The Zeitgeist List · rivalries
Steel Tire
See both programs’ full 91-year Zeitgeist History, side by side →Buffalo leads the all-time series 13–12. They've met 25 times since 1999. Akron once took 8 straight.
Stature & the series, 1999–2025
Both programs’ standing over time in their colors, with every meeting beneath — read down to see who was bigger and who won.
all-time
13–12
Buffalo leads
streak
1
Akron in a row
longest run
8
Akron
biggest win
49
Buffalo, 2020
first met
1999
25 meetings
The coaching duels
Turner Gill vs J.D. Brookhart3–1
Lance Leipold vs Terry Bowden2–2
Jim Hofher vs Lee Owens0–3
Maurice Linguist vs Joe Moorhead3–0
Craig Cirbus vs Lee Owens0–2
Jim Hofher vs J.D. Brookhart0–2
Recent meetings
2025Akron24–16
2024Buffalo41–30
2023Buffalo13–10
2022Buffalo23–22
2021Buffalo45–10
2020Buffalo56–7
2019Buffalo21–0
2018Buffalo24–6
2017Akron21–20
2016Buffalo41–20
2015Akron42–21
2014Buffalo55–24
2011Buffalo51–10
2010Akron22–14