1958 Buffalo Bulls football team

1958 Buffalo Bulls football
Lambert Cup winner
Conference	Independent
Record	8–1
Head coach	Dick Offenhamer (4th season)
Captain	Nick Bottini, Lou Reale
Home stadium	Civic Stadium, Rotary Field

1958 NCAA College Division independents football records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		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.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	at Harvard		Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 6–3	6,000	[4]
October 4	at Cortland		Cortland, NY	W 7–6	3,500
October 11	at Western Reserve		Cleveland, OH	W 19–6	5,500
October 18	Baldwin–Wallace		Rotary Field Buffalo, NY	L 0–26	10,250
October 25	Columbia		Civic Stadium Buffalo, NY	W 34–14	13,074	[5]
November 1	Temple	No. T–20	Civic Stadium Buffalo, NY	W 54–6	9,500
November 8	at Wayne State (MI)	No. 15	Detroit, MI	W 44–14	2,000
November 15	at Lehigh	No. 16	Taylor Stadium Bethlehem, PA	W 34–26	5,200	[6]
November 22	Bucknell	No. 11	Rotary Field Buffalo, NY	W 38–0	9,500	[7]
Homecoming Rankings from UPI Poll released prior to the game

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After the season

NFL draft

Main article: 1959 NFL draft

The following Bull was selected in the National Football League draft following the season.^[9]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL club
25	299	Lou Reale	Center	New York Giants

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. "Brief Summary of Cumulative Football Statistics (Buffalo)". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved August 18, 2024.
9. "1959 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved July 31, 2023.