University at Buffalo
4-3 , 3-0
Massachusetts
0-7 , 0-3
Bulls use Late Heroics to Top UMass and Win Inaugural Flagship Cup
10/18/2025 8:08:00 PM | Football
With the Bulls trailing, 21-20, and 41 seconds on the clock, the Bulls took over at midfield looking for the go-ahead score. Back-to-back completions to Jasaiah Gathings, including an acrobatic catch on the sideline, set the Bulls up at the UMass 16-yard line. One play later, Roberson hit Snow for the winning score.
After taking a 3-0 lead in the first quarter, the Bulls were playing from behind for much of the game. The Minutemen took a 14-3 lead with 4:12 left in the second quarter. Snow, who had two touchdowns in the game, scored his first late in the second quarter on a 23-yard reception, to cut the UMass lead to 14-10 at the half.
Buffalo took the lead, 17-14, on its first possession of the second half on a one-yard run by Terrance Shelton, Jr.
On UMass' next possession, a broken play resulted in a 77-yard touchdown pass to give the lead back to the Minutemen, 21-17.
Jack Howes, banked a 47-yard field goal off the right upright for his second field goal of the day to cut the UMass lead to 21-20.
Roberson tied a school record with 36 completions and threw for a career-best 403 yards – the most passing yards by a UB quarterback since Tyree Jackson thew for 406 against Bowling Green in 2017.
His favorite target was Nik McMillan who had career highs of 10 receptions for 119 yards. Snow also eclipsed 100 yards with eight grabs for 112 yards. Gathings had his best game as a Bull with six receptions for 84 yards.
Kobe Stewart led the defense with one of his finest performances. The redshirt-senior edge had a career-high 10 tackles, 1.5 sacks and three tackles for loss. Linebacker Red Murdock added nine tackles and 2.5 tackles for loss.
The Bulls improved to 4-3 overall and 3-0 in Mid-American Conference play. They will next host Akron next Saturday at UB Stadium.
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Team Stats
BUF 3, UMA 0
BUF - Howes,Jack 23 yd field goal 10 plays, 85 yards, TOP 03:52
BUF 3, UMA 7
UMA - Dia-Johnson,Kezion 27 yd pass from Hairston,AJ (Morris,Derek kick) 7 plays, 87 yards, TOP 03:14
BUF 3, UMA 14
UMA - Hood,Brandon 90 yd run (Morris,Derek kick), 1 plays, 90 yards, TOP 00:13
BUF 10, UMA 14
BUF - Snow,Victor 23 yd pass from Roberson,Ta'Quan (Howes,Jack kick) 5 plays, 75 yards, TOP 01:17
BUF 17, UMA 14
BUF - Shelton, Jr.,Terrance 1 yd run (Howes,Jack kick), 13 plays, 76 yards, TOP 05:53
BUF 17, UMA 21
UMA - Dowling,Max 77 yd pass from Hairston,AJ (Morris,Derek kick) 3 plays, 75 yards, TOP 01:25
BUF 20, UMA 21
BUF - Howes,Jack 47 yd field goal 9 plays, 28 yards, TOP 03:12
BUF 28, UMA 21
BUF - Snow,Victor 16 yd pass from Roberson,Ta'Quan (McMillan,Nik pass) 3 plays, 50 yards, TOP 00:20
