History
1846: A medical-school beginning
UB began in 1846 as a private medical college in downtown Buffalo.
Checked 2026-11-01 · Sources: About the University - University Advancement - University at Buffalo
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1962: Joining SUNY
The university joined the State University of New York system in 1962.
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1894: Football takes the field
UB’s football history begins in 1894 with medical students organizing a team that faced Hobart.
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1931: Becoming the Bulls
UB adopted the Bull in 1931 to distinguish itself from Buffalo’s professional teams.
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1958: Lambert Cup recognition
An 8–1 regular season brought UB the Lambert Cup, recognizing the East’s leading small-college football program.
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1958: Refusing a segregated bowl invitation
The team unanimously declined its Tangerine Bowl invitation rather than leave Black teammates Willie Evans and Mike Wilson behind under the event’s discriminatory condition.
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1977: Football returns
UB restarted football in fall 1977 under Bill Dando after suspending varsity football in 1971.
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1993: A World University Games venue
The stadium opened in 1993 after construction for Buffalo’s World University Games. Its football grand opening followed that September.
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1999: Joining the MAC
Buffalo entered the Mid-American Conference and Division I-A football in 1999.
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2008: First MAC championship
Buffalo defeated Ball State on December 5, 2008, to win its first MAC championship.
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1994: Wooly Bully arrives
Wooly Bully debuted in 1994 as a shaggy brown mascot, according to University Libraries’ retained account.
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1997: Victor E. Bull takes over
The blue Victor E. Bull replaced Wooly Bully in 1997.
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1923: The first homecoming
UB dates its first homecoming to fall 1923, when the campus community rallied around the football team.
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2026: Broadview Stadium name
The archives record a March 2026 partnership with Broadview Federal Credit Union that renamed UB Stadium as Broadview Stadium.
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