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Wagner
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Bulls Roll Wagner in Linguist Debut
9/3/2021 12:14:00 AM | Football
Buffalo rolled up 569 yards of total offense and held the Seahawks to just 97 yards. The Bulls outgained Wagner, 312-18, in rushing yards. Seven different players scored touchdowns for the Bulls.
Quarterback Kyle Vantrease looked polished under center for the Bulls. The senior signal-caller finished 15-for-19 for 231 yards and a touchdown. He hit Jovany Ruiz in stride for a 63-yard touchdown on the game's second play to quickly put the Bulls ahead, 7-0.
From there, UB did most of its damage on the ground. Kevin Marks, Jr. rushed for a pair of touchdowns as did Dylan McDuffie. Jake Molinich rumbled in for his first career touchdown and Tajay Ahmed capped the scoring with a six-yard touchdown run.
Ron Cook, Jr. was the Bulls' leading rusher with a career-best 94 yards on 14 carries and a 6-yard TD. Marks finished with 72 yards to move into sixth place in school history in career rushing yards with 2,693. He also moved into fourth place in program history with 30 career rushing touchdowns.
Matt Myers entered the game at quarterback in the third quarter and his first pass was a 26-yard touchdown to Maryln Johnson.
While the offense got most of the spotlight on Thursday night, the defense was quite stout. The Bulls had five sacks and nine tackles for loss in the game.
Taylor Riggins, who missed last season with an injury, led the way with six tackles and two sacks on the night. Newcomer Daishon Folsom was also strong up front with five tackles, a sack and 1.5 tackles for loss. George Wolo, Kadofi Wright (0.5) and Max Michel (0.5) also added sacks for the Bulls.
The 69 points were the most ever scored by a UB team in a season opener and the 62-point differential was the highest in UB's FBS era (since 1999).
Buffalo will next play at Nebraska on September 11.
Team Stats
WAG 0, BUF 7
BUF - Ruiz,Jovany 63 yd pass from Vantrease,Kyle (McNulty,Alex kick) 2 plays, 74 yards, TOP 00:48
WAG 0, BUF 14
BUF - Marks,Kevin 9 yd run (McNulty,Alex kick), 3 plays, 22 yards, TOP 01:23
WAG 0, BUF 21
BUF - Molinich,Jake 1 yd run (McNulty,Alex kick), 16 plays, 67 yards, TOP 07:38
WAG 0, BUF 28
BUF - McDuffie,Dylan 12 yd run (McNulty,Alex kick), 3 plays, 40 yards, TOP 01:44
WAG 0, BUF 31
BUF - McNulty,Alex 35 yd field goal 6 plays, 20 yards, TOP 02:07
WAG 0, BUF 38
BUF - Cook,Ron 6 yd run (McNulty,Alex kick), 10 plays, 99 yards, TOP 02:08
WAG 0, BUF 45
BUF - Marks,Kevin 3 yd run (McNulty,Alex kick), 8 plays, 76 yards, TOP 03:16
WAG 0, BUF 52
BUF - Johnson,Marlyn 26 yd pass from Myers,Matt (McNulty,Alex kick) 1 plays, 26 yards, TOP 00:06
WAG 0, BUF 59
BUF - McDuffie,Dylan 2 yd run (Selover,Garrett kick), 9 plays, 47 yards, TOP 04:16
WAG 0, BUF 62
BUF - Baltar,Jackson 33 yd field goal 7 plays, 22 yards, TOP 02:18
WAG 7, BUF 62
WAG - Taylor,LeShane 4 yd run (Hach,Dylan kick), 2 plays, 13 yards, TOP 00:11
WAG 7, BUF 69
BUF - Ahmed,Tajay 6 yd run (Baltar,Jackson kick), 7 plays, 69 yards, TOP 03:31
