BUFFALO, N.Y. – Short-handed Colgate stepped into the FBS level of Division I football and dropped a 33-10 decision to Buffalo here Saturday night.
 
The Raiders played without injured defensive starter Pat Afriyie, Trent Williams, Tyler Castillo and Ben Hunt IV, while rookie quarterback Grant Breneman made his first career start.
 
But this night belonged to the Bulls, who streaked to a 30-3 halftime lead and chalked up 486 yards of total offense for the game. Six-foot-7 quarterback Tyree Jackson led the way, throwing for 184 yards and rushing for another 97.
 
T.J. Holl led all tacklers with 18, setting a personal career high for the second time in three games.
 
Breneman again paced the Raiders in rushing with 68 yards on 14 attempts, despite taking a pair of sacks. He completed 6-of-23 through the air for an additional 56 yards.
 
Malik Twyman came off the bench in the second half and scored his first collegiate touchdown late in the third quarter.
 
Bottom Line
• Buffalo 33, Colgate 10

Won-Lost Records
• Both squads are now 1-2.

Quick Rundown
• Buffalo's first four drives produced touchdowns and the Bulls led 27-3 with 9:40 showing on the second-quarter clock.
• The drives covered 75, 75, 69 and 84 yards. A fifth drive produced a field goal to the end the half and Buffalo led 30-3.
• Colgate's only first-half points came on a Chris Puzzi 22-yard field goal.
• The Raiders scored their touchdown when Twyman scored from 5 yards out to cap a 12-play, 76-yard march.
• Buffalo closed the scoring with a late field goal after a 15-play, 54-yard drive that took 9:11 off the fourth-quarter clock.

Stats of the Game
• Colgate's four injured starters on defense –Afriyie, Williams, Castillo and Hunt – have combined for 57 career starts.
• Holl entered tonight leading the Patriot League and ranked second nationally in tackles. He's up to 43 tackles for the season.
• Breneman had the longest rushing play of the night, 23 yards in the first quarter to set up Colgate's field goal.
• Alec Wisniewski, Nick Alvarez, Cortney Mimms and Nick Ioanilli all set career tackle highs in the game.

Notable
• The Raiders were turnover-free on offense for the first time this season, but the defense failed to force a turnover for the first time.
 
From the Sources
• Colgate head coach Dan Hunt: (On the game) "We got behind quick and they were able to do a nice job running the football against us, which is a situation we haven't been in for a couple of years. We just couldn't get off the field defensively.
 
"We challenged ourselves at halftime to come out and eliminate some of the mistakes we made, and we did that in the second half a little bit. We had a lot of kids playing tonight who haven't normally played. Down the road there may be a silver lining as far as experience, but we've got some work to do to get ready for another good team next week."

Listen to the rest of Coach Hunt's comments HERE.
 
Gate Grab Bag
• Attendance at UB Stadium was 11,546.
 
Up Next
• Colgate begins a stretch of three home games out of the next four.
• The Raiders host Furman, which lost 49-16 Saturday at N.C. State. The Paladins are 0-3 but suffered razor-thin losses to Wofford and Elon in their opening two games.
• Kickoff is 1 p.m., with the Patriot League Network and WKXZ-FM 93.9 covering the action.