1898 Buffalo football team

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]

1898 Buffalo football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–1
Head coach
  • Louis Hinkey (1st season)
CaptainErnest C. White
Home stadiumOlympic Park
Seasons
← 1897
1899 →
1898 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Harvard  1100
Drexel  700
Princeton  1101
Penn  1210
Buffalo  810
Cornell  1020
Swarthmore  920
Washington & Jefferson  920
Yale  920
Dickinson  820
Syracuse  821
Wesleyan  730
Western Penn.  521
Brown  640
Carlisle  640
Penn State  640
Pittsburgh College  641
Army  321
Vermont  321
Holy Cross  541
Bucknell  443
Fordham  112
Frankin & Marshall  442
New Hampshire  440
Amherst  451
Villanova  241
Lehigh  361
Boston College  251
Colgate  251
Temple  250
Lafayette  380
NYU  130
Rutgers  161
Tufts  190
Geneva  061

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 1at Twin CityNorth Tonawanda, NYW 29–0[2][3][4]
October 8Rensselaer PolytechnicW 12–5[5]
October 15at Cornell
L 0–27[6]
October 22at Company C, National GuardBradford, PAW 23–0[7]
October 29Case
  • Olympic Park
  • Buffalo, NY
W 29–0[8]
November 8Colgate
  • Olympic Park
  • Buffalo, NY
W 23–0[9][10]
November 12Company C, National Guard
  • Olympic Park
  • Buffalo, NY
W 28–0[11]
November 19Cornell B team
  • Olympic Park
  • Buffalo, NY
W 34–0[12]
November 24Bucknell
  • Olympic Park
  • Buffalo, NY
W 36–5[13]

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