1957 Buffalo Bulls football team

{{short description|American college football season}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1957

| team = Buffalo Bulls

| sport = football

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| conference = Independent

| record = 5–4

| head_coach = Dick Offenhamer

| hc_year = 3rd

| captain = Remo Damiani

| stadium = Rotary Field

}}

{{1957 NCAA College Division independents football records}}

The 1957 Buffalo Bulls football team was an American football team that represented the University of Buffalo as an independent during the 1957 college football season. In their third season under head coach Dick Offenhamer, the Bulls compiled a 5–4 record.{{cite web|title=Buffalo Football 2018 Information Guide|publisher=University of Buffalo|year=2019|accessdate=July 24, 2020|page=87|url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/ubbulls.com/documents/2019/6/17/2018_football_infoguide.pdf}} The team played its home games at Rotary Field in Buffalo, New York.

==Schedule==

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|September 28|at|{{cfb link|year=1957|team=Carnegie Tech Tartans|title=Carnegie Tech}}||Pittsburgh, PA|W 14-9||

|October 5||Lafayette|Rotary Field|Buffalo, NY|L 6-13||{{cite news|title=Lafayette Cops 2nd; Leopards Win, 14-6, At Buffalo|newspaper=Sunday Call-Chronicle|date=October 6, 1957|page=42|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119872988/lafayette-cops-2nd-leopards-win-14-6/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 12||{{cfb link|year=1957|team=Western Reserve Red Cats|title=Western Reserve}}|Rotary Field|Buffalo, NY|L 6-13||

|October 19|at|{{cfb link|year=1957|team=St. Lawrence Saints|title=St. Lawrence}}||Canton, New York|W 14-6||

|October 26|at|{{cfb link|year=1957|team=Alfred Saxons|title=Alfred}}||Alfred, NY|W 15-0||

|November 2||{{cfb link|year=1957|team=Wayne State Tartars|title=Wayne State (MI)}}|Rotary Field|Buffalo, NY|W 33-7||

|November 9||{{cfb link|year=1957|team=Cortland Red Dragons|title=Cortland}}|Rotary Field|Buffalo, NY|L 0-20||

|November 16||Lehigh|Rotary Field|Buffalo, NY|L 7-27|8,500|{{cite news |title=Engineers Win, 27-7, in Bruiser |date=November 18, 1957 |page=43 |newspaper=Sunday Call-Chronicle |location=Allentown, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68124728/1957-lehigh-buffalo/ }}

|November 23|at|Temple|Temple Stadium|Philadelphia, PA|W 13-6||{{cite news|title=Temple Leads, Bows To Buffalo Power, 13-6|newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer|author=Joe McNulty|date=November 24, 1956|page=2S|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119872796/temple-leads-bows-to-buffalo-power/|via=Newspapers.com}}

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{{cite web |author= |title=Brief Summary of Cumulative Football Statistics (Buffalo) |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/team/86/stats/12711 |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=August 18, 2024}}