UMass vs. Buffalo (Oct 17, 2026)

Passing Matchup

Pop Watson III

MASS QB #5

Elijah Holmes

BUFF QB #16

509

Pass Yds

253

5

Pass TD

3

1

Int

0

Rushing Matchup

Elijah Faulkner

MASS RB #23

James McNeil Jr.

BUFF RB #24

195

Rush Yds

105

4.8

Yds/Rush

4.6

0

Rush TD

1

Receiving Matchup

T.Y. Harding

MASS WR #2

Chance Morrow

BUFF WR #6

10

Rec

20

177

Rec Yds

252

2

Rec TD

5

MASS

Team Stats

BUFF

36.7

PPG

18.0

15.0

Opp PPG

35.0

1,067

Total Yds

821

520

Pass Yds

498

547

Rush Yds

323

2026 Mid-American

	Team	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	3	.250
2	UMass	3	0	1.000
3	Central Michigan	2	1	.667
4	Toledo	2	1	.667
5	Western Michigan	2	1	.667
6	Akron	1	2	.333
7	Ball State	1	2	.333
8	Buffalo	1	2	.333
9	Kent State	1	2	.333
10	Miami (OH)	1	2	.333
11	Ohio	1	2	.333
12	Bowling Green	0	3	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	3	.250

MASS

Last 5

Sat, Sep 19

Sat, Sep 19

Sat, Sep 12

Sat, Sep 12

Thu, Sep 3

Thu, Sep 3

Game Info

October 17, 2026

Broadview Stadium

Buffalo, New York

Team Leaders

PASS

509

Watson

RUSH

195

Faulkner

REC

177

Harding

	Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	LNG	SCK	SCKY
	Pop Watson III P. Watson III	3	43	57	75.4	19.0	509	8.9	169.7	5	1	175.9	8.8	1.8	51	2	12
	Aedan McCarthy A. McCarthy	2	2	4	50.0	2.0	11	2.8	5.5	0	0	73.1	0.0	0.0	6	0	0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	LNG	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Elijah Faulkner E. Faulkner	3	41	13.7	195	4.8	65.0	0	26	45	233
Curtis Kimmons IV C. Kimmons IV	3	20	6.7	128	6.4	42.7	2	19	22	138
Pop Watson III P. Watson III	3	19	6.3	82	4.3	27.3	2	22	19	82
T.Y. Harding	3	2	0.7	69	34.5	23.0	1	56	12	246
Jordan Washington J. Washington	1	6	6.0	38	6.3	38.0	0	11	6	38
Justin Williams-Thomas J. Williams-Thomas	2	4	2.0	15	3.8	7.5	0	9	4	15
TK Davis	2	3	1.5	13	4.3	6.5	0	7	3	13
Kezion Dia-Johnson K. Dia-Johnson	3	2	0.7	12	6.0	4.0	0	11	4	29
Reece Adkins R. Adkins	3	2	0.7	3	1.5	1.0	1	2	6	41
Tavian Dashiell T. Dashiell	2	1	0.5	-2	-2.0	-1.0	0	0	2	3

Receiving	GP	REC	TRG	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	LNG	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
T.Y. Harding	3	10	11	3.3	177	17.7	59.0	2	51	12	246
Joseph Griffin Jr. J. Griffin Jr.	3	8	15	2.7	134	16.8	44.7	1	39	8	134
Dallas Elliott D. Elliott	3	5	5	1.7	48	9.6	16.0	0	17	5	48
Reece Adkins R. Adkins	3	4	4	1.3	38	9.5	12.7	0	25	6	41
Elijah Faulkner E. Faulkner	3	4	6	1.3	38	9.5	12.7	2	21	45	233
Max Dowling M. Dowling	3	6	7	2.0	23	3.8	7.7	0	8	6	23
Kezion Dia-Johnson K. Dia-Johnson	3	2	3	0.7	17	8.5	5.7	0	11	4	29
Jabari Lewis J. Lewis	3	1	2	0.3	12	12.0	4.0	0	12	1	12
Curtis Kimmons IV C. Kimmons IV	3	2	3	0.7	10	5.0	3.3	0	9	22	138
Logan Inagawa L. Inagawa	1	1	1	1.0	10	10.0	10.0	0	10	1	10
Jax Markovich J. Markovich	3	1	1	0.3	8	8.0	2.7	0	8	1	8
Tavian Dashiell T. Dashiell	2	1	1	0.5	5	5.0	2.5	0	5	2	3

