1897 Buffalo football team

1897 Buffalo football
Conference	Independent
1897 record	7–0
Head coach	C. W. Dibble (1st season)
Seasons ← 1896 1898 →

1897 Eastern college football independents records
v t	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Penn		–		15	–	0	–	0
Buffalo		–		7	–	0	–	0
Princeton		–		10	–	1	–	0
Washington & Jefferson		–		10	–	1	–	0
Yale		–		9	–	0	–	2
Harvard		–		10	–	1	–	1
Army		–		6	–	1	–	1
Vermont		–		3	–	0	–	2
Lafayette		–		9	–	2	–	1
Drexel		–		6	–	2	–	1
Colgate		–		5	–	2	–	1
Dickinson		–		7	–	3	–	2
Swarthmore		–		7	–	3	–	2
Fordham		–		2	–	1	–	1
Cornell		–		5	–	3	–	1
Syracuse		–		5	–	3	–	1
Brown		–		7	–	4	–	0
Carlisle		–		6	–	4	–	0
Boston College		–		4	–	3	–	0
Holy Cross		–		4	–	3	–	1
Bucknell		–		3	–	3	–	1
NYU		–		3	–	3	–	0
Temple		–		3	–	3	–	0
Trinity (CT)		–		4	–	4	–	1
Wesleyan		–		6	–	6	–	0
Tufts		–		6	–	7	–	0
Geneva		–		3	–	4	–	1
Pittsburgh College		–		2	–	3	–	1
Villanova		–		3	–	5	–	1
Penn State		–		3	–	6	–	0
Amherst		–		2	–	6	–	2
Frankin & Marshall		–		2	–	6	–	2
Lehigh		–		3	–	7	–	0
New Hampshire		–		2	–	5	–	0
Rutgers		–		2	–	6	–	0
Western Univ. Penn.		–		1	–	3	–	0

The 1897 Buffalo football team represented the University at Buffalo in the 1897 college football season. Under head coach C. W. Dibble, the team was a perfect 7-0 against collegiate foes and 9-1 overall for the year.^[1] The team beat the Syracuse Orangemen twice during the season. The Buffalo offense scored 144 points while the defense allowed 12 points.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
October 9	Hamilton	Buffalo, NY	W 16–6
October 16	at Niagara	Niagara Falls, NY	W 32–0
October 20	Union (NY)	Buffalo, NY	W 26–0
October 23	Western Reserve	Buffalo, NY	W 16–4
November 6	Syracuse	Buffalo Baseball Park Buffalo, NY	W 16–0	800
November 13	at Syracuse	Syracuse, NY	W 10-0
November 25	Hobart	Buffalo, NY	W 28-0

References[]

^ "1897 Buffalo Football Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine," University at Buffalo Sports History Collection - February 18, 2013.

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