1898 Buffalo football team

1898 Buffalo football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–1
Head coach
  • Louis Hinkey (1st season)
CaptainErnest C. White
Home stadiumOlympic 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

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 1at Twin CityNorth Tonawanda, NYW 29–0[2][3][4]
October 8Rensselaer PolytechnicW 12–5[5]
October 15at Cornell
L 0–27[6]
October 22at Company C, National GuardBradford, PAW 23–0[7]
October 29Case
  • Olympic Park
  • Buffalo, NY
W 29–0[8]
November 8Colgate
  • 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 24Bucknell
  • Olympic Park
  • Buffalo, NY
W 36–5[13]

References

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  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.