1918 Buffalo Bisons football team

1918 Buffalo Bisons football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–1
Head coach
CaptainJ. H. "Jake Wolf"
Home stadiumBuffalo Baseball Park, Lafayette Field
Seasons
← 1917
1919 →
1918 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Bucknell   –   6 – 0 – 0
Princeton   –   3 – 0 – 0
Holy Cross   –   2 – 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
Dartmouth   –   3 – 3 – 0
Lehigh   –   4 – 4 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   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
Vermont   –   0 – 1 – 1
Drexel   –   0 – 1 – 0
NYU   –   0 – 4 – 0

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]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 12Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company
W 6–0[2]
October 19Naval Artificers
  • Buffalo Baseball Park
  • Buffalo, NY
W 40–0[3]
November 2Niagara
  • Buffalo Baseball Park
  • Buffalo, NY
W 41–0[4]
November 9Rochester
  • Buffalo Baseball Park
  • Buffalo, NY
W 19–6[5]
November 16Hobart
  • Lafayette Field
  • Buffalo, NY
W 81–01,500[6][7]
November 23Naval Artificers
  • Buffalo Baseball Park
  • Buffalo, NY
W 47–6[8]
November 28at Cornell SATC
L 0–28[9]

References

  1. ^ Hollander, Scott. "1918 Buffalo Football". Buffalo, New York: University at Buffalo Libraries. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
  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. Overwhelmed Luckless Hobart Eleven". Buffalo Evening News. Buffalo, New York. November 18, 1918. p. 16. Retrieved April 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ "U. if B. In Victory". The Illustrated Buffalo Express. Buffalo, New York. November 24, 1918. p. 55. Retrieved April 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. ^ "U. of B.'s Record Marred by Loss". Buffalo Express. November 29, 1918 – via Newspapers.com.