Defense	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	TFL	SCK	PDEF	INT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
Timmy Hinspeter T. Hinspeter	3	7	15	22	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Kendall Bournes K. Bournes	3	6	11	17	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Khari Bendolph K. Bendolph	3	4	13	17	0	0.5	0	0	0		0	0
Zeraun Daniel Z. Daniel	3	7	7	14	1	1.0	0	0	0		0	0
Tyler Martin T. Martin	3	4	10	14	0	0.5	0	0	0		0	0
TJ Magee	3	8	5	13	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Joshua Iseah J. Iseah	3	4	7	11	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
William DePaepe W. DePaepe	3	5	5	10	2	2.0	0	0	0		0	0
David Chiavegato D. Chiavegato	3	3	5	8	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Joshua Nobles J. Nobles	3	1	7	8	0	0.5	0	0	0		0	0
Andrew DePaepe A. DePaepe	3	2	5	7	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Romando Johnson R. Johnson	3	1	6	7	0	1.0	0	0	0		0	0
David Timson D. Timson	3	0	7	7	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Jahmad Harmon J. Harmon	3	5	1	6	0	0.0	3	3	45	15	1	34
Raheim Sexil R. Sexil	3	4	2	6	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Aubrey Melvin A. Melvin	3	1	4	5	1	1.0	0	0	0		0	0
Dinos Drossos D. Drossos	1	0	5	5	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Kamarion Thomas K. Thomas	2	0	5	5	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Michael Pangaro M. Pangaro	3	2	2	4	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Isaiah Reed I. Reed	3	1	3	4	0	0.0	1	1	1	1	0	1
Tim Passmore Jr. T. Passmore Jr.	3	0	4	4	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Zakar Morris Z. Morris	3	0	3	3	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Colin Reynolds C. Reynolds	3	1	1	2	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
DD Snyder	3	1	1	2	1	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Chris Stanley C. Stanley	3	1	1	2	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Hollis Dirstine H. Dirstine	3	0	2	2	0	0.5	0	0	0		0	0
Justin Krueger J. Krueger	2	0	2	2	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Joseph Griffin Jr. J. Griffin Jr.	3	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Edward Phillipson E. Phillipson	3	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Jerry Washington J. Washington	2	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
CJ Amobi	1	0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Justin Lewis J. Lewis	1	0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Michael Robinson M. Robinson	1	0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Moritz Strempel M. Strempel	3	0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Justin Williams-Thomas J. Williams-Thomas	2	0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
JC Clark	3	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0	0	0

Team Leaders

PASS

253

Holmes

RUSH

105

McNeil

REC

252

Morrow

	Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	LNG	SCK	SCKY
	Elijah Holmes E. Holmes	2	35	61	57.4	30.5	253	4.1	126.5	3	0	108.4	4.9	0.0	25	2	16
	Jason Wright J. Wright	2	23	52	44.2	26.0	245	4.7	122.5	2	1	92.7	3.8	1.9	57	4	18

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	LNG	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
James McNeil Jr. J. McNeil Jr.	3	23	7.7	105	4.6	35.0	1	17	23	105
Messiah Burch M. Burch	3	24	8.0	100	4.2	33.3	0	47	28	109
Terrance Shelton Jr. T. Shelton Jr.	2	23	11.5	80	3.5	40.0	0	17	27	91
Nino Hill N. Hill	2	6	3.0	20	3.3	10.0	0	6	6	20
Elijah Holmes E. Holmes	2	9	4.5	15	1.7	7.5	0	11	9	15
Jason Wright J. Wright	2	8	4.0	6	0.8	3.0	0	21	8	6

