1959 Buffalo Bulls football team

{{short description|American college football season}}

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

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1959

| team = Buffalo Bulls

| sport = football

| image =

| image_size =

| conference = Independent

| record = 8–1

| head_coach = Dick Offenhamer

| hc_year = 5th

| captain = Sam Sanders

| captain2 = Stan Kowalski

| stadium = Rotary Field

}}

{{1959 NCAA College Division independents football records}}

The 1959 Buffalo Bulls football team represented the University at Buffalo as an independent during the 1959 college football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Dick Offenhamer, the Bulls compiled a record of 8–1 and outscored opponents 279 points to 93.{{cite web |last=Hollander |first=Scott |title=1959 Buffalo Bulls Football |location=Buffalo, New York |publisher=University at Buffalo Libraries |url=https://library.buffalo.edu/ub-sports/mens-sports/football/1959-buffalo-bulls-football/ |accessdate=April 3, 2022 }}

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

| rankyear = 1958

| rankdivision = small college

| poll = UPI

| timezone = Eastern

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 26

| time =

| w/l = w

| away = y

| rank = T–20

| opponent = Temple

| site_stadium = Temple Stadium

| site_cityst = Philadelphia, PA

| score = 28–14

| attend = 4,000

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 3

| time =

| w/l = w

| rank = 8

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1959|team=Cortland Red Dragons|title=Cortland}}

| site_stadium = Rotary Field

| site_cityst = Buffalo, NY

| score = 68–2

| attend = 8,500

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 10

| time =

| w/l = l

| away = y

| rank = 5

| opponent = Bucknell

| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium

| site_cityst = Lewisburg, PA

| score = 21–26

| attend = 5,000

| source = {{cite news |title=Bucknell Beats Buffalo in 26-to-21 Grid Upset |agency=Associated Press |date=October 11, 1959 |page=8C |newspaper=Democrat and Chronicle |location=Rochester, N.Y.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68269429/1959-bucknell-buffalo/ }} Attendance figure in {{cite news |title=Bucknell Tops Buffalo, 26-21 |date=October 11, 1959 |at=sect. 4, p. 5 |newspaper=The Pittsburgh Press |location=Pittsburgh, Pa. }}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 17

| time =

| w/l = w

| away = y

| rank = 10

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1959|team=Baldwin–Wallace Yellow Jackets|title=Baldwin–Wallace}}

| site_stadium =

| site_cityst = Berea, OH

| score = 27–18

| attend = 4,000

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 24

| time =

| w/l = w

| rank = 9

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1959|team=Western Reserve Red Cats|title=Western Reserve}}

| site_stadium = Rotary Field

| site_cityst = Buffalo, NY

| score = 22–2

| attend = 6,000

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 31

| time =

| w/l = w

| away = y

| rank = 8

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1959|team=Youngstown Penguins|title=Youngstown}}

| site_stadium =

| site_cityst = Youngstown, OH

| score = 16–7

| attend = 4,500

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 7

| time =

| w/l = w

| rank = 9

| opponent = Rhode Island

| site_stadium = Rotary Field

| site_cityst = Buffalo, NY

| score = 41–6

| attend = 8,500–9,000

| source = {{cite web |author= |title=Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics (Rhode Island) |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/team/572/stats/13013 |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=December 28, 2022 }}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 14

| time =

| w/l = w

| rank = 10

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1959|team=Gettysburg Bullets|title=Gettysburg}}

| site_stadium = Rotary Field

| site_cityst = Buffalo, NY

| score = 19–6

| attend = 3,000

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 21

| time =

| w/l = w

| rank = T–11

| opponent = Marshall

| site_stadium = Rotary Field

| site_cityst = Buffalo, NY

| score = 37–12

| attend = 7,500

}}

}}

{{cite web |author= |title=Brief Summary of Cumulative Football Statistics (Buffalo) |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/team/86/stats/13013 |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=August 18, 2024}}

References

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