1897 Buffalo football team

The 1897 Buffalo football team represented the University at Buffalo in the 1897 college football season. Under head coach C. W. Dibble, the team was a perfect 7-0 against collegiate foes and 9-1 overall for the year.[1] The team beat the Syracuse Orangemen twice during the season. The Buffalo offense scored 144 points while the defense allowed 12 points.

1897 Buffalo football
ConferenceIndependent
1897 record7–0
Head coachC. W. Dibble (1st season)
1897 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Penn      15 0 0
Yale      9 0 2
Buffalo      7 0 0
Princeton      10 1 0
Harvard      10 1 1
Drexel      7 1 1
Army      6 1 1
Lafayette      9 2 1
Colgate      5 2 1
Fordham      2 1 1
Cornell      5 3 1
Syracuse      5 3 1
Brown      7 4 0
Carlisle      6 4 0
Boston College      4 3 0
Temple      3 3 0
Trinity (CT)      4 4 1
Wesleyan      6 6 0
Tufts      6 7 0
Geneva      3 4 1
Pittsburgh College      2 3 1
Villanova      3 5 1
Penn State      3 6 0
Amherst      2 6 2
Frankin & Marshall      2 6 2
Lehigh      3 7 0
New Hampshire      2 5 0
Western Univ. Penn.      1 3 0
Rutgers      2 7 0

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
October 9HamiltonBuffalo, NYW 16–6
October 16at NiagaraNiagara Falls, NYW 32–0
October 20Union (NY)Buffalo, NYW 26–0
October 23Western ReserveBuffalo, NYW 16–4
November 6Syracuse
  • Buffalo Baseball Park
  • Buffalo, NY
W 16–0800
November 13at SyracuseSyracuse, NYW 10-0
November 25HobartBuffalo, NYW 28-0
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References

  1. "1897 Buffalo Football Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine," University at Buffalo Sports History Collection - February 18, 2013.
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