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1916 Buffalo Bisons football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–5–2
Head coach
CaptainH. M. Johnson
Home stadium International Park
Seasons
←  1915
1917 →
1916 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Army     9 0 0
Pittsburgh     8 0 0
Brown     8 1 0
Colgate     8 1 0
Yale     8 1 0
Fordham     6 1 1
Swarthmore     6 1 1
Penn State     8 2 0
Washington & Jefferson     8 2 0
Boston College     6 2 0
Cornell     6 2 0
Princeton     6 2 0
Lehigh     6 2 1
Dartmouth     5 2 2
Harvard     7 3 0
Penn     7 3 1
Temple     3 1 2
Tufts     5 3 0
Carnegie Tech     4 3 0
Rutgers     3 2 2
NYU     4 3 1
Syracuse     5 4 0
Holy Cross     4 5 0
Vermont     4 5 0
Rhode Island State     3 4 1
Geneva     2 5 2
Carlisle     1 3 1
Lafayette     2 6 1
Bucknell     3 9 0
Columbia     1 5 2
Franklin & Marshall     1 7 0
Villanova     1 8 0

The 1916 Buffalo Bisons football team represented the University of Buffalo as an independent during the 1916 college football season. Led by Art Powell in his first season as head coach, the team compiled a record of 3–5–2. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 20at PittsburghCancelled
October 7at Allegheny Meadville, PAL 0–29
October 14 ThielW 9–7
October 21vs. Rochester Alfred, NYL 2–14
October 28at Geneva Beaver Falls, PAL 0–7 [2]
November 4 Grove City
  • International Park
  • Buffalo, NY
T 0–0
November 7 St. Bonaventure
  • International Park
  • Buffalo, NY
L 0–12
November[ 11at Hamilton Clinton, NYL 0–19
November 18at Westminster (PA) New Wilmington, PAW 7–0
November 25 Detroit
  • International Park
  • Buffalo, NY
T 0–0 [3]
November 30 Hobart
  • International Park
  • Buffalo, NY
W 6–0

References

  1. ^ Hollander, Scott. "1916 Buffalo Football". Buffalo, New York: University at Buffalo Libraries. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
  2. ^ "Geneva Defeats Buffalo". The Pittsburgh Sunday Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 29, 1916. p. 21. Retrieved September 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "Scoreless Draw for University". Detroit Free Press. November 26, 1916. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.