1896 Buffalo football team

1896 Buffalo football
Conference	Independent
Record	9–1–2
Head coach	Fred D. Townsend (1st season)
Captain	Irving Johnson
Home stadium	Buffalo Athletic Field, Olympic Park

1896 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Fordham			–					1	–	0	–	0
Lafayette			–					11	–	0	–	1
Princeton			–					10	–	0	–	1
Washington & Jefferson			–					8	–	0	–	1
Penn			–					14	–	1	–	0
Yale			–					13	–	1	–	0
Pittsburgh College			–					11	–	2	–	0
Buffalo			–					9	–	1	–	2
Villanova			–					10	–	4	–	0
Bucknell			–					5	–	2	–	1
Harvard			–					7	–	4	–	0
Boston College			–					5	–	3	–	0
Storrs			–					5	–	3	–	0
Cornell			–					5	–	3	–	1
Syracuse			–					5	–	3	–	2
Temple			–					3	–	2	–	0
Army			–					3	–	2	–	1
Rutgers			–					6	–	6	–	0
Carlisle			–					5	–	5	–	0
Holy Cross			–					2	–	2	–	2
Brown			–					4	–	5	–	1
Wesleyan			–					4	–	5	–	1
Dickinson			–					4	–	5	–	0
Frankin & Marshall			–					3	–	4	–	2
Geneva			–					3	–	4	–	0
Penn State			–					3	–	4	–	0
Colgate			–					3	–	4	–	1
Amherst			–					3	–	6	–	1
Western Univ. Penn.			–					3	–	6	–	0
Lehigh			–					2	–	5	–	0
Tufts			–					2	–	6	–	1
Swarthmore			–					2	–	6	–	0
New Hampshire			–					1	–	4	–	0
Drexel			–					1	–	5	–	0
Massachusetts			–					0	–	4	–	0
Rhode Island			–					0	–	4	–	0

The 1896 Buffalo football team represented the University of Buffalo as an independent during the 1896 college football season. The team compiled an 9–1–2 record. Buffalo's coach was Fred D. Townsend and played its home games at Buffalo Athletic Field and Olympic Park in Buffalo, New York.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 26		25th Separate Company of Tonawanda	Buffalo Athletic Field Buffalo, NY	W 30–0	[2][3]
October 7		at Company C, National Guard	Bradford, PA	W 18–0	[4][5]
October 10	3:30 p.m.	Rochester	Buffalo Athletic Field Buffalo, NY	W 62–6	[6][7]
October 14		Buffalo High School	Buffalo Athletic Field Buffalo, NY	W 30–0	[8]
October 17		Elmira Athletic Club	Buffalo Athletic Field Buffalo, NY	W 18–0	[9]
October 24		Lancaster Football Club	Olympic Park Buffalo, NY	W 16–4	[10]
October 31		St. Bonaventure	Buffalo Athletic Field Buffalo, NY	W 6–4	[11]
November 3		St. John's Military Academy	Buffalo Athletic Field Buffalo, NY	W 22–5	[12]
November 7	3:30 p.m.	Syracuse	Buffalo Athletic Field Buffalo, NY	T 6–6	[13][14]
November 11	3:30 p.m.	at Rochester YMCA	Rochester, NY	W 16–0	[15][16]
November 18		Lancaster Football Club	Buffalo Athletic Field Buffalo, NY	L 6–10	[17][18]
November 26		Hobart	Buffalo Athletic Field Buffalo, NY	T 6–6	[19]

References

1. Hollander, Scott. "1896 Buffalo Football – WNY Champs". Buffalo, New York: University at Buffalo Libraries. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
2. "First of the Season: University of Buffalo Found the Soldiers of Tonawanda Easy Prey". The Buffalo Courier. September 27, 1896. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "U. of B. Wins Its First Game of the Season". The Illustrated Buffalo Express. September 27, 1896. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Won Easily: University Boys Wallop the Pennsylvania Soldiers With Their Own Umpire". The Buffalo Enquirer. October 8, 1896. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "U. of B. Boys Won: They Defeated the Bradford Team by 18 to 0". The Buffalo Express. October 8, 1896. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "May Be Exciting". The Buffalo Enquirer. Buffalo, New York. October 10, 1896. p. 8. Retrieved April 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
7. "Just Like Cross-Tag: University of Buffalo Annihilates the Rochester Students at Football". Buffalo Sunday Morning News. October 11, 1896. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "No Indians There: 'Varsity Boys Trimmed the High School Instead". The Buffalo Express. October 15, 1896. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "U. of B. Downed Elmira: Hard-fought Game at Buffalo Athletic Field". The Illustrated Buffalo Express. October 18, 1896. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "The Buffalo Boys "Trun" Down Lancaster at Olympic Park". The Buffalo Courier. October 25, 1896. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
11. "A Slugging Match: U. of B. Beats Bonaventure at Her Own Game". The Buffalo Courier. November 1, 1896. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
12. "Good Football: University Boys Beat St. John's School 22 to 5". The Buffalo Courier. November 4, 1895. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
13. "Events And Meetings". Buffalo Evening News. Buffalo, New York. November 7, 1896. p. 11. Retrieved April 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
14. "Played a Tie Game! U. of B. and Syracuse Struggle Vainly for Supremacy in a Drizzling Rain". Buffalo Evening News. November 9, 1896 – via Newspapers.com.
15. "Y. M. C. A. Will Play Buffalo To-day". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, New York. November 11, 1896. p. 15. Retrieved April 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
16. "Buffalo Team Too Strong For Y. M. C. A." Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, New York. November 12, 1896. p. 14. Retrieved April 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
17. "Downed at Last: University of Buffalo Falls a Victim to Lancaster's Eleven". The Buffalo Express. November 19, 1896. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
18. "U. of B. Beaten". Buffalo Evening News. November 19, 1896. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
19. "No Result: Another Tie Game at the Athletic Field". Buffalo Courier. November 27, 1896 – via Newspapers.com.