1916 Buffalo Bisons football team

1916 Buffalo Bisons football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–5–2
Head coach	Art Powell (1st season)
Captain	H. M. Johnson
Home stadium	International Park

1916 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Army			–					9	–	0	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					8	–	0	–	0
Brown			–					8	–	1	–	0
Colgate			–					8	–	1	–	0
Yale			–					8	–	1	–	0
Fordham			–					6	–	1	–	1
Swarthmore			–					6	–	1	–	1
Penn State			–					8	–	2	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					8	–	2	–	0
Boston College			–					6	–	2	–	0
Cornell			–					6	–	2	–	0
Princeton			–					6	–	2	–	0
Lehigh			–					6	–	2	–	1
Dartmouth			–					5	–	2	–	2
Harvard			–					7	–	3	–	0
Penn			–					7	–	3	–	1
Temple			–					3	–	1	–	2
Tufts			–					5	–	3	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					4	–	3	–	0
Rutgers			–					3	–	2	–	2
NYU			–					4	–	3	–	1
Syracuse			–					5	–	4	–	0
Holy Cross			–					4	–	5	–	0
Vermont			–					4	–	5	–	0
Rhode Island State			–					3	–	4	–	1
New Hampshire			–					3	–	5	–	2
Geneva			–					2	–	5	–	2
Carlisle			–					1	–	3	–	1
Lafayette			–					2	–	6	–	1
Bucknell			–					3	–	9	–	0
Columbia			–					1	–	5	–	2
Franklin & Marshall			–					1	–	7	–	0
Villanova			–					1	–	8	–	0

The 1916 Buffalo Bisons football team represented the University of Buffalo as an independent during the 1916 college football season. Led by Art Powell in his first season as head coach, the team compiled a record of 3–5–2.[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 20	at Pittsburgh	Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA	Cancelled
October 7	at Allegheny	Meadville, PA	L 0–29
October 14	Thiel	International Park Buffalo, NY	W 9–7
October 21	vs. Rochester	Alfred, NY	L 2–14
October 28	at Geneva	Beaver Falls, PA	L 0–7	[2]
November 4	Grove City	International Park Buffalo, NY	T 0–0
November 7	St. Bonaventure	International Park Buffalo, NY	L 0–12
November[ 11	at Hamilton	Clinton, NY	L 0–19
November 18	at Westminster (PA)	New Wilmington, PA	W 7–0
November 25	Detroit	International Park Buffalo, NY	T 0–0	[3]
November 30	Hobart	International Park Buffalo, NY	W 6–0

References

1. Hollander, Scott. "1916 Buffalo Football". Buffalo, New York: University at Buffalo Libraries. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
2. "Geneva Defeats Buffalo". The Pittsburgh Sunday Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 29, 1916. p. 21. Retrieved September 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
3. "Scoreless Draw for University". Detroit Free Press. November 26, 1916. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.