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1899 Buffalo Football Team
The 1899 Buffalo football team represented the University of Buffalo as an independent during the 1899 college football season The 1899 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the ''Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book'' listing Harvard and Princeton as having been selected national champions. Chicago, Kansas, and Sewanee went undefeated. Wit .... Under head coach Bemus Pierce, the team finished the season 7–1 overall. No collegiate team was able to score on them the entire year. The Buffalo offense scored 177 points while the defense allowed 52 points. Schedule References Buffalo Buffalo Bulls football seasons Buffalo football {{collegefootball-1890s-season-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bemus Pierce Bemus Pierce (February 27, 1875 – February 15, 1957) was an American football player and coach. He played as a guard in the 1890s and 1900s. Pierce played college football for the Carlisle Indian School teams from 1894 to 1898 and played professional football for the championship teams from the Homestead Library & Athletic Club of 1900 and 1901. He also played for the All-Syracuse team in 1902, the first indoor professional football team. Pierce served as the head football coach at the University of Buffalo in 1899, at the Carlisle Indian School in 1906, and at Kenyon College from 1908 to 1910. Background and personal life Bemus Pierce, a member of the Seneca nation, was born on February 23 or 28, 1873 on the Cattaraugus Reservation, Erie County, New York.Bemus Pierce. ''American Indian Hall of Fame.'' (retrieved 29 June 2019) He married An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: &nb |