1896 Buffalo football team

1896 Buffalo football
ConferenceIndependent
Record9–1–2
Head coach
  • Fred D. Townsend (1st season)
CaptainIrving Johnson
Home stadiumBuffalo Athletic Field, Olympic Park
Seasons
← 1895
1897 →
1896 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Fordham     1 0 0
Lafayette     11 0 1
Princeton     10 0 1
Washington & Jefferson     8 0 1
Penn     14 1 0
Yale     13 1 0
Pittsburgh College     11 2 0
Buffalo     9 1 2
Villanova     10 4 0
Bucknell     5 2 1
Harvard     7 4 0
Boston College     5 3 0
Storrs     5 3 0
Cornell     5 3 1
Syracuse     5 3 2
Temple     3 2 0
Army     3 2 1
Rutgers     6 6 0
Carlisle     5 5 0
Holy Cross     2 2 2
Brown     4 5 1
Wesleyan     4 5 1
Frankin & Marshall     3 4 2
Geneva     3 4 0
Penn State     3 4 0
Colgate     3 4 1
Amherst     3 6 1
Western Univ. Penn.     3 6 0
Lehigh     2 5 0
Tufts     2 6 1
Swarthmore     2 6 0
New Hampshire     1 4 0
Drexel     1 5 0
Massachusetts     0 4 0
Rhode Island     0 4 0

The 1896 Buffalo football team represented the University of Buffalo as an independent during the 1896 college football season. The team compiled an 9–1–2 record. Buffalo's coach was Fred D. Townsend and played its home games at Buffalo Athletic Field and Olympic Park in Buffalo, New York.[1]

  1. ^ Hollander, Scott. "1896 Buffalo Football – WNY Champs". Buffalo, New York: University at Buffalo Libraries. Retrieved April 3, 2022.