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12/08/20 - *Jaret Patterson, rJr/2021, Buffalo + More +

2020 DOAK WALKER AWARD SEMIFINALIST: Jaret Patterson (Jr.), Buffalo,...Through four games, Patterson has rushed for 920 yards and 16 touchdowns. His 230 yards per game average leads the nation and his 16 rushing touchdowns are third in the country. The junior running back rushed for a school and Mid-American record 409 yards (the second-highest single-game total in FBS history) and tied a FBS record with eight rushing touchdowns in UB's last game against Kent State. He rushed for a combined 710 yards and 12 touchdowns in UB's last two games – both FBS records for consecutive games. - Buffalo Football

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RB *Jaret Patterson, Buffalo
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12/09/20 - *Jaret Patterson, rJr/2021, Buffalo + More +

A national ranking isn't merely a byproduct. Now, it's a consequential moment for the UB football team. The Bulls (4-0) are ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 for the first time in program history, and open the week at No. 24 in the AP Top 25 poll, which was released Sunday. "It validates things about the progress we continue to make, the consistencies we've shown and some of the performances in the national spotlight, on the national television games, that people have taken notice," Leipold said. "This is a unique season, as we know. You probably see a few more Group of Five schools get these opportunities. But to be in that type of conversation, from where we were five, six years ago, definitely says a lot." AP Top 25 voters gave UB 145 votes, ahead of No. 25 Wisconsin (115 votes). The Bulls are one of nine teams that remain undefeated this season, and eight of those teams are ranked this week. - Buffalo News

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RB *Jaret Patterson, Buffalo
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12/07/20 - *Jaret Patterson, rJr/2021, Buffalo + More +

The Heisman hype for Patterson continues to grow, in the wake of his astonishing 409-yard game Nov. 28 against Kent State, in which he tied a Football Bowl Subdivision record with eight touchdowns in a game. That performance, along with Patterson's consistent production, has put him on the map as one of the nation's top players. "It's definitely an honor, a blessing, to be considered in the conversation," Patterson said of the Heisman chatter. "Just growing up, loving the game, you look at TV and you see guys who are Heisman finalists. You never think you will be in consideration. But you have to keep working, put your head down, control what you can control. That's my approach. Keep working and good things will happen."

Patterson entered the weekend first in the nation in rushing yards per game (230), tied for second in rushing touchdowns (16) and fifth in total yards. Patterson is the second all-time leading rusher for the Bulls (3,732 yards), and he needs 80 yards in order to reach his third 1,000-yard rushing season at UB. If he cracks the 1,000-yard plateau Dec. 12 against Akron, Patterson will be the 12th player in FBS history to reach it in five games. "It's deserving for him to be in this conversation," UB coach Lance Leipold said. "His numbers speak for themselves. Do I say he's going to win the Heisman Trophy? No, that's not it. "But to be in conversations, and I don't know how many people get these ballots … do these ballots have three people? But you look at the numbers and the consistency and where it's at, I think he deserves it." - Buffalo News

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RB *Jaret Patterson, Buffalo
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12/04/20 - *Jaret Patterson, rJr/2021, Buffalo + More +

The undefeated Buffalo Bulls clinched the Mid-American Conference East Division football title without playing a down on Friday. The school announced its game at Ohio on Saturday was canceled and declared a no contest because the Bobcats' roster was depleted as a result of players testing positive for COVID-19. Buffalo is 4-0, and needed a win over Ohio (2-1) to clinch the title and a berth in the MAC championship game at Detroit on Dec. 18. With one game left for both schools after this weekend, Ohio was the only division rival in position to still win the East. Ohio also had its game against Miami, Ohio, on Nov. 17 canceled due to COVID-19. - AP College Football

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RB *Jaret Patterson, Buffalo
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12/03/20 - *Jaret Patterson, rJr/2021, Buffalo + More +

Four games into his junior season, the 5-foot-9, 195-pound Patterson has essentially re-written the Mid-American Conference program's record book, while coming off his most impressive national attention-grabbing moment so far. In a 70-41 win over Kent State on Saturday, Patterson finished with 409 yards rushing, the second most in FBS history and 18 shy of Samaje Perine's single-game record for Oklahoma in 2014. And he scored eight touchdowns rushing, matching the FBS record set by Illinois running back Howard Griffith in 1990. Arizona State's Kalen Ballage, in 2016, is the only other player to score eight touchdowns (seven rushing and one receiving) in a major college game.

