1958 Buffalo Bulls football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1958
| team = Buffalo Bulls
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Independent
| record = 8–1
| head_coach = Dick Offenhamer
| hc_year = 4th
| captain = Nick Bottini
| captain2 = Lou Reale
| stadium = Civic Stadium, Rotary Field
| champion = Lambert Cup winner
}}
{{1958 NCAA College Division independents football records}}
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.{{cite web |last=Hollander |first=Scott |title=1958 Buffalo Bulls Football |location=Buffalo, New York |publisher=University at Buffalo Libraries |url=https://library.buffalo.edu/ub-sports/mens-sports/football/1958-buffalo-football/ |accessdate=April 3, 2022 }}{{cite news|url=https://buffalonews.com/sports/college/greater-buffalo-sports-hall-of-fame-1958-ub-football-team-did-what-is-right/article_c1cadb4c-1b01-11ec-a7aa-5f3a124b0ed2.html|title=Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame: 1958 UB football team did 'what is right'|date=September 25, 2021|agency=The Buffalo News|author=Lenzi, Rachel|accessdate=September 27, 2021|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927060329/https://buffalonews.com/sports/college/greater-buffalo-sports-hall-of-fame-1958-ub-football-team-did-what-is-right/article_c1cadb4c-1b01-11ec-a7aa-5f3a124b0ed2.html|archivedate=September 27, 2021}} 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.Eric Neel, [http://www.espn.com/espn/eticket/story?page=buffalo58&redirected=true "All or Nothing"], ESPN.com, retrieved November 20, 2008. Buffalo would not be invited to a bowl or be bowl-eligible for another 50 years.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 1958
| rankdivision = small college
| poll = UPI
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 27
| time =
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Harvard
| site_stadium = Harvard Stadium
| site_cityst = Boston, MA
| score = 6–3
| attend = 6,000
| source = {{cite news |title=Buffalo Triumphs in Rain on Blocked Crimson Kick |agency=United Press International |date=September 28, 1958 |page=S1 |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York, N.Y.}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 4
| time =
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1958|team=Cortland Red Dragons|title=Cortland}}
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Cortland, NY
| score = 7–6
| attend = 3,500
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 11
| time =
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1958|team=Western Reserve Red Cats|title=Western Reserve}}
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Cleveland, OH
| score = 19–6
| attend = 5,500
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 18
| time =
| w/l = l
| homecoming = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1958|team=Baldwin–Wallace Yellow Jackets|title=Baldwin–Wallace}}
| site_stadium = Rotary Field
| site_cityst = Buffalo, NY
| score = 0–26
| attend = 10,250
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 25
| time =
| w/l = w
| opponent = Columbia
| site_stadium = Civic Stadium
| site_cityst = Buffalo, NY
| score = 34–14
| attend = 13,074
| source = {{cite news |title=Buffalo Defeats Columbia, 34-14 |first=Michael |last=Strauss |date=October 26, 1958 |page=S1 |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York, N.Y.}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 1
| time =
| w/l = w
| rank = T–20
| opponent = Temple
| site_stadium = Civic Stadium
| site_cityst = Buffalo, NY
| score = 54–6
| attend = 9,500
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 8
| time =
| w/l = w
| away = y
| rank = 15
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1958|team=Wayne State Warriors|title=Wayne State (MI)}}
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Detroit, MI
| score = 44–14
| attend = 2,000
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 15
| time =
| w/l = w
| away = y
| rank = 16
| opponent = Lehigh
| site_stadium = Taylor Stadium
| site_cityst = Bethlehem, PA
| score = 34–26
| attend = 5,200
| source = {{cite news |title=Lehigh's Whirlwind Finish Fails, 34-26 |first=Coulter |last=Aubrey |date=November 16, 1958 |page=41 |newspaper=Sunday Call-Chronicle |location=Allentown, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68207383/1958-lehigh-buffalo/ }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 22
| time =
| w/l = w
| rank = 11
| opponent = Bucknell
| site_stadium = Rotary Field
| site_cityst = Buffalo, NY
| score = 38–0
| attend = 9,500
| source = {{cite news |title=Buffalo Belts Bucknell, 38-0 |date=November 23, 1958 |at=sect. 4, p. 2 |newspaper=The Pittsburgh Press |location=Pittsburgh, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68208063/1958-bucknell-buffalo/ }}
}}
}}
{{cite web |author= |title=Brief Summary of Cumulative Football Statistics (Buffalo) |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/team/86/stats/13325 |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=August 18, 2024}}
After the season
=NFL draft=
{{main|1959 NFL draft}}
The following Bull was selected in the National Football League draft following the season.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1959/draft.htm|title=1959 NFL Draft Listing|website=Pro-Football-Reference.com|access-date=July 31, 2023}}
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{{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=Buffalo Bulls|border=2|Round|Pick|Player|Position|NFL club}} | ||||
| 25 | 299 | Lou Reale | Center | New York Giants |
References
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