1896 Buffalo football team

1896 Buffalo football
ConferenceIndependent
Record9–1–2
Head coach
  • Fred D. Townsend (1st season)
CaptainIrving Johnson
Home stadiumBuffalo Athletic Field, Olympic Park
Seasons
← 1895
1897 →
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
Washington & Jefferson   –   8 – 0 – 1
Penn   –   14 – 1 – 0
Yale   –   13 – 1 – 0
Pittsburgh College   –   11 – 2 – 0
Buffalo   –   9 – 1 – 2
Villanova   –   10 – 4 – 0
Bucknell   –   5 – 2 – 1
Harvard   –   7 – 4 – 0
Boston College   –   5 – 3 – 0
Storrs   –   5 – 3 – 0
Cornell   –   5 – 3 – 1
Syracuse   –   5 – 3 – 2
Temple   –   3 – 2 – 0
Army   –   3 – 2 – 1
Rutgers   –   6 – 6 – 0
Carlisle   –   5 – 5 – 0
Holy Cross   –   2 – 2 – 2
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
Western Univ. Penn.   –   3 – 6 – 0
Lehigh   –   2 – 5 – 0
Tufts   –   2 – 6 – 1
Swarthmore   –   2 – 6 – 0
New Hampshire   –   1 – 4 – 0
Drexel   –   1 – 5 – 0
Massachusetts   –   0 – 4 – 0
Rhode Island   –   0 – 4 – 0

The 1896 Buffalo football team represented the University of Buffalo as an independent during the 1896 college football season. The team compiled an 9–1–2 record. Buffalo's coach was Fred D. Townsend and played its home games at Buffalo Athletic Field and Olympic Park in Buffalo, New York.[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
September 2625th Separate Company of Tonawanda
W 30–0[2][3]
October 7at Company C, National GuardBradford, PAW 18–0[4][5]
October 103:30 p.m.Rochester
  • Buffalo Athletic Field
  • Buffalo, NY
W 62–6[6][7]
October 14Buffalo High School
  • Buffalo Athletic Field
  • Buffalo, NY
W 30–0[8]
October 17Elmira Athletic Club
  • Buffalo Athletic Field
  • Buffalo, NY
W 18–0[9]
October 24Lancaster Football Club
W 16–4[10]
October 31St. Bonaventure
  • Buffalo Athletic Field
  • Buffalo, NY
W 6–4[11]
November 3St. John's Military Academy
  • Buffalo Athletic Field
  • Buffalo, NY
W 22–5[12]
November 73:30 p.m.Syracuse
  • Buffalo Athletic Field
  • Buffalo, NY
T 6–6[13][14]
November 113:30 p.m.at Rochester YMCARochester, NYW 16–0[15][16]
November 18Lancaster Football Club
  • Buffalo Athletic Field
  • Buffalo, NY
L 6–10[17][18]
November 26Hobart
  • Buffalo Athletic Field
  • Buffalo, NY
T 6–6[19]

References

  1. ^ Hollander, Scott. "1896 Buffalo Football – WNY Champs". Buffalo, New York: University at Buffalo Libraries. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
  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. ^ "May Be Exciting". The Buffalo Enquirer. Buffalo, New York. October 10, 1896. p. 8. Retrieved April 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "No Indians There: 'Varsity Boys Trimmed the High School Instead". The Buffalo Express. October 15, 1896. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "U. of B. Downed Elmira: Hard-fought Game at Buffalo Athletic Field". The Illustrated Buffalo Express. October 18, 1896. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "The Buffalo Boys "Trun" Down Lancaster at Olympic Park". The Buffalo Courier. October 25, 1896. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "A Slugging Match: U. of B. Beats Bonaventure at Her Own Game". The Buffalo Courier. November 1, 1896. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Good Football: University Boys Beat St. John's School 22 to 5". The Buffalo Courier. November 4, 1895. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Events And Meetings". Buffalo Evening News. Buffalo, New York. November 7, 1896. p. 11. Retrieved April 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  14. ^ "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.
  15. ^ "Y. M. C. A. Will Play Buffalo To-day". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, New York. November 11, 1896. p. 15. Retrieved April 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  16. ^ "Buffalo Team Too Strong For Y. M. C. A." Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, New York. November 12, 1896. p. 14. Retrieved April 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  17. ^ "Downed at Last: University of Buffalo Falls a Victim to Lancaster's Eleven". The Buffalo Express. November 19, 1896. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. ^ "U. of B. Beaten". Buffalo Evening News. November 19, 1896. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  19. ^ "No Result: Another Tie Game at the Athletic Field". Buffalo Courier. November 27, 1896 – via Newspapers.com.