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1898 Buffalo football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–1
Head coach
  • Louis Hinkey (1st season)
CaptainErnest C. White
Home stadiumOlympic Park
Seasons← 18971899 →
1898 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Harvard   –   11 – 0 – 0
Drexel   –   7 – 0 – 0
Princeton   –   11 – 0 – 1
Penn   –   12 – 1 – 0
Buffalo   –   8 – 1 – 0
Cornell   –   10 – 2 – 0
Swarthmore   –   9 – 2 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   9 – 2 – 0
Yale   –   9 – 2 – 0
Dickinson   –   8 – 2 – 0
Syracuse   –   8 – 2 – 1
Wesleyan   –   7 – 3 – 0
Western Penn.   –   5 – 2 – 1
Brown   –   6 – 4 – 0
Carlisle   –   6 – 4 – 0
Penn State   –   6 – 4 – 0
Pittsburgh College   –   6 – 4 – 1
Army   –   3 – 2 – 1
Vermont   –   3 – 2 – 1
Holy Cross   –   5 – 4 – 1
Bucknell   –   4 – 4 – 3
Fordham   –   1 – 1 – 2
Frankin & Marshall   –   4 – 4 – 2
New Hampshire   –   4 – 4 – 0
Amherst   –   4 – 5 – 1
Villanova   –   2 – 4 – 1
Lehigh   –   3 – 6 – 1
Boston College   –   2 – 5 – 1
Colgate   –   2 – 5 – 1
Temple   –   2 – 5 – 0
Lafayette   –   3 – 8 – 0
NYU   –   1 – 3 – 0
Rutgers   –   1 – 6 – 1
Tufts   –   1 – 9 – 0
Geneva   –   0 – 6 – 1

The 1898 Buffalo football team represented the University of Buffalo as an independent during the 1898 college football season. The team compiled an 8–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 214 to 37. Buffalo's coach was Louis Hinkey and played its home games at Olympic Park in Buffalo, New York.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 1at Twin CityNorth Tonawanda, NYW 29–0
October 8Rensselaer PolytechnicW 12–5
October 15at CornellL 0–27
October 22at Company C, National GuardBradford, PAW 23–0
October 29Case
  • Olympic Park
  • Buffalo, NY
W 29–0
November 8Colgate
  • Olympic Park
  • Buffalo, NY
W 23–0
November 12Company C, National Guard
  • Olympic Park
  • Buffalo, NY
W 28–0
November 19Cornell B team
  • Olympic Park
  • Buffalo, NY
W 34–0
November 24Bucknell
  • Olympic Park
  • Buffalo, NY
W 36–5

References

  1. Hollander, Scott. "1898 Buffalo Football". Buffalo, New York: University at Buffalo Libraries. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
  2. "'Varsity Scored A Win". The Illustrated Buffalo Express. Buffalo, New York. October 2, 1898. p. 18. Retrieved April 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. "A Good Start". Buffalo Courier. Buffalo, New York. October 2, 1898. p. 19. Retrieved April 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. "B-U-F-F-A-L-O". The Buffalo Times. Buffalo, New York. October 2, 1898. p. 10. Retrieved April 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. "'Varsity's Opening: First Home Game Resulted in a Victory". The Illustrated Buffalo Express. October 9, 1898. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Could Not Score: Cornell Too Much for Buffalo 'Varsity". The Illustrated Buffalo Express. October 16, 1898. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "'Varsity Did Well: Defeated Bradford by a Good Score". The Illustrated Buffalo Express. October 23, 1898. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Great Is Cursons: He Was the Whole Thing in Yesterday's Game; Made a Great Run". Buffalo Sunday Morning Times. October 30, 1898. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Mighty Cursons". The Buffalo Commercial. November 9, 1898. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Madisonensis: Buffalo 23, Colgate 0". Archived from the original on July 1, 2020. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
  11. "Bradford Beaten Again By University of Buffalo". The Buffalo Courier. November 13, 1898. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Varsity Won Again: Cornell's Scrub Team Was Badly Beaten". The Buffalo Courier. November 20, 1898. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. "In a Walk Buffalo 'Varsity Is Easily the Peer of the Second Division; Bucknell Wasn't in It". Buffalo Evening Times. November 25, 1898 – via Newspapers.com.
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