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1898 Buffalo football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–1
Head coach
  • Louis Hinkey (1st season)
Captain Ernest C. White
Home stadium Olympic Park
Seasons
←  1897
1899 →
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. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 1at Twin City North Tonawanda, NYW 29–0 [2] [3] [4]
October 8 Rensselaer Polytechnic
W 12–5 [5]
October 15at Cornell
L 0–27 [6]
October 22at Company C, National Guard Bradford, PAW 23–0 [7]
October 29 Case
  • Olympic Park
  • Buffalo, NY
W 29–0 [8]
November 8 Colgate
  • Olympic Park
  • Buffalo, NY
W 23–0 [9] [10]
November 12Company C, National Guard
  • Olympic Park
  • Buffalo, NY
W 28–0 [11]
November 19Cornell B team
  • Olympic Park
  • Buffalo, NY
W 34–0 [12]
November 24 Bucknell
  • Olympic Park
  • Buffalo, NY
W 36–5 [13]

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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