Getting your player ready...
Willie Evans and the 1958 Buffalo Bulls are finally going to a bowl game. In what’s proving to be a fitting tribute celebrating the 50th anniversary of a team that took a courageous stand against segregation, Evans and 20 or so teammates will be honored during the International Bowl on Jan. 3, when Buffalo makes the first bowl appearance in school history. The school’s first bid to a bowl — the Tangerine — was unanimously rejected by the players because of a rule that barred blacks and whites from competing on the same field. Buffalo had two black players who would have otherwise been left behind: Evans, the star halfback, and Mike Wilson. The Associated Press
