1949 Buffalo Bulls football team

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]

1949 Buffalo Bulls football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–3
Head coach
CaptainCharlie Dingboom
Home stadiumCivic Stadium
1949 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW 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

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24at Colgate
L 0–3215,000[3]
October 1Niagara
W 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 State
W 39–7
November 19at Ohio
W 20–7

References
  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.
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