Coming off 301 yards rushing and four TDs in a 42-17 win at Bowling Green, Patterson joined Texas star Ricky Williams (1996) in becoming just the second player to top 300 yards rushing in consecutive games. Overall, Patterson's 920 yards rushing this season rank fifth in the nation, with the four players ahead of him having played nine or more games. Reminded about his emotional breakdown at Eastern Michigan, Patterson acknowledged he wouldn't have envisioned this kind of production during one of the lowest moments of his life. But the memory of being overlooked is what drives him. "It made me work even harder," Patterson said. "(Winters) always used to tell me, you only need one school to love you. And I knew whatever school me and my brother had the same offer, we were going to give them everything." - Niagara Gazette

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RB *Jaret Patterson, Buffalo
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12/02/20 - *Jaret Patterson, rJr/2021, Buffalo + More +

For the past three seasons, Patterson has been UB's most productive running back. He finished fifth in the nation last season in rushing yards, but his 409-yard, eight-touchdown game Saturday in a 70-41 win against Kent State has made the college football world take notice of the diminutive running back. "The last time the Bulls scored as many as 70 points in a game? It was an 81-0 win over Hobart in 1918. In the middle of the Spanish flu epidemic. Must be something about pandemic years." Patterson has established himself as one of the nation's most productive running backs this season. He is fifth in the nation in rushing with 920 yards on 107 carries, and leads the nation in rushing yards per game (230). He's tied with Iowa State's Breece Hall for second in the nation with 16 rushing touchdowns - he and Hall each have scored more touchdowns than 31 FBS teams this season.

"What makes Jaret special, not just him as an athlete but as a person, it's the humbleness he carries, the hunger that he has each and every week to be even better, and the gratitude he has to his teammates that help him get there," UB coach Lance Leipold said Saturday. "When your best players are your best practice players, the most humble, the best in the community at doing those things, those are things that are a coach's dream and things that winning programs are built upon." - Buffalo News

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RB *Jaret Patterson, Buffalo
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12/01/20 - *Jaret Patterson, rJr/2021, Buffalo + More +

The University at Buffalo football team moved closer to a national ranking Sunday in the Associated Press Top 25, with 56 points, good for second among the teams also receiving votes. Liberty is No. 25 with 67 points, followed by North Carolina with 65 and then UB. The Bulls (4-0) rocketed from having received just three points last week after a 70-41 victory against Kent State that featured eight rushing touchdowns and 409 rushing yards from Jaret Patterson. UB received 29 points in the coaches poll, which was seventh among the others receiving votes. Liberty, which was No. 25 in the coaches poll as well, had 87 points. Patterson was named the Walter Camp Football Foundation National Offensive Player of the Week. It is his second such honor in his career; he also won the award Dec. 1 last year. - Buffalo News

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RB *Jaret Patterson, Buffalo
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11/30/20 - *Jaret Patterson, rJr/2021, Buffalo + More +

NOV 30 MAC EAST DIVISION OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Jaret Patterson, Buffalo, RB, Junior, Glendale, MD (Saint Vincent Pallotti),...Patterson rushed for a MAC-record 409 yards and tied an NCAA record with eight rushing touchdowns in Buffalo's 70-41 win over Kent State on Saturday. Patterson's rushing total was the second-highest in NCAA history. The junior running back averaged 11.4 yards per carry. Patterson rushed for 267 yards and five touchdowns in the first half alone. He scored on touchdown runs of 3, 31, 42, 49, 1, 7, 11 and 58 yards. - MAC Football

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RB *Jaret Patterson, Buffalo
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11/29/20 - *Jaret Patterson, rJr/2021, Buffalo + More +

NOV 29 WALTER CAMP NATIONAL FBS OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: JARET PATTERSON, BUFFALO, Junior, Running Back, Glendale, MD/ Saint Vincent Pallotti,...Jaret Patterson rushed for 409 yards (the second-highest single-game total in FBS history) and tied a FBS record with eight rushing touchdowns as Buffalo defeated Kent State, 70-41. Patterson averaged 11.8 yards per carry (36 carrries, 409 yards) and scored had four scoring runs of 30 or more yards as the Bulls improved to 4-0 with the victory. Notes: Buffalo's Jaret Patterson earns Walter Camp National Player of the Week honors for the second time (he was also honored on Dec. 1, 2019). - The Walter Camp Football Foundation

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RB *Jaret Patterson, Buffalo
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11/29/20 - *Jaret Patterson, rJr/2021, Buffalo + More +

Buffalo's Jaret Patterson ran for more than 300 yards one week and over 400 the next. When the Bulls visit Ohio on Saturday, Patterson will be coming off the most productive back-to-back games by a running back in Football Bowl Subdivision history. Patterson's 409 yards against Kent State rank No. 2 on the FBS all-time list behind Samaje Perine’s 427 for Oklahoma against Kansas in 2014. Patterson's eight rushing touchdowns tied the FBS record set by Illinois' Howard Griffith against Southern Illinois in 1990. In his game against Bowling Green on Nov. 17, he ran for 301 yards and four touchdowns.

