1950-1959

  • 1950 – Jim Wilson Returns – In early January, Coach Frank Clair was told his contract would not be renewed. Jim Wilson was hired as head football Coach at U.B. replacing Clair.
    Coach: Jim Wilson
    Final Record: 5-3-0
  • 1951
    Coach: Jim Wilson
    Final Record: 4-4-0
  • 1952
    Coach: Fritz Febel
    Final Record: 1-7-0
  • 1953
    Coach: Fritz Febel
    Final Record: 1-5-1
  • 1954 – Fritz Febel’s Final Year – The team wins only 2 games but passes it’s ultimate test as name Chancellor Clifford C. Furnas decides to keep football.
    Coach: Fritz Febel
    Final Record: 2-7-0
  • 1955
    Coach: Dick Offenhamer
    Final Record: 4-4-1
  • 1956
    Coach: Dick Offenhamer
    Final Record: 5-3-1
  • 1957
    Coach: Dick Offenhamer
    Final Record: 5-4-9
  • 1958 – Lambert Cup Winners – Buffalo beats Harvard and Columbia University on its way to a 8 win and 1 lose season, winning the Lambert Cup, emblematic of supremacy in Eastern U.S. small-college football.
    Coach: Dick Offenhamer
    Final Record: 8-1-0
  • 1959 – Second Place in Lambert Cup Race – Playing nine games and winning eight, the Bulls were ranked second only to Delaware, in the Lambert Cup race.
    Coach: Dick Offenhamer
    Final Record: 8-1-0