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 coachNone
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
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
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]
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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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