2007 Buffalo Bulls football team

The 2007 Buffalo Bulls football team represented the University at Buffalo in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team played in the East Division of the Mid-American Conference.

2007 Buffalo Bulls football
MAC East Division co-champion
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Division	East
Record	5–7 (5–3 MAC)
Head coach	Turner Gill (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Turner Gill
Home stadium	University at Buffalo Stadium (Capacity: 29,013)

2007 Mid-American Conference football standings

	Div							Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L					W		L
East Division
Miami (OH) xy		4	–	2					5	–	2					6	–	7
Bowling Green x		4	–	2					6	–	2					8	–	5
Buffalo x		4	–	2					5	–	3					5	–	7
Ohio		3	–	3					4	–	4					6	–	6
Temple		3	–	3					4	–	4					4	–	8
Akron		2	–	4					3	–	5					4	–	8
Kent State		1	–	5					1	–	7					3	–	9
West Division
Central Michigan xy$		4	–	1					6	–	1					8	–	6
Ball State x		4	–	1					5	–	2					7	–	6
Eastern Michigan		3	–	2					3	–	4					4	–	8
Western Michigan		2	–	3					3	–	4					5	–	7
Toledo		2	–	3					3	–	5					5	–	7
Northern Illinois		0	–	5					1	–	6					2	–	10
Championship: Central Michigan 35, Miami 10
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Due to an unbalanced conference schedule, the team with best division record within each division was awarded that division's championship game berth.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	7:00 p.m.	at No. 16 Rutgers*	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	MSG	L 3–38	43,091
September 8	1:00 p.m.	at Temple	Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, PA		W 42–7	15,629
September 15	12:00 p.m.	at No. 12 Penn State*	Beaver Stadium State College, PA	BTN	L 24–45	107,506
September 22	6:00 p.m.	Baylor*	UB Stadium Buffalo, NY		L 21–34	22,676
September 29	1:00 p.m.	at Ball State	Scheumann Stadium Muncie, IN		L 14–49	14,333
October 6	1:00 p.m.	Ohio	UB Stadium Buffalo, NY		W 31–10	10,755
October 13	1:00 p.m.	Toledo	UB Stadium Buffalo, NY		W 43–33	12,529
October 20	4:00 p.m.	at Syracuse*	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY	ESPNU	L 12–20	30,897
October 27	1:00 p.m.	Akron	UB Stadium Buffalo, NY		W 26–10	10,142
November 3	3:00 p.m.	at Miami (OH)	Yager Stadium Oxford, OH		L 28–31	12,288
November 17	1:00 p.m.	Bowling Green	UB Stadium Buffalo, NY		L 17–31	11,740
November 24	1:00 p.m.	at Kent State	Dix Stadium Kent, OH		W 30–23 OT	2,687
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

After the season

NFL draft

Main article: 2008 NFL draft

For the first time in the history of the UB Football team, 3 players from the 2007 football team signed for NFL teams. Trevor Scott and Jamey Richard were drafted by the Oakland Raiders and Indianapolis Colts respectively, while punter Ben Woods signed a free agent contract with the Cleveland Browns.

The following Bulls were selected in the National Football League draft following the season.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL club
6	169	Trevor Scott	Defensive end	Oakland Raiders
7	236	Jamey Richard	Center	Indianapolis Colts