1919 Buffalo Prospects season

American football team season November 2013 Buffalo Prospects 1919 9–1–1 1st NYPFL Wesley Albott Barney Lepper Dr. Walter Savage W NYPFL Championship vs. Rochester Jeffersons (20–0) The 1919 Buffalo Prospects season 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). The war and flu restrictions that had hampered the 1918 pro football season were no longer in place, and statewide play reopened after a one-year hiatus. Tommy Hughitt, who led the Buffalo Niagaras to a dominating championship among four semi-pro teams in Buffalo in 1918, initially left for Ohio in an attempt to revive the Youngstown Patricians; after one week, the Patricians folded, and by week 2, Hughitt was back in Buffalo, where he would spend the rest of his life. Hughitt signed with the Prospects, eventually leading them to the state championship. 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 23–0Regional quarterfinal. 8 November 16, 1919 Watertown Red & Black CancelledUnder the playoff structure, Buffalo would have played Watertown that week instead of Syracuse the previous week. 9 November 16, 1919 Cleveland Panthers W 25–0 10 November 23, 1919 All-Tonawanda Lumberjacks W 12–7Regional semifinal. 11 November 27, 1919 Rochester JeffersonsThanksgiving Day game T 0–0 12 November 30, 1919 Rochester Jeffersons (replay) W 20–0League championship. Game notes References 1919 Buffalo Prospects Pro Football Archives: Buffalo Prospects 1919 Category:Buffalo All-Americans seasons Buffalo Prospects Category:1919 in sports in New York (state) Category:1910s in Buffalo, New York