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1916 Buffalo Bisons football team

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1916 Buffalo Bisons football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–5–2
Head coach
CaptainH. M. Johnson
Home stadiumInternational 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

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

References

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  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.