Buffalo_Bulls

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Buffalo Bulls Buffalo Bulls Buffalo Bulls Football See also: 2008 Buffalo Bulls football team The Buffalo Bulls football team is a relatively new member of the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, having joined in 1999. Despite its brief history and disappointing recent performances in the Football Bowl Subdivision, the Bulls football program has a rich tradition, which it is now returning to. In 2008 the Buffalo Bulls routed the previously unbeaten Ball State Cardinals 42-24, capturing their first Mid-American Conference Championship. The final game of the 2008-2009 campaign was against the University of Connecticut in the 2009 International Bowl on January 3, 2009 at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario. In that game, the Bulls would go on to lose to UConn by a score of 38-20. Notable former players who played (or play) in the NFL include: • John Stofa • Ed Ellis • Ramon Guzman • Drew Haddad • Gerry Philbin • Jamey Richard • Chad Upshaw • Trevor Scott University Conference NCAA Athletics director Location Varsity teams Football stadium Basketball arena Baseball stadium Mascot Nickname Fight song Colors Homepage University at Buffalo Mid-American Conference Division I Warde Manuel Buffalo, NY UB Stadium "The Bullpen" Alumni Arena Amherst Audubon Field Victor E. Bull Bulls Victory March Fight Song Blue and White ubathletics.buffalo.edu The Buffalo Bulls are the athletic teams representing the University at Buffalo in intercollegiate athletics. The Bulls currently play in Division I (Division I FBS in football), and are a member of the Mid-American Conference for all sports except women’s rowing. They have been a member of the Mid-American Conference since 1996. The Buffalo Bulls field men’s and women’s athletic teams in 9 sports. The Bulls are notable for being the only Division I FBS athletic program with an African American Athletic Director (Warde Manuel), Head Football Coach (Turner Gill), and Head Men’s Basketball Coach (Reggie Witherspoon). Men’s basketball See also: 2008-09 Buffalo Bulls men’s basketball team The Buffalo Bulls men’s basketball team has been a member of Division I the mid 1990s after dropping to the Division III level for the 1977-1978 season, spending time in the MidContinent Conference before moving to the Mid-American Conference in 1999. After several years of mediocrity, the Bulls had their most memorable season in their 2004-2005 campaign. Led by senior guard Turner Battle, the Bulls went on an improbable run to the Mid-American Conference Championship, beating Western Michigan in the semi-finals at the Gund Arena in Cleveland. In the MAC final, despite leading by 17 at the half, the Bulls lost in overtime to Ohio University on a tip-in by Leon Williams with 0.5 seconds remaining. Thus, the Bulls failed Men’s sports 1 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia to clinch the automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament, and were not selected by the selection committee on Selection Sunday. They went on to participate in the NIT. Notable Players for played in the NBA: Sam Pellom with the Atlanta Hawks and Milwaukee Bucks. He also played for the Washington Generals against the Harlem Globetrotters before making it to the NBA. Buffalo Bulls in 2008, defeating Western Michigan, 4-3. The Bulls went to their first NCAA Tournament where they played eventual NCAA Champion, UCLA. UB’s women’s basketball coach is Linda Hill-MacDonald, who used to coach in the WNBA with the Cleveland Rockers. True Blue As of 2008, the primary student organization who supports UB athletics is True Blue.[2] The prominent faces of the club is a group of at least five students who paint themselves to spell out "GO BULLS" for every home football game and selected basketball games for both men and women. Soccer The most successful men’s athletic team in recent years has been the Buffalo Bulls soccer team. The team briefly achieved a ranking of 20th overall in the NCAA. • Andrae Clarke - Chicago Fire [1] Other men’s sports The university places teams in several other men’s sports, including: baseball, track and field, cross country, tennis, wrestling, and swimming and diving Marching band The Thunder of the East is the student marching band. References [1] http://www.ubathletics.buffalo.edu/ menssoccer/news/ msc02-02-2007-ClarkeMLS.shtml [2] http://ubtrueblue.com Women’s sports As for the women’s teams, the Bulls feature teams in basketball, track and field, cross country volleyball, softball, rowing, tennis and swimming and diving. The UB women’s tennis team has made the MAC Championship in each of the last three seasons, finally clinching the MAC Title External links • UBFan.com - Unofficial UB Athletics Fan Forum Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_Bulls" Categories: Mid-American Conference, College athletic programs, Sports in Buffalo, New York, University at Buffalo This page was last modified on 12 May 2009, at 08:36 (UTC). All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. (See Copyrights for details.) Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a U.S. registered 501(c)(3) taxdeductible nonprofit charity. 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