1898 Buffalo football team

American college football season

1898 Buffalo football

Conference| Independent
Record| 8–1
Head coach|

* Louis Hinkey (1st season)

Captain| Ernest C. White
Home stadium| Olympic Park

Seasons

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1899 ->

1898 Eastern college football independents records

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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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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Source

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October 1| at Twin City| North Tonawanda, NY| W 29–0| [2][3][4]
October 8| Rensselaer Polytechnic|

* Olympic Park
* Buffalo, NY

| W 12–5| [5]
October 15| at Cornell|

* Percy Field
* Ithaca, NY

| L 0–27| [6]
October 22| at Company C, National Guard| Bradford, PA| W 23–0| [7]
October 29| Case|

* Olympic Park
* Buffalo, NY

| W 29–0| [8]
November 8| Colgate|

* Olympic Park
* Buffalo, NY

| W 23–0| [9][10]
November 12| Company C, National Guard|

* Olympic Park
* Buffalo, NY

| W 28–0| [11]
November 19| Cornell B team|

* Olympic Park
* Buffalo, NY

| W 34–0| [12]
November 24| Bucknell|

* 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 .
3. ^ "A Good Start". Buffalo Courier. Buffalo, New York. October 2, 1898. p. 19. Retrieved April 3, 2022 - via Newspapers.com .
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 .
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.

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* Olympic Park (1894–1919)
* International Park (1915–1917, 1919)
* Rotary Field (1920–1942, 1955–1984)
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