1895 Buffalo football team

1895 Buffalo football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–4–2
Head coach
  • None
CaptainWilliam J. Bott
Home stadiumOlympic Park
1895 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Penn   –   14 – 0 – 0
Yale   –   13 – 0 – 2
Princeton   –   10 – 1 – 1
Washington & Jefferson   –   6 – 1 – 1
Harvard   –   8 – 2 – 1
Lafayette   –   6 – 2 – 0
Syracuse   –   6 – 2 – 2
Army   –   5 – 2 – 0
Bucknell   –   5 – 2 – 0
Colgate   –   4 – 2 – 0
Swarthmore   –   7 – 4 – 1
Tufts   –   8 – 5 – 0
Villanova   –   4 – 2 – 0
Wesleyan   –   6 – 3 – 0
Amherst   –   6 – 5 – 0
Brown   –   7 – 6 – 1
Carlisle   –   4 – 4 – 0
Drexel   –   3 – 3 – 1
Rhode Island   –   1 – 1 – 0
Penn State   –   2 – 2 – 3
Cornell   –   3 – 4 – 1
Rutgers   –   3 – 4 – 0
New Hampshire   –   2 – 3 – 1
Franklin & Marshall   –   3 – 5 – 1
Boston College   –   2 – 4 – 2
Lehigh   –   3 – 6 – 0
CCNY   –   2 – 5 – 1
Buffalo   –   1 – 4 – 2
Temple   –   1 – 4 – 1
MIT   –   1 – 4 – 0
Trinity (CT)   –   1 – 4 – 0
Massachusetts   –   1 – 5 – 0
Western Univ. Penn.   –   1 – 6 – 0
Geneva   –   0 – 5 – 0
NYU   –   0 – 5 – 0

The 1895 Buffalo football team represented the University of Buffalo as an independent during the 1895 college football season. The team compiled a 1–4–2 record. Buffalo had no coach and played its home games at Olympic Park in Buffalo, New York.[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 23RochesterL 4–6500[2]
October 26Lancaster Football Club
  • Olympic Park
  • Buffalo, NY
L 6–40400[3]
October 303:00 p.m.Buffalo High School
  • Olympic Park
  • Buffalo, NY
L 0–2[4][5]
November 5at BataviaBatavia, NYCancelled[6]
November 133:30 p.m.Buffalo High School
  • Olympic Park
  • Buffalo, NY
T 6–6[7][8]
November 163:00 p.m.Lancaster Football Club
  • Olympic Park
  • Buffalo, NY
L 0–30[9][10]
November 2025th Separate Company of Tonawanda
  • Olympic Park
  • Buffalo, NY
W 12–6[11]
November 233:40 p.m.at Rochester
T 6–6[12][13]

References

  1. ^ Hollander, Scott. "1895 Buffalo Football". Buffalo, New York: University at Buffalo Libraries. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
  2. ^ "Ended In A Row". Buffalo Evening News. Buffalo, New York. October 24, 1895. p. 37. Retrieved March 31, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "Downed Once More". The Illustrated Buffalo Express. Buffalo, New York. October 27, 1895. p. 21. Retrieved March 31, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Football at Olympic Park". Buffalo Courier. Buffalo, New York. October 30, 1895. p. 10. Retrieved April 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "U. of P.[sic] Gaining Strength". Buffalo Evening News. Buffalo, New York. October 31, 1895. p. 17. Retrieved April 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "No Game At Batavia". The Illustrated Buffalo Express. Buffalo, New York. November 6, 1895. p. 11. Retrieved March 31, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "Football Today". The Illustrated Buffalo Express. Buffalo, New York. November 13, 1895. p. 9. Retrieved April 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ "A Tie Game". The Buffalo Enquirer. Buffalo, New York. November 14, 1895. p. 8. Retrieved April 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. ^ "Lancaster And U. Of B". Buffalo Evening News. Buffalo, New York. November 16, 1895. p. 9. Retrieved March 31, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  10. ^ "Lancaster Again". The Illustrated Buffalo Express. Buffalo, New York. November 17, 1895. p. 19. Retrieved March 31, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  11. ^ "Buffalo Won". Buffalo Evening News. Buffalo, New York. November 21, 1895. p. 30. Retrieved March 31, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  12. ^ "Ended In A Wrangle". The Illustrated Buffalo Express. Buffalo, New York. November 24, 1895. p. 21. Retrieved March 31, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  13. ^ "A Much Mixed Affair". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, New York. November 24, 1895. p. 15. Retrieved March 31, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.