||
| BCS | Not released | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Not released | ||||||
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