1939 Buffalo Bulls football team

1939 Buffalo Bulls football
Conference	Independent
Record	0–7
Head coach	Jim Peele (4th season)
Captain	Gene Nuwer, Al Collins
Home stadium	Rotary Field

1939 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 4 Cornell			–					8	–	0	–	0
No. 10 Duquesne			–					8	–	0	–	1
Swarthmore			–					6	–	0	–	1
Scranton			–					7	–	0	–	2
Princeton			–					7	–	1	–	0
La Salle			–					6	–	1	–	1
Penn State			–					5	–	1	–	2
No. 11 Boston College			–					9	–	2	–	0
No. 17 Fordham			–					6	–	2	–	0
Villanova			–					6	–	2	–	0
Boston University			–					5	–	3	–	0
Brown			–					5	–	3	–	1
Dartmouth			–					5	–	3	–	1
Hofstra			–					4	–	3	–	0
NYU			–					5	–	4	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					5	–	4	–	0
Harvard			–					4	–	4	–	0
Manhattan			–					4	–	4	–	0
Penn			–					4	–	4	–	0
Syracuse			–					3	–	3	–	2
Vermont			–					3	–	3	–	2
Tufts			–					3	–	4	–	1
Yale			–					3	–	4	–	1
Army			–					3	–	4	–	2
Bucknell			–					3	–	5	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					3	–	5	–	0
Providence			–					3	–	5	–	0
Columbia			–					2	–	4	–	2
Massachusetts State			–					2	–	5	–	2
Colgate			–					2	–	5	–	1
Temple			–					2	–	7	–	0
CCNY			–					1	–	7	–	0
Buffalo			–					0	–	7	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1939 Buffalo Bulls football team was an American football team that represented the University of Buffalo as an independent during the 1939 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Jim Peele, the team compiled a 0–7 record.^[1] The team played its home games at Rotary Field in Buffalo, New York.^[2]

Buffalo was ranked at No. 529 in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.^[3]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 30	Susquehanna	Rotary Field Buffalo, NY	L 0–6
October 7	CCNY	Rotary Field Buffalo, NY	L 0–19		[4]
October 14	Alfred	Rotary Field Buffalo, NY	L 0–14
October 21	at Lehigh	Taylor Stadium Bethlehem, PA	L 0–22	5,000	[5]
October 28	Connecticut	Rotary Field Buffalo, NY	L 7–25
November 11	at Hobart	Geneva, NY	L 0–20
November 18	at Wayne	Keyworth Stadium Hamtramck, MI	L 0–20		[6]

References

1. "Buffalo Football 2018 Information Guide" (PDF). University of Buffalo. 2019. p. 87. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
2. Hollander, Scott. "1939 Buffalo Bulls Football". Buffalo, New York: University at Buffalo Libraries. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
3. E. E. Litkenhous (December 31, 1939). "Vols Second In Final Litkenhous Grid Rankings; Southern California Tenth". Johnson City Sunday Press. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "C.C.N.Y. routs Buffalo, 19 to 0". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 8, 1939. Retrieved September 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Lehigh sets back Buffalo by 22–0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 22, 1939. p. S3.
6. Ernie Stefani (November 19, 1939). "Wayne downs Buffalo, 20–0". Detroit Free Press. p. Sports 3. Retrieved September 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.