He smashed the FBS record for rushing total in consecutive games. His 710 yards broke the 22-year-old mark of 668 set by Texas' Ricky Williams, who ran for 318 yards against Rice and 350 against Iowa State. Patterson's 12 touchdowns in two games also is an FBS record. The junior leads the nation with his average of 230 yards over four games. His 16 touchdowns are the most behind Najee Harris' 17 in eight games for Alabama. Buffalo finished with 515 rushing yards, the most since Kentucky ran for 517 against Louisville on Nov. 30, 2019. - AP College Football

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RB *Jaret Patterson, Buffalo
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11/28/20 - *Jaret Patterson, rJr/2021, Buffalo + More +

Jaret Patterson tied an FBS single-game record with eight rushing touchdowns and had the second-biggest rushing total with 409 yards to help Buffalo beat Kent State 70-41 on Saturday. Patterson reached the TD mark set by Illinois running back Howard Griffith on Sept. 22, 1990, against Southern Illinois. He came within 18 yards of Samaje Perine's single-game rushing record of 427 yards for Oklahoma against Kansas on Nov. 22, 2014. Patterson carried it 36 times for an 11.8 yards-per-carry average against the Golden Flashes. Patterson is the first Division-I player to rush for more than 300 yards in consecutive games since Texas star Ricky Williams did it in 1996.

Patterson ran for four touchdowns and 301 yards - a school record until Saturday - in a 42-17 win last week against Bowling Green. Patterson scored on runs of 3, 31, 42, 49, 1, 7, 11 and 58 yards against Kent State. "Congratulations, big fella. Incredible performance by you today. Welcome to the eight touchdown club," Griffith said in a video posted on Twitter. A 5-foot-9, 200-pound junior, Patterson set the previous Mid-American Conference record of six rushing touchdowns in a win last year against Bowling Green. Patterson set up Buffalo (4-0, 4-0) with a 62-yard run on his first carry of the game to the Kent State 3 and scored on the next play. The Bulls never trailed. With a school-record 70 points, the Bulls are averaging 50.8 points a game. Twice they've scored 42 points, their lowest-scoring efforts this season. Kent State (3-1, 3-1) was led by Dustin Crum with 343 yards passing and three scores. - Buffalo/AP College Football

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RB *Jaret Patterson, Buffalo
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11/24/20 - Malcolm Koonce, rSr/2021, Buffalo + More +

University at Buffalo senior defensive end Malcolm Koonce has accepted an invitation to play in the Reese's Senior Bowl, it was announced on Friday. Koonce will be just the fourth player in program history to play in the prestigious all-star game. Koonce has a team-best four tackles for loss and three sacks through three games this season. He also ranks third on the team in tackles with 17. The Peekskill, NY native is coming off a breakout season for the Bulls. In 2019, he led the Mid-American Conference in sacks with nine and added 11 tackles for loss en route to earning All-MAC First Team honors. He was also the Defensive MVP of the Bahamas Bowl after recording a pair of sacks and a forced fumble in UB's win over Charlotte. - Buffalo Football

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DE Malcolm Koonce, Buffalo
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11/23/20 - *Jaret Patterson, rJr/2021, Buffalo + More +

NOV 23 MAC EAST DIVISION CO-OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Jaret Patterson, Buffalo, RB, Junior, Glendale, MD (Saint Vincent Pallotti),...Patterson rushed for a school-record 301 yards and added four touchdowns in Buffalo's 42-17 win at Bowling Green. Patterson carried the ball 31 times, averaging 9.7 yards per carry. He scored on touchdown runs of 17, 4, 15 and 57 yards. He added a season-long 67-yard run against the Falcons. - MAC Football

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RB *Jaret Patterson, Buffalo
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11/23/20 - James Patterson, rSr/2023, Buffalo + More +

NOV 23 MAC EAST DIVISION DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: James Patterson, Buffalo, LB, Junior, Glendale, MD (Saint Vincent Pallotti),...Patterson recorded a career-high 13 tackles and added a pass breakup in Buffalo's 42-17 win over Bowling Green. Patterson had eight solo tackles - a game high. - MAC Football

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ILB James Patterson, Buffalo
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11/23/20 - *Jaret Patterson, rJr/2021, Buffalo + More +

Playing a bit under the radar at Buffalo, Jaret Patterson has put up rushing numbers that demand attention. Patterson broke his own school record with 301 yards and four touchdowns in a 42-17 win at Bowling Green in the third of his team's three straight mid-week Mid-American Conference games. Granted, the first 300-yard rushing game in the nation came against the worst run defense in the Football Bowl Subdivision, but Patterson has produced consistently against almost everybody. The 5-foot-9, 195-pound Patterson has run for at least 100 yards in 13 of his 30 games. His 3,323 yards make him the second-leading career rusher among juniors, behind Oklahoma State's Chuba Hubbard. Patterson is the No. 2 all-time rusher at Buffalo behind Branden Oliver, who had 4,049 yards from 2010-13. Patterson is averaging 170.3 yards through three games and 7.2 yards per carry. - AP College Football

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