1948 Buffalo Bulls football team

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1948 Buffalo Bulls football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–1–1
Head coach
CaptainBill Rudick
Home stadiumCivic Stadium
Seasons
← 1947
1949 →
1948 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 6 Army     8 0 1
Penn State     7 1 1
Buffalo     6 1 1
Villanova     8 2 1
Boston University     6 2 0
Boston College     5 2 2
Pittsburgh     6 3 0
Franklin & Marshall     5 3 1
CCNY     3 4 1
Tufts     3 4 1
Colgate     3 6 0
Fordham     3 6 0
NYU     3 6 0
Temple     2 6 1
Duquesne     2 7 0
Carnegie Tech
    1 7 0
Hofstra
    0 6 2
Bucknell     1 8 0
Syracuse     1 8 0
Drexel     0 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1948 Buffalo Bulls football team was an

University of Buffalo as an independent during the 1948 college football season. In its first season under head coach Frank Clair, the team compiled a 6–1–1 record.[1]

Buffalo was ranked at No. 127 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.[2]

The team played its home games at Civic Stadium in Buffalo, New York.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25at
Colgate Athletic Field
  • Hamilton, NY
  • L 0–257,000[4]
    October 2
    Hobart
    W 39–0
    October 9at
    RPI
    Troy, NYW 39–21
    October 16
    Alfred
    • Civic Stadium
    • Buffalo, NY
    W 8–0
    October 23at Washington & JeffersonWashington, PAW 41–14
    October 30at LouisvilleW 48–13
    November 6Niagara
    • Civic Stadium
    • Buffalo, NY
    T 13–13
    November 13Bucknell
    • Civic Stadium
    • Buffalo, NY
    W 47–133,000[5]

    References

    1. ^ "Buffalo Football 2018 Information Guide" (PDF). University of Buffalo. 2019. p. 87. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
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    3. ^ Hollander, Scott. "1948 Buffalo Bulls Football". Buffalo, New York: University at Buffalo Libraries. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
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