0-3 , 0-0
Liberty
3-0 , 1-0
Bulls Fall to Liberty
9/16/2023 4:40:00 PM | Football
Liberty's high-powered offense jumped out to a 24-0 lead, before the Bulls began to claw back. Late in the second quarter, Buffalo scored on consecutive drives to cut the halftime lead to 24-14.
Darrell Harding, Jr. scored the Bulls' first touchdown on a beautiful one-handed seven-yard catch from Cole Snyder. Then on UB's next drive, Snyder connected with Nik McMillan on a 33-yard touchdown. It was McMillan's first touchdown as a Bull.
Snyder threw a career-best four touchdown passes in the game, later connecting on scoring strikes to Ron Cook, Jr. and Marlyn Johnson. Snyder tied his career high with 29 completions in the game. He completed passes to 10 different receivers, marking the second time in the first three games 10+ different receivers caught passes for the Bulls.
McMillan, Harding, Cook and Mike Washington all had four receptions for the Bulls.
The defense was led by freshman cornerback Charles McCartherens who made his first career start and finished with nine tackles and a pass breakup. Linebacker Joe Andreesen finished with seven tackles, the most he's had since joining the Bulls.
The Bulls are back in action next Saturday when they make their first trip to Louisiana.
Team Stats
LIB 3, BUF 0
LIB - Brown,Nick 39 yd field goal 9 plays, 52 yards, TOP 03:38
LIB 10, BUF 0
LIB - Sibley,Treon 56 yd pass from Salter,Kaidon (Brown,Nick kick) 3 plays, 67 yards, TOP 01:13
LIB 17, BUF 0
LIB - Smoot,Elijah 42 yd pass from Salter,Kaidon (Brown,Nick kick) 6 plays, 85 yards, TOP 02:50
LIB 24, BUF 0
LIB - Salter,Kaidon 1 yd run (Brown,Nick kick), 4 plays, 27 yards, TOP 01:47
LIB 24, BUF 7
BUF - Harding Jr.,Darrell 7 yd pass from Snyder,Cole (McNulty,Alex kick) 8 plays, 75 yards, TOP 02:55
LIB 24, BUF 14
BUF - McMillan,Nik 33 yd pass from Snyder,Cole (McNulty,Alex kick) 8 plays, 89 yards, TOP 01:13
LIB 27, BUF 14
LIB - Brown,Nick 35 yd field goal 4 plays, 1 yards, TOP 01:24
LIB 34, BUF 14
LIB - Smoot,Elijah 33 yd pass from Salter,Kaidon (Brown,Nick kick) 2 plays, 42 yards, TOP 01:00
LIB 34, BUF 21
BUF - Cook,Ron 2 yd pass from Snyder,Cole (McNulty,Alex kick) 10 plays, 77 yards, TOP 04:18
LIB 41, BUF 21
LIB - Daniels,CJ 75 yd pass from Salter,Kaidon (Brown,Nick kick) 3 plays, 75 yards, TOP 00:55
LIB 48, BUF 21
LIB - Henderson,Austin 3 yd pass from Salter,Kaidon (Brown,Nick kick) 3 plays, 31 yards, TOP 01:31
LIB 48, BUF 27
BUF - Johnson,Marlyn 3 yd pass from Snyder,Cole () 10 plays, 75 yards, TOP 04:43
LIB 55, BUF 27
LIB - Bedgood,Aaron 49 yd run (Brown,Nick kick), 1 plays, 49 yards, TOP 00:10
