1919 Buffalo Prospects season

1919 Buffalo Prospects season
Head coach Wesley Albott
General manager Barney Lepper
Owner Doc Savage
Results
Record 9–1–1
Division place 1st NYPFL
Playoff finish W NYPFL Championship vs. Rochester Jeffersons (20–0)
Timeline
Previous season Next season
1918 1920

The 1919 Buffalo Prospects season was their fifth season in existence. The team, which was previously known as the Buffalo All-Stars (1915–1917) and the Buffalo Niagaras (1918), played in the New York Pro Football League and would go on to post a 9–1–1 record. The next year, the team would move into the American Professional Football Association (later renamed the National Football League).

Schedule

Game Date Opponent Result
1 September 28, 1919 West Buffalo L 7–0
2 October 5, 1919 Niagaras W 23–2
3 October 12, 1919 Tonawanda Grive-Eldridge W 40–0
4 October 26, 1919 Rochester Scalpers Cancelled
5 October 26, 1919 West Buffalo W 19–0
6 November 2, 1919 LeRoy W 74–0
7 November 9, 1919 All-Syracuse W 23–0[1]
8 November 16, 1919 Watertown Red & Black Cancelled[2]
9 November 16, 1919 Cleveland Panthers W 25–0
10 November 23, 1919 All-Tonawanda Lumberjacks W 12–7[3]
11 November 27, 1919 Rochester Jeffersons[4] T 0–0
12 November 30, 1919 Rochester Jeffersons (replay) W 20–0[5]

Game notes

  1. Regional quarterfinal.
  2. Under the playoff structure, Buffalo would have played Watertown that week instead of Syracuse the previous week.
  3. Regional semifinal.
  4. Thanksgiving Day game
  5. League championship.

References