Falcons Close Out Saturday Home Slate With Loss To Buffalo

Saturday, November 1

Bowling Green, Ohio

12 p.m.

Bowling Green State University

3-6 , 1-4

Buffalo

5-4 , 4-1

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

Buffalo

Bowling Green

Photo by: Hailey Pettit-Mastroianni, BGSU Athletics

November 01, 2025 | Football

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By: by Kyle Edmond, BGSU Athletics

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - The Bowling Green State University football team hosted the Buffalo Bulls on Saturday (Nov. 1) to begin the month of November. Buffalo came away with a 28-3 victory for the final score. For BGSU, the points came from a 51-yard field goal by Jackson Kleather in the fourth quarter. Bowling Green will now transition to the road next weekend at Eastern Michigan with a 1 p.m. kick in Ypsilanti.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Falcons won the opening coin toss and deferred to the second half. Buffalo elected to receive with Bowling Green defending the south end zone.
On the first drive, Buffalo found the end zone on a 41-yard rush for a 7-0 lead to start the game.
Kaderris Roberts took the kick for the Falcons, returning the ball 39 yards into Buffalo territory to start the drive for Bowling Green.
Bowling Green worked to create momentum in the first half, but two turnovers on downs kept the score at 7-0 at the end of the first quarter.
On the first play of the second half, Buffalo punched in a score for a 14-0 advantage. With nine seconds left in the half, Buffalo added another score for a 21-0 score at the midway point.
Buffalo started the second half with a punt return for a touchdown after the first BGSU drive, making it a 28-0 tally.
Halfway through the third quarter, Preston EstoEsta snagged an interception off a JoJo Johnson deflection, giving BGSU possession.
Jackson Kleather put the Falcons on the board in the fourth quarter, hitting a 51-yard field goal for a 28-3.

GAME NOTES

Tunde Fatukasi started at center, making him the sixth known player in FBS to start at least one game at all five offensive line positions in his career. Fatukasi owns 15 starts at left tackle, seven at right guard, seven at left guard and one at right tackle.
OG Brody Bolyn and RB Austyn Dendy made their first collegiate starts.
With five catches, TE Jyrin Johnson extends his active streak with at least one reception to 42 games. He entered the weekend with the nation's second-longest streak.
ILB Gideon Lampron notched 2.5 TFLs. It is his third game with multiple TFLs.
S Preston EstoEsta notched his first career interception.
PK Jackson Kleather booted a 51-yard field goal. It is his third made field goal of 50+ yards this season.

STAT LEADERS

Austyn Dendy: 18 carries, 62 rushing yards
Jyrin Johnson: 5 receptions, 69 receiving yards
Gideon Lampron: 11 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss
Jalen McClendon: 8 tackles
Preston EstoEsta: 5 tackles, 1 interception

FROM THE LOCKER ROOM
"Hey, hand is bloody, but unbound, and it's been a tough day today; the last few weeks have been tough. We played with some injuries, and this is who we are right now. We are trying to find our identity, trying to find ways to make plays, and that was my biggest thing; we didn't make the plays necessary to change any momentum during the course of the game. I got to do a better job of coaching. I have to encourage our guys to put them in positions to make the plays happen, and maybe it's something I have to look at in terms of simplifying things and putting a stretch of the next few weeks together that we can really build off of going into the offseason. It's disappointing, we have to get over the emotional side and understand it's a part of the process. We have to search for the growth, and we have to lean into this and really take ownership of it and find a way to get better; we have got to find a way; the answers are there, we just have to find them."

UP NEXT

Bowling Green will head on the road for their final Saturday game of the regular season, facing Eastern Michigan on Nov. 8 with a 1 p.m. kick.
The next home game for the Orange and Brown will also be the last of the 2025 season, hosting Akron on Nov. 18 for a 7 p.m. kick.