1918 Buffalo Bisons football team

The 1918 Buffalo Bisons football team was an American football team that represented the University at Buffalo as an independent during the 1918 college football season. In its third season under head coach Art Powell, the team compiled a 6–1 record, shut out four of seven opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 234 to 40.[1]

1918 Buffalo Bisons football
Conference	Independent
1918 record	6–1
Head coach	Art Powell (3rd season)

1918 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Princeton			–					3	–	0	–	0
Army			–					1	–	0	–	0
Buffalo			–					6	–	1	–	0
Columbia			–					5	–	1	–	0
Syracuse			–					5	–	1	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					4	–	1	–	0
Boston College			–					5	–	2	–	0
Rutgers			–					5	–	2	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					2	–	1	–	0
Geneva			–					4	–	2	–	0
Swarthmore			–					4	–	2	–	0
Harvard			–					2	–	1	–	0
Fordham			–					4	–	2	–	1
Villanova			–					3	–	2	–	0
Penn			–					5	–	3	–	0
Lehigh			–					4	–	3	–	0
Dartmouth			–					3	–	3	–	0
Wash. & Jeff.			–					2	–	2	–	0
New Hampshire			–					2	–	2	–	1
Lafayette			–					3	–	4	–	0
Brown			–					2	–	3	–	0
Tufts			–					2	–	3	–	0
Penn State			–					1	–	2	–	1
Drexel			–					0	–	1	–	0
NYU			–					0	–	4	–	0

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 12	Curtiss airplane shops	Buffalo Baseball Park Buffalo, NY	W 6–0	[2]
October 19	U.S. Naval Artificer's Training Camp	Buffalo Baseball Park Buffalo, NY	W 40–0	[3]
November 2	Niagara	Buffalo Baseball Park Buffalo, NY	W 41–0	[4]
	Buffalo Navy		W 47–6
November 9	Rochester	Buffalo Baseball Park Buffalo, NY	W 19–6	[5]
November 16	Hobart	Lafayette Field Buffalo, NY	W 81–0	[6]
November 28	at Cornell SATC	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	L 0–28	[7]

References

1. "Buffalo Yearly Results (1915-1919)". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved June 29, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "U. of B. Won Its First-of-Season". Buffalo Express. October 13, 1918 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "U. of B. Too Strong: Collegians won from the United States Navy Artificers training camp eleven, by a 40-0 score". Buffalo Express. October 20, 1918 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "U. of B. Shuts Out Niagara, 41-0". Buffalo Express. November 3, 1918 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "U.B. Vanquishes Rochester in Gridiron Mud Bath, 19-6". Buffalo Courier. November 10, 1918 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "University of Buffalo's Strong Team Overwhelms Hobart, Ancient Gridiron Foe, By Score of 81 to 0: U. of B. on Long End". Buffalo Express. November 17, 1918 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "U. of B.'s Record Marred by Loss". Buffalo Express. November 29, 1918 – via Newspapers.com.