2021 Buffalo Bulls football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 2021
| team = Buffalo Bulls
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size = 150
| conference = Mid-American Conference
| division = East Division
| short_conf = MAC
| record = 4–8
| conf_record = 2–6
| head_coach = Maurice Linguist
| hc_year = 1st
| off_coach = Shane Montgomery
| oc_year = 1st
| off_scheme = Spread
| def_coach = Joe Cauthen
| dc_year = 1st
| def_scheme = 4–2–5
| captain =
| stadium = University at Buffalo Stadium
}}
{{2021 Mid-American Conference football standings}}
The 2021 Buffalo Bulls football team represented the University at Buffalo in the 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bulls were led by first-year coach Maurice Linguist and played their home games at the University at Buffalo Stadium as members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference.
Offseason
=2021 NFL Draft=
Defensive end Malcolm Koonce was selected in the third round of the 2021 NFL draft by the Las Vegas Raiders.{{Cite web|date=2021-05-01|title=Raiders select with Buffalo DE Malcolm Koonce the No. 79 pick in the 2021 NFL Draft|url=https://raiderswire.usatoday.com/2021/04/30/raiders-select-with-buffalo-de-malcolm-koonce-the-no-79-pick-in-the-2021-nfl-draft/|access-date=2021-06-28|website=Raiders Wire|language=en-US}} Koonce was the 15th Buffalo player to be drafted in the program’s history, and the first since 2017, when the Cincinnati Bengals selected Bulls tight end Mason Schreck in the seventh round, at No. 251.{{Cite web|last=Reporter|first=Rachel Lenzi News Sports|title=Las Vegas Raiders draft UB's Malcolm Koonce at No. 79|url=https://buffalonews.com/sports/college/las-vegas-raiders-draft-ubs-malcolm-koonce-at-no-79/article_f398733a-aa24-11eb-8e31-5b625901e554.html|access-date=2021-06-28|website=The Buffalo News|language=en}} Koonce became the third Buffalo player drafted by the Raiders, joining Trevor Scott in 2008 and Khalil Mack in 2014.
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{{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=Buffalo Bulls|Round |Pick |Player |Position |NFL Club}} | ||||
| 3 | 79 | Malcolm Koonce | DE | Las Vegas Raiders |
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| time = y
| tv = y
| attend = y
| opprank = y
| rankyear = 2021
| rankdivision = NCAA Division I FBS
| poll = AP
| timezone = Eastern
| {{tooltip|September 2|Thursday}} | 7:00 p.m. | | Wagner
| September 11 | 3:30 p.m. | at | Nebraska
| September 18 | 12:00 p.m. | | No 16 Coastal Carolina
| September 25 | 6:00 p.m. | at | Old Dominion
| October 2 | 12:00 p.m.| | Western Michigan
| October 9 | 7:00 p.m. | at | Kent State | Dix Stadium | Kent, OH | ESPNU | L 38-48 | 12,105
| October 16 | 12:00 p.m. | | Ohio | UB Stadium | Buffalo, NY | ESPN+ | W 27-26 | 12,909
| October 23 | 3:30 p.m. | at | Akron | InfoCision Stadium | Akron, OH | ESPN+ | W 45–10| 8,635
| October 30 | 12:00 p.m. | | Bowling Green | UB Stadium | Buffalo, NY | CBSSN | L 44–56 |13,163
| {{tooltip|November 9|Tuesday}}| 7:00 p.m. | at | Miami (OH) | Yager Stadium | Oxford, OH | ESPNU | L 18–45 | 10,069
| {{tooltip|November 17|Wednesday}}| 7:00 p.m. | | Northern Illinois | UB Stadium | Buffalo, NY | ESPN2 | L 27–33 OT | 13,097
| {{tooltip|November 23|Tuesday}}| 7:00 p.m. | at | Ball State | Scheumann Stadium | Muncie, IN | ESPN+ | L 3–20 | 6,112}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Buffalo Bulls football navbox}}
Category:Buffalo Bulls football seasons
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