1898 Buffalo football team

The 1898 Buffalo football team represented the University at Buffalo as an independent during the 1898 college football season. The team compiled an 8–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 214 to 42.[1] The team had no coach and played its home games at Olympic Park in Buffalo, New York.

1898 Buffalo football
Conference	Independent
1898 record	8–1
Head coach	None
Home stadium	Olympic Park

1898 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Harvard			–					11	–	0	–	0
Drexel			–					7	–	0	–	0
Princeton			–					11	–	0	–	1
Penn			–					12	–	1	–	0
Buffalo			–					8	–	1	–	0
Cornell			–					10	–	2	–	0
Syracuse			–					8	–	2	–	1
Yale			–					9	–	2	–	0
Wesleyan			–					7	–	3	–	0
Western Penn.			–					5	–	2	–	1
Brown			–					6	–	4	–	0
Carlisle			–					6	–	4	–	0
Penn State			–					6	–	4	–	0
Army			–					3	–	2	–	1
Pittsburgh College			–					5	–	4	–	1
Fordham			–					1	–	1	–	2
Frankin & Marshall			–					4	–	4	–	2
New Hampshire			–					4	–	4	–	0
Amherst			–					4	–	5	–	1
Villanova			–					2	–	4	–	1
Lehigh			–					3	–	6	–	1
Boston College			–					2	–	5	–	1
Colgate			–					2	–	5	–	1
Temple			–					2	–	5	–	0
Lafayette			–					3	–	8	–	0
Geneva			–					1	–	4	–	1
NYU			–					1	–	3	–	0
Rutgers			–					1	–	6	–	1
Tufts			–					1	–	9	–	0

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 1	at Towanda A.A.	Towanda, PA	W 29–0
October 8	Rensselaer Tech	Olympic Park Buffalo, NY	W 12–5	[2]
October 15	at Cornell	Percy Field Ithaca, NY	L 0–27	[3]
October 22	at Company C, National Guard	Bradford, PA	W 23–0	[4]
October 29	Case	Olympic Park Buffalo, NY	W 29–0	[5]
November 8	Colgate	Olympic Park Buffalo, NY	W 23–0	[6][7]
November 12	Company C, National Guard	Olympic Park Buffalo, NY	W 28–0	[8]
November 19	Cornell B team	Olympic Park Buffalo, NY	W 34–0	[9]
November 24	Bucknell	Olympic Park Buffalo, NY	W 36–5	[10]

References

1. "Buffalo Yearly Results (1895-1899)". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
2. "'Varsity's Opening: First Home Game Resulted in a Victory". The Illustrated Buffalo Express. October 9, 1898. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Could Not Score: Cornell Too Much for Buffalo 'Varsity". The Illustrated Buffalo Express. October 16, 1898. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "'Varsity Did Well: Defeated Bradford by a Good Score". The Illustrated Buffalo Express. October 23, 1898. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Great Is Cursons: He Was the Whole Thing in Yesterday's Game; Made a Great Run". Buffalo Sunday Morning Times. October 30, 1898. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Madisonensis: Buffalo 23, Colgate 0".
7. "Mighty Cursons". The Buffalo Commercial. November 9, 1898. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Bradford Beaten Again By University of Buffalo". The Buffalo Courier. November 13, 1898. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Varsity Won Again: Cornell's Scrub Team Was Badly Beaten". The Buffalo Courier. November 20, 1898. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "In a Walk Buffalo 'Varsity Is Easily the Peer of the Second Division; Bucknell Wasn't in It". Buffalo Evening Times. November 25, 1898 – via Newspapers.com.