1896 Buffalo football team

The 1896 Buffalo football team represented the University at Buffalo in the 1896 college football season. The team compiled an 8–1–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 210 to 41.[1] The team had no coach and played its home games at Buffalo Athletic Field and Olympic Park in Buffalo, New York.

1896 Buffalo football
ConferenceIndependent
1896 record8–1–2
Head coach
  • None
Home stadiumBuffalo Athletic Field, Olympic Park
1896 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Fordham   –    1 –0 –0
Lafayette   –    11 –0 –1
Princeton   –    10 –0 –1
Penn   –    14 –1 –0
Yale   –    13 –1 –0
Pittsburgh College   –    11 –2 –0
Buffalo   –    8 –1 –2
Villanova   –    10 –4 –0
Bucknell   –    5 –2 –1
Harvard   –    7 –4 –0
Boston College   –    5 –3 –0
Storrs   –    5 –3 –0
Cornell   –    5 –3 –1
Syracuse   –    5 –3 –2
Temple   –    3 –2 –0
Army   –    3 –2 –1
Carlisle   –    5 –5 –0
Rutgers   –    6 –7 –0
Brown   –    4 –5 –1
Wesleyan   –    4 –5 –1
Frankin & Marshall   –    3 –4 –2
Geneva   –    3 –4 –0
Penn State   –    3 –4 –0
Colgate   –    3 –4 –1
Amherst   –    3 –6 –1
Holy Cross   –    1 –3 –2
Western Univ. Penn.   –    3 –6 –0
Lehigh   –    2 –5 –0
Tufts   –    2 –6 –1
New Hampshire   –    1 –4 –0
Massachusetts   –    0 –4 –0
Rhode Island   –    0 –4 –0

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 2625th Separate Company of Tonawanda
W 30–0[2][3]
October 7at Company C, National GuardBradford, PAW 18–0[4][5]
October 10RochesterBuffalo, NYW 62–6[6]
October 14Buffalo High School
  • Buffalo Athletic Field
  • Buffalo, NY
W 30–0[7]
October 17Elmira Athletic Club
  • Buffalo Athletic Field
  • Buffalo, NY
W 18–0[8]
October 24Lancaster
  • Olympic Park
  • Buffalo, NY
W 16–4[9]
October 31St. Bonaventure
  • Buffalo Athletic Field
  • Buffalo, NY
W 6–4[10]
November 3St. John's Military Academy
  • Buffalo Athletic Field
  • Buffalo, NY
W 22–5[11]
November 7SyracuseBuffalo, NYT 6–6[12]
November 18Lancaster
  • Buffalo Athletic Field
  • Buffalo, NY
L 6–10[13][14]
November 26Hobart
  • Buffalo Athletic Field
  • Buffalo, NY
T 6–6[15]

References

  1. "Buffalo Yearly Results (1895-1899)". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
  2. "First of the Season: University of Buffalo Found the Soldiers of Tonawanda Easy Prey". The Buffalo Courier. September 27, 1896. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "U. of B. Wins Its First Game of the Season". The Illustrated Buffalo Express. September 27, 1896. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Won Easily: University Boys Wallop the Pennsylvania Soldiers With Their Own Umpire". The Buffalo Enquirer. October 8, 1896. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "U. of B. Boys Won: They Defeated the Bradford Team by 18 to 0". The Buffalo Express. October 8, 1896. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Just Like Cross-Tag: University of Buffalo Annihilates the Rochester Students at Football". Buffalo Sunday Morning News. October 11, 1896. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "No Indians There: 'Varsity Boys Trimmed the High School Instead". The Buffalo Express. October 15, 1896. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "U. of B. Downed Elmira: Hard-fought Game at Buffalo Athletic Field". The Illustrated Buffalo Express. October 18, 1896. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "The Buffalo Boys "Trun" Down Lancaster at Olympic Park". The Buffalo Courier. October 25, 1896. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "A Slugging Match: U. of B. Beats Bonaventure at Her Own Game". The Buffalo Courier. November 1, 1896. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Good Football: University Boys Beat St. John's School 22 to 5". The Buffalo Courier. November 4, 1895. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Played a Tie Game! U. of B. and Syracuse Struggle Vainly for Supremacy in a Drizzling Rain". Buffalo Evening News. November 9, 1896 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. "Downed at Last: University of Buffalo Falls a Victim to Lancaster's Eleven". The Buffalo Express. November 19, 1896. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. "U. of B. Beaten". Buffalo Evening News. November 19, 1896. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. "No Result: Another Tie Game at the Athletic Field". Buffalo Courier. November 27, 1896 – via Newspapers.com.
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