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History of Pro Football in Western New York

  1926

 

Regular Season Attendance
September 19, 1926 174th Regiment 6 @ Buffalo Rangers 13* 3,000
September 26, 1926 Akron Pros 0 @ Buffalo Rangers 7 2,500
October 3, 1926 Dayton Triangles 3 @ Buffalo Rangers 0 5,000
October 9, 1926 Buffalo Rangers 0 @ Frankfort Yellowjackets 30 6,000
October 10, 1926 Frankfort Yellowjackets @ Buffalo Rangers Cancelled**
October 17, 1926 Buffalo Rangers 7 @ Dayton Triangles 6 5,000
October 24, 1926 Los Angeles Buccaneers 0 @ Buffalo Rangers 0 2,500
October 31, 1926 Buffalo Rangers 0 @ Pottsville Maroons 14 n/a
November 7, 1926 Columbus Tigers 0 @ Buffalo Rangers 26 3,000
November 14, 1926 Buffalo Rangers 13 @ Hartford Blues 7 n/a
November 21, 1926 Kansas City Cowboys 2 @ Buffalo Rangers 0 n/a
November 25, 1926 Duluth Eskimos @ Buffalo Rangers Cancelled
November 28, 1926 Pottsville Maroons 0 @ Buffalo Rangers 0 n/a
December 5, 1926 Nash-Buffalo @ Buffalo Rangers Cancelled***

*Non-league game.
**Game cancelled due to muddy field.
***Game cancelled due to snow.

 

1926 Buffalo Rangers
President: Ray Weil
Treasurer: Al Lowe
Manager: Jim Kendrick
Coach: Jim Kendrick
Assistant Coach: Dim Batterson
Record: (4-4-2 NFL) (5-4-2 Total)

Name GP/GS Pos. Ht. Wt.
“Neely” Allison
Wes Bradshaw
Les Caywood
Don Dimmick*
Gus Edmondson
Lou Feist*
Roy Guffey*
Ben Hobson*
Barlow Irvin*
“Tex” Kelly
Jim Kendrick*
George Kirk*
“Firpo” McGilbra*
Ralph Nairan*
George Nix
"Paxton" Pittman
Roger Powell*
Salo*
Ted Schwarzer*
“Ben” Slough
"Judge" Swain*
Bill Vaughn*
“Cop” Weathers*
“Firpo” Wilcox*
Joe Willson
Faye Wilson*

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11/11

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


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