1934 Buffalo Bulls football team

The 1934 Buffalo Bulls football team was an American football team that represented the University at Buffalo as an independent during the 1934 college football season. In its first season under head coach George Van Bibber, the team compiled a 2–4–1 record.[1] The team played its home games at Rotary Field in Buffalo, New York.

1934 Buffalo Bulls football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–4–1
Head coach
CaptainBob Rich
Home stadiumRotary Field
Seasons
← 1933
1935 →
1934 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Tufts     8 0 0
Trinity (CT)     7 0 0
La Salle     7 0 1
Washington College     5 0 1
Franklin & Marshall     8 1 0
No. 4 Pittsburgh     8 1 0
No. 8 Colgate     7 1 0
Columbia     7 1 0
No. 5 Princeton     7 1 0
Duquesne     8 2 0
Holy Cross     8 2 0
No. 15 Temple     7 1 2
No. 10 Syracuse     6 2 0
Bucknell     7 2 2
No. 14 Army     7 3 0
Northeastern     6 1 1
Rochester     5 2 0
Dartmouth     6 3 0
Saint Anselm     6 3 0
Amherst     5 3 0
Fordham     5 3 0
Yale     5 3 0
Massachusetts State     5 3 1
CCNY     4 3 0
Providence     4 3 0
Drexel     4 3 1
Boston College     5 4 0
Bates     3 3 1
Middlebury     3 3 1
Penn     4 4 0
Penn State     4 4 0
Williams     4 4 0
Carnegie Tech     4 5 0
Washington & Jefferson     4 5 0
Villanova     3 4 2
NYU     3 4 1
Boston University     3 4 0
Colby     3 4 0
Springfield     2 3 3
Manhattan     3 5 1
Harvard     3 5 0
Vermont     2 4 2
Wesleyan     3 5 0
Brown     3 6 0
Geneva     2 5 2
Saint Joseph's     2 5 1
Cornell     2 5 0
Lafayette     2 6 0
Norwich     2 6 0
Bowdoin     0 6 1
Lowell Textile     0 7 1
Rankings from Associated Press

Schedule edit

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29NiagaraL 0–27
October 6Hamilton
  • Rotary Field
  • Buffalo, NY
T 0–0
October 13Western Reserve
  • Rotary Field
  • Buffalo, NY
L 0–33
October 20at AlfredAlfred, NYW 14–0[2]
October 27Toledo 
  • Rotary Field
  • Buffalo, NY
W 8–0[3]
November 3at ClarksonPotsdam, NYL 0–272,000[4]
November 10Hobart
  • Rotary Field
  • Buffalo, NY
L 13–192,300[5]
  •  Homecoming

References edit

  1. ^ "Buffalo Football 2018 Information Guide" (PDF). University of Buffalo. 2019. p. 87. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  2. ^ "U.B. Hands Alfred First Defeat, 14-0". Buffalo Evening News. October 22, 1934. p. 24 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Cy Kritzer (October 27, 1934). "U. of Buffalo Beats Toledo in Rain, 8 to 0". Buffalo Evening News. pp. 1, 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "U.B. Turned Back, 27-0, By Clarkson's Eleven". Buffalo Evening News. November 5, 1934. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "U. of B. Defeated By Hobart, 19-13: 2300 Brave Rain and See Visitors Score in Every Quarter Except Second". Buffalo Evening News. November 10, 1934. pp. 1, 3 – via Newspapers.com.