Comparatively to the rest of its schedule, Mizzou football’s first couple of tests were supposed to be handled with ease.
Buffalo, along with Murray State, was comfortably at the cellar of MU’s schedule in most statistics, especially on offense. But the Bulls were even further down the totem pole than the only other probable “gimme” game left in the season, UMass; in May’s SP+ projections from ESPN’s Bill Connelly, Buffalo ranked 130th out of 134 Division I-FBS teams.
Mizzou’s defense, which had allowed 85 total yards of offense to the Racers the week prior, had a solid chance of repeating its nation-leading success on Saturday.