1917 Buffalo Bisons football team

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1917 Buffalo Bisons football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–4
Head coach
CaptainWilliam Hayes
Home stadium International Park
Seasons
←  1916
1918  →
1917 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Pittsburgh  – 10 –0 –0
Williams  – 7 –0 –1
Yale  – 3 –0 –0
Princeton  – 2 –0 –0
Syracuse  – 8 –1 –1
Army  – 7 –1 –0
Rutgers  – 7 –1 –1
Penn  – 9 –2 –0
Brown  – 8 –2 –0
Fordham  – 7 –2 –0
Lehigh  – 7 –2 –0
Boston College  – 6 –2 –0
Swarthmore  – 6 –2 –0
Washington & Jefferson  – 7 –3 –0
Colgate  – 4 –2 –0
Harvard  – 3 –1 –3
New Hampshire  – 3 –2 –2
Dartmouth  – 5 –3 –0
Geneva  – 5 –3 –1
Penn State  – 5 –4 –0
Buffalo  – 4 –4 –0
NYU  – 2 –2 –3
Tufts  – 3 –3 –0
Carnegie Tech  – 2 –3 –1
Bucknell  – 3 –5 –1
Lafayette  – 3 –5 –0
Holy Cross  – 3 –4 –0
Rhode Island State  – 2 –4 –2
Carlisle  – 3 –6 –0
Columbia  – 2 –4 –0
Delaware  – 2 –5 –0
Cornell  – 3 –6 –0
Franklin & Marshall  – 2 –6 –0
Villanova  – 0 –3 –2
Temple  – 0 –6 –1

The 1917 Buffalo Bisons football team represented the University of Buffalo as an independent during the 1917 college football season. Led by Art Powell in his second season as head coach, the team compiled a record of 444. [1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
October 133:00 p.m.Penn State Normal
W 12–6 [2] [3] [4]
October 20at Rochester Rochester, NY W 28–0
October 27 St. Bonaventure
  • International Park
  • Buffalo, NY
L 6–13
November 6 Westminster (PA)
  • International Park
  • Buffalo, NY
L 0–7
November 10 Hamilton
  • International Park
  • Buffalo, NY
L 0–7
November 17 Thiel
  • International Park
  • Buffalo, NY
W 27–7
November 24at Detroit
L 7–20 [5]
November 29 Hobart
  • International Park
  • Buffalo, NY
W 45–0

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References

  1. ↑ Hollander, Scott. "1917 Buffalo Football". Buffalo, New York: University at Buffalo Libraries. Retrieved April 6, 2022.
  2. ↑ "U. Of B. Plays Penn State". The Buffalo Times. Buffalo, New York. October 13, 1917. p. 8. Retrieved April 6, 2022– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  3. ↑ "Penn State Normal Loses To U. B., But After Game Fight". Buffalo Courier. Buffalo, New York. October 14, 1917. p. 75. Retrieved April 6, 2022– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  4. ↑ "U. B. Team Wins A Hot Argument From Penn State". The Buffalo Times. Buffalo, New York. October 14, 1917. p. 70. Retrieved April 6, 2022– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  5. ↑ K. W. Hall (November 25, 1917). "U. of D. Adds Another To Its Victories". Detroit Free Press. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.


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