Buffalo 31, Ohio 10

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	18	22
Total Yards	276	397
Passing	186	146
Rushing	90	251
Penalties	8-74	7-34
3rd Down Conversions	6-15	7-17
4th Down Conversions	1-4	2-3
Turnovers	2	0
Possession	25:56	34:04

Air/Ground Leaders
Ohio Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Scott 12/24 93 0 1 Bower 11/17 93 0 1	Buffalo Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Willy 10/19 118 0 0 Hamlin 1/1 28 0 0
Ohio Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG McRae 24 96 1 11 Abrams 1 3 0 3	Buffalo Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Starks 36 183 2 72 Henry 6 48 0 16
Ohio Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Nwokocha 5 45 0 18 Price 5 42 0 13	Buffalo Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Roosevelt 6 61 0 27 Jackson 2 44 0 28

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				OHIO	BUFF
	TD	02:23	James Starks 1 Yd Run (A.J. Principe Kick)	0	7
SECOND QUARTER				OHIO	BUFF
	TD	12:01	Kalvin Mcrae 4 Yd Run (Michael Braunstein Kick)	7	7
	TD	05:45	Brandon Thermilus 1 Yd Run (A.J. Principe Kick)	7	14
THIRD QUARTER				OHIO	BUFF
	FG	10:48	A.J. Principe 43 Yd	7	17
	FG	07:11	Michael Braunstein 26 Yd	10	17
FOURTH QUARTER				OHIO	BUFF
	TD	14:53	Drew Willy 1 Yd Run (A.J. Principe Kick)	10	24
	TD	02:02	James Starks 72 Yd Run (A.J. Principe Kick)	10	31

AMHERST, N.Y. (AP) -- James Starks ran 36 times for a 183 yards and two touchdowns, including a 72 yard score, as Buffalo defeated Ohio 31-10 Saturday.

The Bulls (2-4, 2-1 Mid-American Conference) racked up 397 yards of total offense, and also got rushing touchdowns from Brandon Thermilus and quarterback Drew Willy.

Willy was 10-of-19 passing for 118 yards in the Bulls' first win over a defending MAC East champion.

Ohio (2-4, 0-2 MAC) never quite got its offense on track. Kalvin McRae rushed 24 times for 96 yards and a touchdown, but neither quarterbacks Brad Bower (12-for-24, 93 yards) nor Theo Scott (11-for-17, 93 yards) were effective. Both were intercepted once and sacked once.

Buffalo led 14-7 at halftime. Starks had 71 yards on 18 carries in the first half. He scored the Bulls' first points on a 1-yard dive in the first quarter, rushing nine times on a 10-play drive.

Ohio answered with McRae scoring from 4 yards to cap a 12-play, 64-yard drive. Bower kept that drive alive with an 18-yard completion to Chido Nwokocha after his pass to Taylor Price for 26 yards was wiped out by a holding penalty.

Ohio's Michael Braunstein extended the nation's longest active field-goal made streak to 17, kicking a 26-yarder with 7:11 left in the third quarter.