BUFFALO, NY - The University at Buffalo football team ran into a buzzsaw on Saturday afternoon as Miami University defeated the Bulls, 43-0, in a Mid-American Conferenc game.

Senior quarterback Mike Bath threw three first-half touchdown passes as Miami raced to a 33-0 halftime lead and was never threatened in the game. Bath threw for 236 of his 257 yards in the game in the first half and the RedHawks capitalized on four Buffalo turnovers in the game.

Miami finishes their season 7-4 while the Bulls ended their first year back in Division I-A in 29 years with an 0-11 record.

The RedHawks jumped all over Buffalo, scoring on their second possession on an 84-yard pass from Bath to Trevor Gaylor. On the ensuing kickoff, the Bulls were trapped in their end zone and allowed a safety to make it, 9-0. When Heisman Trophy candidate Travis Prentice went 49 yards for a score with 7:56 remaining in the first quarter the rout was on.

Prentice finished the game with 29 carries for 163 yards and the one score. The Buffalo defense did a respectable job against the reigning MAC Most Valuable Player, limiting him to just one touchdown in the game. Prentice is the NCAA Division I-A all-time leader in touchdowns scored after passing Texas' Ricky Williams earlier this season.

The Bulls never got untracked offensively and couldn't finish several long drives. The Bulls were inside the Miami 30-yard line four times but were unable to get any points on the board. A pair of seniors went out in fine fashion for the Bulls as fullback Josh Roth (Conewango Valley, NY/Pine Valley) and Drew Haddad (Westlake, OH/St. Ignatius) had big games.

Roth had 12 carries for 64 yards in the game while Haddad finished with 236 all-purpose yards. Haddad had five punt returns for 124 yards, 10 receptions for 100 yards and one carry for 12 yards. Haddad finished his phenomenal season with 85 receptions for 1,158 yards, both school records. He leaves as the school record holder in 12 categories.

Defensively, senior Dan Curcione (Brick, NJ/Brick Memorial) had a season-high eight tackles to lead the Bulls. Junior safety Jeff Lawrence (Aurora, OH/Austintown-Fitch) added seven tackles for the Bulls.