BUFFALO, NY - The University at Buffalo football schedule for this fall has been altered to accomodate ESPN television.

The Bulls, originally scheduled to travel to Temple on Sept. 18, will instead travel to Nevada for a non-conference game against the Wolfpack. The change came to accomodate a request from ESPN and will lead to Buffalo receiving two national television exposures, one each in football and basketball, on ESPN in forthcoming years. The arrangement came as the result of negotiations among six schools.

Buffalo's series with Temple will resume in 2006 with a game in Buffalo.

"We felt that this agreement benefitted both UB and the Mid-American Conference," said Bill Maher, interim Director of Athletics. "The opportunity for the University at Buffalo and our student-athletes to receive national television exposure was a major factor in making this change."

Buffalo and Nevada have never met in football, and this will be the first time the Bulls have ever played a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). The Wolfpack, 6-6 last season, will return the game at UB Stadium during the 2009 season.

The 2004 schedule:

Date Opponent Site Time

Thur., Sept. 2 at Eastern Michigan* Ypsilanti, MI 7 pm

Sat., Sept. 11 SYRACUSE UB Stadium 6 pm

Sat., Sept. 18 at Nevada Reno, NV TBA

Sat., Sept. 25 at Ohio* Athens, OH 7 pm

Sat., Oct. 2 UCF* UB Stadium 6 pm

Sat., Oct. 9 at Akron* Akron, OH 6 pm

Sat., Oct. 16 MIAMI (OH)*# UB Stadium 1:30 pm

Sat., Oct. 23 at Marshall* Huntington, WV 4:30 pm

Sat., Oct. 30 Bye week

Sat., Nov. 6 KENT STATE* UB Stadium 1:30 pm

Sat., Nov. 13 CENTRAL MICHIGAN* UB Stadium 1:30 pm

Sat., Nov. 20 at Connecticut East Hartford, CT TBA

*Mid-American Conference games

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