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 History of Pro Football in Western New York

  1923

 

Regular Season Attendance
September 30, 1923
October 7, 1923

October 14, 1923

October 21, 1923
October 28, 1923

November 4, 1923
November 11, 1923
November 17, 1923
November 18, 1923
November 24, 1923
November 25, 1923
November 29, 1923
December 1, 1923
December 2, 1923
December 8, 1923		 Buffalo 0 @ Chicago Cardinals 3
Akron 0 @ Buffalo 9
Rochester 0 @ Chicago Cardinals 60
Buffalo 3 @ Columbus 0
Rochester 0 @ Rock Island 56
Oorang 0 @ Buffalo 57
Chicago Bears 18 @ Buffalo 3
Hammond @ Rochester
Buffalo 0 @ Cleveland 0
Canton 3 @ Buffalo 3
Rochester 0 @ Frankford 33*
Dayton 0 @ Buffalo 3
Toledo 12 @ Rochester 6
Toledo 3 @ Buffalo 3
Buffalo 0 @ Akron 2
Buffalo 13 @ Rochester 0
Buffalo 0 @ Canton 14
Buffalo 6 @ Frankford 10*

n/a
n/a
n/a
3,500
2,500
n/a
n/a
Cancelled
3,000
10,000
n/a
3,500
n/a
n/a
1,700
n/a
4,000
n/a

* Non-NFL game.

 

1923 Buffalo All-Americans
 Coach: Ernest "Tommy" Hughitt
Owner: Frank V. McNeil
Record: (5-4-3 vs. NFL) (5-5-3 Total)
Name GP Pos. Ht. Wt.
Pete Bahan
Scotty Bierce
Glen Carberry
“Bunny” Corcoran
Frank Culver
Bill Edgar
Jack Flavin
Fred Foster
Gil Gregory
Mike Gulian
Tom Holleran
“Tommy” Hughitt
“Tex” Kelly
“Buck” Mahoney
Roy Martineau
”Moose” McCormick
Frank Morrissey
Vince Mulvey
Bob Nash
Ben Roderick
“Johnny” Scott
“Pat” Smith
Gus Sonnenberg
“Whitey” Thomas
Mike Trainor
“Luke” Urban
“Swede” Youngstrom

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G-FB-WB-TB

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G-T-C-E

WB-FB-E

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WB-TB-FB

BB-TB-WB-FB

FB

T-FB-TB

T-E-BB-FB

WB-BB-TB

E-BB

G-T-E-C

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5’11”

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1923 Rochester Jeffersons
 Coach: Leo V. Lyons
Record: (0-4-0 vs. NFL) (0-5-0 Total)
Name NFL
GP/GS		 Total
GP/GS		 Pos. Ht. Wt.
Will Anderson
Bob Argus
Joe Bachmaier
Hugh Bancroft
Hal Clark
Red Emslie
Fred Foster
Mike Gavagan
Cy Kasper
Jim Leonard
Darby Lowery
Frank Matteo
Joe McShea
Jerry Noonan
Leo Payton
"Spin" Roy
Shag Sheard
Hank Smith
Gordon Wallace
Jim Welsh
Ray Witter
Jimmy Woods

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All text taken from the Development of Pro Football in Western New York by Ken Crippen

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