1899 Buffalo football team

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1899
Buffalo football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–1
Head coach
CaptainSeth Thomas
Home stadiumBuffalo Athletic Field
Seasons
1899 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Harvard     10 0 1
Lafayette     12 1 0
Princeton     12 1 0
Buffalo     7 1 0
Boston College     8 1 1
Carlisle     9 2 0
Swarthmore     8 1 2
Washington & Jefferson     9 2 1
Wesleyan
    7 2 0
Pittsburgh College     2 0 2
Villanova     7 2 1
Yale     7 2 1
Western Univ. of Penn.     3 1 1
Columbia     9 3 0
Fordham
    3 1 0
Cornell     7 3 0
Penn     8 3 2
Brown     7 3 1
New Hampshire     4 2 0
Vermont     5 3 0
Tufts     7 4 0
Bucknell     6 4 0
Dickinson     6 6 1
Holy Cross     5 5 0
Syracuse     4 4 0
Drexel     3 3 0
Army     4 5 0
Colgate     4 5 0
Penn State     4 6 1
Frankin & Marshall
    3 5 1
NYU     2 6 0
Temple
    1 4 1
Dartmouth     2 7 0
Lehigh     2 9 0
Rutgers     2 9 0
Geneva     0 3 0

The 1899 Buffalo football team represented the University of Buffalo as an independent during the 1899 college football season. Under head coach Bemus Pierce, the team finished the season 7–1 overall. No collegiate team was able to score on them the entire year. The Buffalo offense scored 177 points while the defense allowed 52 points.[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 143:50 p.m.
Rochester
W 6–0[2][3]
October 21
Case
  • Buffalo Athletic Field
  • Buffalo, NY
W 18–0[4]
October 28at Duquesne Country and Athletic ClubL 5–52[5]
November 4at Syracuse
W 16–0[6]
November 73:15 p.m.
Hobart
  • Buffalo Athletic Field
  • Buffalo, NY
W 51–0[7]
November 113:00 p.m.Erie Athletic Association
  • Buffalo Athletic Field
  • Buffalo, NY
W 46–0200[8][9]
November 18at Western ReserveCleveland, OHW 5–0[10]
November 302:30 p.m.Bucknell
  • Buffalo Athletic Field
  • Buffalo, NY
W 30–0[11][12]

References

  1. ^ Hollander, Scott. "1899 Buffalo Football". Buffalo, New York: University at Buffalo Libraries. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
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