1939 Buffalo Bulls football team

The 1939 Buffalo Bulls football team was an American football team that represented the University of Buffalo as an independent during the 1939 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Jim Peele, the team compiled a 0–7 record.[1] The team played its home games at Rotary Field in Buffalo, New York.[2]

1939 Buffalo Bulls football
ConferenceIndependent
Record0–7
Head coach
CaptainGene Nuwer, Al Collins
Home stadiumRotary Field
1939 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Cornell    8 0 0
No. 10 Duquesne    8 0 1
Swarthmore    6 0 1
Scranton    7 0 2
Princeton    7 1 0
La Salle    6 1 1
Penn State    5 1 2
No. 11 Boston College    9 2 0
No. 17 Fordham    6 2 0
Villanova    6 2 0
Boston University    5 3 0
Brown    5 3 1
Dartmouth    5 3 1
Hofstra    4 3 0
NYU    5 4 0
Pittsburgh    5 4 0
Harvard    4 4 0
Manhattan    4 4 0
Penn    4 4 0
Syracuse    3 3 2
Vermont    3 3 2
Tufts    3 4 1
Yale    3 4 1
Army    3 4 2
Bucknell    3 5 0
Carnegie Tech    3 5 0
Providence    3 5 0
Columbia    2 4 2
Massachusetts State    2 5 2
Colgate    2 5 1
Temple    2 7 0
CCNY    1 7 0
Buffalo    0 7 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Buffalo was ranked at No. 529 in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30SusquehannaL 0–6
October 7CCNY
  • Rotary Field
  • Buffalo, NY
L 0–19[4]
October 14Alfred
  • Rotary Field
  • Buffalo, NY
L 0–14
October 21at LehighL 0–225,000[5]
October 28Connecticut
  • Rotary Field
  • Buffalo, NY
L 7–25
November 11at HobartGeneva, NYL 0–20
November 18at Wayne
L 0–20[6]

References

  1. "Buffalo Football 2018 Information Guide" (PDF). University of Buffalo. 2019. p. 87. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
  2. Hollander, Scott. "1939 Buffalo Bulls Football". Buffalo, New York: University at Buffalo Libraries. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
  3. E. E. Litkenhous (December 31, 1939). "Vols Second In Final Litkenhous Grid Rankings; Southern California Tenth". Johnson City Sunday Press. p. 11 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "C.C.N.Y. routs Buffalo, 19 to 0". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 8, 1939. Retrieved September 17, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Lehigh sets back Buffalo by 22–0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 22, 1939. p. S3.
  6. Ernie Stefani (November 19, 1939). "Wayne downs Buffalo, 20–0". Detroit Free Press. p. Sports 3. Retrieved September 17, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
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