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ESPN show focuses on Lambert Cup team
The 1958 UB football team's decision to unanimously reject a bid to play in the Tangerine Bowl, which would have required the team to play without its two African-American players, will be the topic of a national cable sports program this weekend.
"Outside the Lines," an issues-oriented program on ESPN, will air a story at 9 a.m. on Sunday that features interviews with former UB players Willie Evans and Joe Oliverio on the 50th anniversary of UB's best season.
The 1958 team won the Lambert Cup—the trophy for the top-rated small school in the East—with an 8-1 record. Team members declined the only bowl bid in UB's history after being told they couldn't bring Evans and another black teammate, Mike Wilson, because it would violate a rule of the host Orlando, Fla., school district prohibiting blacks and whites from playing on the same field.
In other UB football news, Time Warner Sports Network, Channel 13, will air live the Bulls’ game tomorrow night against Bowling Green. Kickoff is 6 p.m.
The game, which is being sponsored by New Era Cap, UB and AD PRO Sports, will be televised only in the Buffalo market.
A win at Bowling Green would clinch UB’s first outright Mid American Conference East Division title and the automatic bowl game that accompanies the winner of each division in the MAC.
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