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1949 Buffalo Bulls football team

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1949 Buffalo Bulls football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–3
Head coach
CaptainCharlie Dingboom
Home stadiumCivic Stadium
Seasons
← 1948
1950 →
1949 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Saint Vincent     10 0 0
No. 4 Army     9 0 0
Trinity (CT)     8 0 0
Brown     8 1 0
No. 12 Cornell     8 1 0
No. 13 Villanova     8 1 0
Bucknell     6 2 0
Dartmouth     6 2 0
Buffalo     6 3 0
Pittsburgh     6 3 0
Princeton     6 3 0
Fordham     5 3 0
Tufts     5 3 1
Carnegie Tech     5 3 1
Penn State     5 4 0
Temple     5 4 0
Penn     4 4 0
Yale     4 4 0
Boston College     4 4 1
Syracuse     4 5 0
Drexel     3 3 1
Duquesne     3 6 0
Franklin & Marshall     2 5 2
CCNY     2 5 1
NYU     3 6 0
Columbia     2 7 0
Hofstra     1 5 1
Colgate     1 8 0
Harvard     1 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1949 Buffalo Bulls football team was an American football team that represented the University of Buffalo as an independent during the 1949 college football season. In its second and final season under head coach Frank Clair, the team compiled a 6–3 record.[1] The team played its home games at Civic Stadium in Buffalo, New York.[2]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24at ColgateL 0–3215,000[3]
October 1NiagaraW 26–7
October 8RPI
  • Civic Stadium
  • Buffalo, NY
W 26–2
October 15at AlfredAlfred, NYW 32–6
October 22St. Lawrence
  • Civic Stadium
  • Buffalo, NY
L 7–13
October 29Bucknell
  • Civic Stadium
  • Buffalo, NY
L 7–215,250[4]
November 5Washington & Jefferson
  • Civic Stadium
  • Buffalo, NY
W 26–0
November 12at Rhode Island StateW 39–7
November 19at OhioW 20–7

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References

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  1. ^ "Buffalo Football 2018 Information Guide" (PDF). University of Buffalo. 2019. p. 87. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
  2. ^ Hollander, Scott. "1949 Buffalo Bulls Football". Buffalo, New York: University at Buffalo Libraries. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
  3. ^ "Colgate Rips Buffalo, 32-0, on Wet Field". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, N.Y. Associated Press. September 25, 1949. p. 3D – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Bucknell Tops Buffalo, 21-7; Stec Stars in 14-Point Rally". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. October 30, 1949. p. S6 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Brief Summary of Cumulative Football Statistics (Buffalo)". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved August 18, 2024.