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1901 Buffalo football team

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1901 Buffalo football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–2
Head coach
  • James B. "Turk" Gordon (1st season)
CaptainCharles Hasse
Home stadiumPan-American Exposition Stadium, Buffalo Athletic Field
Seasons
← 1900
1902 ⊟
1901 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Harvard     12 0 0
Yale     11 1 1
Cornell     11 1 0
Dartmouth     10 1 0
Massachusetts     9 1 0
Princeton     9 1 1
Syracuse     7 1 0
Holy Cross     7 1 1
Geneva     6 1 1
Army     5 1 2
Western U. of Penn     7 2 1
Lafayette     9 3 0
Swarthmore     8 2 2
Washington & Jefferson     6 2 2
Frankin & Marshall     7 3 1
Penn     10 5 0
Buffalo     4 2 0
Columbia     8 5 0
Fordham     2 1 1
Penn State     5 3 0
Bucknell     6 4 0
Pittsburgh College     3 2 0
Temple     3 2 0
NYU     4 3 1
Tufts     6 6 1
Vermont     5 5 1
Dickinson     3 4 0
Carlisle     5 7 1
Brown     4 7 1
Villanova     2 3 0
Drexel     2 5 1
Colgate     2 5 0
Boston College     1 8 0
Lehigh     1 11 0
New Hampshire     0 6 0
Rutgers     0 7 0

The 1901 Buffalo football team represented the University of Buffalo as an independent during the 1901 college football season. In its first season under head coach James B. "Turk" Gordon, the team compiled a 4–2 record. Five games were canceled.[1]

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 283:00 p.m.ColumbiaW 5–07,000–8,000[2][3]
October 53:10 p.m.Lehigh
  • Pan-American Exposition Stadium
  • Buffalo, NY
W 16–08,000[4]
October 12Case
  • Buffalo Athletic Field
  • Buffalo, NY
W 6–0[5]
October 173:00 p.m.Oberlin
  • Pan-American Exposition Stadium
  • Buffalo, NY
W 5–0[6][7][8]
October 23HobartBuffalo, NYCanceled
October 26at MichiganL 0–128[9][10]
November 2ColgateBuffalo, NYCanceled
November 9at Western ReserveCleveland, OHL 6–17[11]
November 16at SyracuseSyracuse, NYCanceled
November 23BucknellBuffalo, NYCanceled
November 28Penn StateBuffalo, NYCanceled

References

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  1. ^ Hollander, Scott. "1901 Buffalo Football". Buffalo, New York: University at Buffalo Libraries. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
  2. ^ "Football At 3 0'clock". The Buffalo Times. Buffalo, New York. September 28, 1901. p. 1. Retrieved April 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "U. of B. Didn't Allow Columbia to Score". Buffalo Sunday Times. September 29, 1901. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Lehigh Trounced By Local 'Varsity at the Stadium". The Buffalo Courier. October 6, 1901. p. 30 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "U. of B. Won: Case College Defeated by Small Margin". The Buffalo Sunday Times. October 13, 1901. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "'Varsity Men Doing Exposition". The Buffalo Enquirer. Buffalo, New York. October 17, 1901. p. 5. Retrieved April 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "Buffalo Team Beat The Oberlin Eleven". The Buffalo Times. Buffalo, New York. October 18, 1901. p. 8. Retrieved April 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ "Elmiran Witnessed Game". Emira Gazette. Elmira, New York. October 18, 1901. p. 2. Retrieved April 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. ^ "Bargain Day In Touchdowns: Michigan Scored 22 Against Buffalo Team (part 1)". Detroit Free Press. October 27, 1901. p. 1.
  10. ^ "Bargain Day In Touchdowns: Michigan Scored 22 Against Buffalo Team (part 2)". Detroit Free Press. October 27, 1901. p. 8.
  11. ^ "U. Of B. Boys Beaten Again". The Buffalo Sunday News. Buffalo, New York. November 10, 1901. p. 9. Retrieved April 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.