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Founded | 1915 |
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Suspended | 1928 |
Folded | 1929 |
Based in | Buffalo, New York, United States |
League | Buffalo Semi-Pro Football League (1918) New York Pro Football League (1919) National Football League (1920–1929) |
Team history | Buffalo All-Stars (1915–1917) Buffalo Niagaras (1918) Buffalo Prospects (1919) Buffalo All-Americans (1920–1923) Buffalo Bisons (1924–1925) Buffalo Rangers (1926) Buffalo Bisons (1927–1929) |
Team colors | Black, orange, white |
Head coaches | Barney Lepper (1917, 1919) Tommy Hughitt (1918, 1920–1924) Walt Koppisch (1925) Jim Kendrick (1926) Dim Batterson (1927) Al Jolley (1929) |
Owner(s) | Frank McNeil (1920–1923) Tommy Hughitt/Warren D. Patterson (1924–1929) |
Other League Championship wins | 1918 City Champs 1919 New York Pro Champs |
Home field(s) | Buffalo Baseball Park (1915–1923) Canisius College (1915–1923) Bison Stadium (1924–1929) |
Buffalo, New York had a turbulent, early-era National Football League team that operated under multiple names and several different owners between the 1910s and 1920s. The early NFL-era franchise was variously called the Buffalo All-Stars from 1915 to 1917,[1] Buffalo Niagaras in 1918,[2] the Buffalo Prospects in 1919,[3] Buffalo All-Americans from 1920 to 1923, Buffalo Bisons from 1924 to 1925 and in 1927 and 1929, and the Buffalo Rangers in 1926. The franchise, which was experiencing financial problems in 1928, did not participate in league play that season.