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1924

Regular Season November 2, 1924

Frankford Yellowjackets 24
Buffalo Bisons 0

Attendance: 5,000

The Bisons started the game with a sustained drive to the Frankford 30 yard line, however Babe Kraus missed the field goal. Buffalo would not have another scoring chance until the fourth quarter.

Scoring Summary
	1	2	3	4	F
Frankford Yellowjackets	0	7	7	10	24
Buffalo Bisons	0	0	0	0	0
FRA TD, Storer 1 Yard Run (Welsh Kick). FRA TD, Haws 8 Yard Run (Welsh Kick). FRA TD, Haws 1 Yard Run (Welsh Kick). FRA FG, Welsh 42 Yard.

In the beginning of the second quarter, Frankford started a drive which took them to the Buffalo 1 yard line. Storer run the ball in for the touchdown, with Jim Welsh scored the extra point on a place kick.

Frankford mounted another drive in the third quarter. On this drive, Haws ran it in for the score. Welsh again scored the extra point on a place kick.

In the fourth quarter, Charlie Way replaced Dayhoff, and subsequently ran several plays for large gains. After an exchange of punts, and Chick Guarnieri kicked the ball out of bounds on the Buffalo 30 yard line, Frankford started another scoring drive. A Storer to Haws forward pass put the ball on the Bison 1 yard line. Haws then ran it in for the score and Welsh kicked the extra point. Frankford would have one more scoring drive in the game. This drive would result in a Welsh field goal from the 42 yard line. Buffalo mounted one more drive before the final whistle blew, but it ended with a forward pass over the goal line from Benny Boynton to Eddie Kaw.

Game Roster

Position

Frankford Yellowjackets

Buffalo Bisons

LHB

RHB

Thomas

Behman

Spagna

H. Stein

Welsh

Gulian

O’Connell

Haws, Finn

Dayhoff, Way

Storer

Hamer

Watters, Feist

Kraus, Feist, Huffman

Collins

Culver, Youngstrom

Youngstrom, Huffman, Ailinger

Huffman, Feist

Guarnieri

Boynton

Hughitt, Traynor

Kaw

Calac

Referee:	Samuel Otis
Umpire:	Hunter
Head Linesman:	William G. Pennypacker III

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