Collection ID: 31.0.1272

Collection context

Summary

Creator:
University Archives
Abstract:
Individual game programs for the UB Bulls football team. Information found in each program includes player and coach biographies, team rosters, schedules, records and history, and opponent information.
Extent:
1.668 Linear Feet and 4 manuscript boxes
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], Box/folder number, 31/0/1272, Football Programs, 2012-, University Archives, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York.

Background

Scope and Content:

Individual game programs for the UB Bulls football team. Information found in each program includes player and coach biographies, team rosters, schedules, records and history, and opponent information. Includes a game program and program tickets from the 2019 Makers Wanted Bahamas Bowl.

Biographical / Historical:

The history of collegiate sports at the University at Buffalo began in 1894 when the football team played their inaugural season. By 1897, UB Football was 7-0 against collegiate foe. Although the entire UB athletics program was cancelled in 1904 due to a lack of financial support, personnel, and leadership, it was reinstated in 1915. All intercollegiate athletics were suspended for the duration of World War II. UB sport teams returned in 1946 and the football program continued to grow and flourish. The football program has celebrated many accomplishments over the decades. The UB Bulls won the Lambert Cup in 1958 and the Mid-American Conference in 2008. On September 4th, 1993, the Bulls joined Division I for the first time since the establishment of the three subdivisions in 1973. September 28th, 2013 marked the Bulls bowl eligibility for the third time after their 41-12 win over Connecticut. Having dropped football from its athletic programs twice, there is a gap in programs from 1905-1914; and through years 1971 to 1976.

Acquisition information:
Football programs are donated yearly by the Office of the President.
Processing information:

Processed by William Offhaus, November 2011; finding aid encoded by Grace Trimper, September 2018. Updated by Jessica Hollister in 2020.

Arrangement:

The football programs are arranged chronologically.

Accruals:

Further accruals are expected.

Boxes 2, 3, and 4 are empty and are to be used for accruals to this collection.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access

RESTRICTIONS:

The Football Programs, 2012- are open to researchers.

TERMS OF ACCESS:

Copyright is held by the State University of New York at Buffalo, University Archives. Copyright in other papers in the collection may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns. Researchers must obtain the written permission of the holder(s) of copyright and the University Archives before publishing quotations from materials in the collection. Most papers may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures unless otherwise specified.

PREFERRED CITATION:

[Description and date of item], Box/folder number, 31/0/1272, Football Programs, 2012-, University Archives, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York.

LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
420 Capen Hall
Buffalo, NY 14260, United States
CONTACT:
716-645-2916
lib-archives@buffalo.edu