1958 Buffalo Bulls football team

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1958 Buffalo Bulls football
Lambert Cup winner
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–1
Head coach
CaptainNick Bottini, Lou Reale
Home stadium Civic Stadium, Rotary Field
Seasons
  1957
1959  
1958 NCAA College Division independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Mississippi Southern   9 0 0
Rochester   8 0 0
Rose Poly   8 0 0
Sewanee   8 0 0
No. 10 Buffalo   8 1 0
No. 6 Montana State   8 1 0
North Park   7 1 0
Carthage   7 2 0
Southern Connecticut State   7 2 0
Carnegie Tech   6 2 0
Northeastern   6 2 0
Cal Poly Pomona   7 3 0
Trinity (TX)   6 3 0
Hofstra   6 4 0
Tampa   6 4 0
Abilene Christian   5 5 0
No. 8 Chattanooga   5 5 0
Baldwin–Wallace   4 4 1
Louisville   4 4 0
Northern Michigan   5 5 0
Xavier   5 5 0
Washington University   4 4 0
Arkansas State   4 5 0
No. 18 Memphis State   4 5 0
UC Riverside   2 3 2
Hawaii   5 7 0
St. Norbert   3 6 0
Wabash   3 6 0
Howard (AL)   1 5 1
Pepperdine   1 7 0
Washington and Lee   1 7 0
Rankings from UPI small college poll

The 1958 Buffalo Bulls football team represented the University at Buffalo as an independent the 1958 college football season. The Bulls' offense scored 236 points while the defense allowed 101 points. The team won the Lambert Cup, emblematic of supremacy in Eastern U.S. small-college football. [1] [2] The Bulls were invited to play in the Tangerine Bowl against Florida State. The team voted to turn down the bowl invitation after learning that they would be allowed to participate only if the team's two black players, back-up defensive end Mike Wilson and starting halfback Willie Evans, did not play in the game. The 1958 Bulls team was profiled on ESPN's Outside the Lines in 2008. [3] Buffalo would not be invited to a bowl or be bowl-eligible for another 50 years.

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27at Harvard W 6–36,000 [4]
October 4at Cortland Cortland, NY W 7–6
October 11at Western Reserve Cleveland, OH W 19–6
October 18 Baldwin–Wallace Dagger-14-plain.pngL 0–26
October 25 Columbia
W 34–1413,074 [5]
November 1 Temple No. T–20
  • Civic Stadium
  • Buffalo, NY
W 54–6
November 8at Wayne State (MI) No. 15 Detroit, MI W 44–14
November 15at Lehigh No. 16W 34–265,200 [6]
November 22 Bucknell No. 11
  • Rotary Field
  • Buffalo, NY
W 38–09,500 [7]
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from UPI Poll released prior to the game

After the season

NFL draft

The following Bull was selected in the National Football League draft following the season. [8]

RoundPickPlayerPositionNFL club
25299 Lou Reale Center New York Giants

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References

  1. Hollander, Scott. "1958 Buffalo Bulls Football". Buffalo, New York: University at Buffalo Libraries. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
  2. Lenzi, Rachel (September 25, 2021). "Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame: 1958 UB football team did 'what is right'". The Buffalo News . Archived from the original on September 27, 2021. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
  3. Eric Neel, "All or Nothing", ESPN.com, retrieved November 20, 2008.
  4. "Buffalo Triumphs in Rain on Blocked Crimson Kick". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. United Press International. September 28, 1958. p. S1.
  5. Strauss, Michael (October 26, 1958). "Buffalo Defeats Columbia, 34-14". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  6. Aubrey, Coulter (November 16, 1958). "Lehigh's Whirlwind Finish Fails, 34-26". Sunday Call-Chronicle . Allentown, Pa. p. 41 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Buffalo Belts Bucknell, 38-0". The Pittsburgh Press . Pittsburgh, Pa. November 23, 1958. sect. 4, p. 2 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "1959 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved July 31, 2023.