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
Conference	Independent
1896 record	8–1–2
Head coach	None
Home stadium	Buffalo Athletic Field, Olympic Park

1896 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		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
Army			–					3	–	2	–	1
Boston College			–					5	–	3	–	0
Storrs			–					5	–	3	–	0
Syracuse			–					5	–	3	–	2
Cornell			–					5	–	3	–	1
Villanova			–					10	–	4	–	0
Harvard			–					7	–	4	–	0
Temple			–					3	–	2	–	0
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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 26	25th Separate Company of Tonawanda	Buffalo Athletic Field Buffalo, NY	W 30–0	[2][3]
October 7	at Company C, National Guard	Bradford, PA	W 18–0	[4][5]
October 10	Rochester	Buffalo, NY	W 62–6	[6]
October 14	Buffalo High School	Buffalo Athletic Field Buffalo, NY	W 30–0	[7]
October 17	Elmira Athletic Club	Buffalo Athletic Field Buffalo, NY	W 18–0	[8]
October 24	Lancaster	Olympic Park Buffalo, NY	W 16–4	[9]
October 31	St. Bonaventure	Buffalo Athletic Field Buffalo, NY	W 6–4	[10]
November 3	St. John's Military Academy	Buffalo Athletic Field Buffalo, NY	W 22–5	[11]
November 7	Syracuse	Buffalo, NY	T 6–6	[12]
November 18	Lancaster	Buffalo Athletic Field Buffalo, NY	L 6–10	[13][14]
November 26	Hobart	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.