1948 Buffalo Bulls football team

The 1948 Buffalo Bulls football team was an American football team that represented the University of Buffalo as an independent during the 1948 college football season. In its first season under head coach Frank Clair, the team compiled a 6–1–1 record.[1]

1948 Buffalo Bulls football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–1–1
Head coach
CaptainBill Rudick
Home stadiumCivic Stadium
1948 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 6 Army   –  8 –0 –1
No. 19 Cornell   –  8 –1 –0
Penn State   –  7 –1 –1
Buffalo   –  6 –1 –1
Villanova   –  8 –2 –1
Brown   –  7 –2 –0
Boston University   –  6 –2 –0
Dartmouth   –  6 –2 –0
Boston College   –  5 –2 –2
Pittsburgh   –  6 –3 –0
Penn   –  5 –3 –0
Franklin & Marshall   –  5 –3 –1
Harvard   –  4 –4 –0
Princeton   –  4 –4 –0
Columbia   –  4 –5 –0
Yale   –  4 –5 –0
CCNY   –  3 –4 –1
Tufts   –  3 –4 –1
Colgate   –  3 –6 –0
Fordham   –  3 –6 –0
NYU   –  3 –6 –0
Temple   –  2 –6 –1
Duquesne   –  2 –7 –0
Carnegie Tech   –  1 –7 –0
Hofstra   –  0 –6 –2
Bucknell   –  1 –8 –0
Syracuse   –  1 –8 –0
Drexel   –  0 –8 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

Buffalo was ranked at No. 127 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.[2]

The team played its home games at Civic Stadium in Buffalo, New York.[3]

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25at Colgate
L 0–257,000[4]
October 2Hobart
W 39–0
October 9at RPITroy, NYW 39–21
October 16Alfred
  • Civic Stadium
  • Buffalo, NY
W 8–0
October 23at Washington & JeffersonWashington, PAW 41–14
October 30at Louisville
W 48–13
November 6Niagara
  • Civic Stadium
  • Buffalo, NY
T 13–13
November 13Bucknell
  • Civic Stadium
  • Buffalo, NY
W 47–133,000[5]

References
  1. "Buffalo Football 2018 Information Guide" (PDF). University of Buffalo. 2019. p. 87. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  2. "Michigan, Irish Finish 1-2 in Litkenhous Ratings". Wilmington Morning News. December 15, 1948. p. 32 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. Hollander, Scott. "1948 Buffalo Bulls Football". Buffalo, New York: University at Buffalo Libraries. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
  4. "Colgate Wins, 25-0; Raiders Top Buffalo in Grid Opener". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, N.Y. Associated Press. September 26, 1948. p. 3D – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Bucknell Bows to Buffalo by 47-13 Count". Sunday News. Lancaster, Pa. Associated Press. November 14, 1948. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
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