Receiving	GP	REC	TRG	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	LNG	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Chance Morrow C. Morrow	3	20	39	6.7	252	12.6	84.0	5	57	20	252
Clint Walker C. Walker	3	8	17	2.7	53	6.6	17.7	0	25	8	53
Trevor Wilson T. Wilson	3	4	6	1.3	46	11.5	15.3	0	28	4	46
Jaylen Andrews J. Andrews	2	6	12	3.0	39	6.5	19.5	0	20	6	39
Dwayne Early Jr. D. Early Jr.	3	4	9	1.3	28	7.0	9.3	0	18	4	28
Patrick Clacks III P. Clacks III	2	2	5	1.0	22	11.0	11.0	0	15	2	22
Jasaiah Gathings J. Gathings	2	3	8	1.5	18	6.0	9.0	0	9	3	18
Michael Gelatko M. Gelatko	2	1	1	0.5	15	15.0	7.5	0	15	1	15
Terrance Shelton Jr. T. Shelton Jr.	2	4	4	2.0	11	2.8	5.5	0	4	27	91
Messiah Burch M. Burch	3	4	5	1.3	9	2.3	3.0	0	4	28	109
Phillip Folmar P. Folmar	3	2	5	0.7	5	2.5	1.7	0	3	2	5

Defense	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	TFL	SCK	PDEF	INT	AVG
SaVeon Brown S. Brown	3	16	5	21	2	1.0	1	1	0
John Keough J. Keough	3	12	9	21	1	0.0	0	0
Ronnell Davis R. Davis	3	14	5	19	0	0.0	0	0
Stevie Bracey S. Bracey	3	10	7	17	2	1.0	0	0
Miles Greer M. Greer	3	10	7	17	1	0.0	0	0
Keontez Bradley K. Bradley	3	5	9	14	0	0.0	0	0
Zach Bergmann Z. Bergmann	3	7	5	12	0	0.0	0	0
Kobi Blackwell K. Blackwell	3	10	0	10	2	0.0	0	0
Jordan Owens J. Owens	2	2	5	7	0	0.0	0	0
Logan Goodwin L. Goodwin	3	5	1	6	2	1.0	0	0
Christopher Climes C. Climes	3	3	3	6	2	1.0	0	0
Jacari Bennett J. Bennett	3	2	3	5	0	0.0	0	0
Will Clark W. Clark	3	2	3	5	0	0.0	0	0
Stantavious Smith S. Smith	2	3	1	4	0	0.0	0	0
Cornell Evans C. Evans	3	2	2	4	0	0.0	0	0
Rex Stinchcomb R. Stinchcomb	3	1	3	4	0	0.0	0	0
Jack Garbolino J. Garbolino	2	2	1	3	0	0.0	0	0
Bradley Ilunga-Bisselele B. Ilunga-Bisselele	2	1	2	3	0	0.0	0	0
Xavier Leonard X. Leonard	2	1	2	3	0	0.0	0	0
Donovan Rodriguez D. Rodriguez	3	1	2	3	0	0.0	0	0
Oliver Bridges O. Bridges	3	2	0	2	0	0.0	0	0
Jamiere Munson J. Munson	3	2	0	2	0	0.0	0	0
Caleb Oliver C. Oliver	2	2	0	2	1	0.0	0	0
Sedrick Vessah S. Vessah	2	2	0	2	1	0.0	0	0
Joseph Stoever J. Stoever	3	1	1	2	0	0.0	0	0
Joey Cheshire J. Cheshire	2	0	2	2	0	0.0	0	0
Chance Morrow C. Morrow	3	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0
Ethan Stumpf E. Stumpf	3	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0
Mikey Crawford M. Crawford	2	0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0
Mathew Hilty M. Hilty	2	0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0
Royce Rogers R. Rogers	1	0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0
Jeremiah Watkins J. Watkins	1	0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0

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