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The Bison vs. The Competition ~
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The Bison have played dozens ( about 75 ) of different opponents over the last century and during that time some of those schools have grown larger, others have gotten smaller, and still others have consolidated. Those changes have resulted in changes in our football schedule as well.
In the very early years, 1904-1911, we played, and lost to, DuBois nine times ( in eight years ) and our only other games during that time were against Houtzdale (first ever win, 50-0), Curwensville (2W), Philipsburg (1-1), Altoona (1L) and we even held the Peterson Business School (whoever they were) to a tie. While we never had another chance at Peterson and only met Houtzdale once more, even then a pattern in the schedule was starting to appear. The DuBois Beavers would be our most frequent foe at 110 games, Philipsburg was next at 106, and Curwensville filled 87 dates.
What I've done in the first set of charts below is to document the Bison's fortunes against twenty-eight different squads that we have played the most regularly over the years and to prepare a comparison of wins and losses during that entire period as compared to the modern ( post 1985, Coach Janocko's reign ) era against most of the same teams.
While I say above that we have played Du Bois 110 times that is actually the number of games that we played Du Bois,
Reynoldsville and Sykseville, all of which would become Du Bois Area. And the same is true of Philipsburg - it includes
Philipsburg and Osceola and Philipsburg-Osceola. A similar situation occurs with Mifflin County and Central Mountain
and their predecessor schools. The second set of charts reflect how we fared against all of the individual schools and the jointures that followed them and also the teams that we faced infrequently or even only once.
These statistics were gleaned from Coach Albright's exhaustive study of Bison Football records over the years and which
are reproduced in their entirety back on the main HISTORY page. To say that these charts are based on Coach Albright's
research would be a gross oversimplification - without his hard work, they wouldn't exist. Thanks Coach !
In the very early years, 1904-1911, we played, and lost to, DuBois nine times ( in eight years ) and our only other games during that time were against Houtzdale (first ever win, 50-0), Curwensville (2W), Philipsburg (1-1), Altoona (1L) and we even held the Peterson Business School (whoever they were) to a tie. While we never had another chance at Peterson and only met Houtzdale once more, even then a pattern in the schedule was starting to appear. The DuBois Beavers would be our most frequent foe at 110 games, Philipsburg was next at 106, and Curwensville filled 87 dates.
What I've done in the first set of charts below is to document the Bison's fortunes against twenty-eight different squads that we have played the most regularly over the years and to prepare a comparison of wins and losses during that entire period as compared to the modern ( post 1985, Coach Janocko's reign ) era against most of the same teams.
While I say above that we have played Du Bois 110 times that is actually the number of games that we played Du Bois,
Reynoldsville and Sykseville, all of which would become Du Bois Area. And the same is true of Philipsburg - it includes
Philipsburg and Osceola and Philipsburg-Osceola. A similar situation occurs with Mifflin County and Central Mountain
and their predecessor schools. The second set of charts reflect how we fared against all of the individual schools and the jointures that followed them and also the teams that we faced infrequently or even only once.
These statistics were gleaned from Coach Albright's exhaustive study of Bison Football records over the years and which
are reproduced in their entirety back on the main HISTORY page. To say that these charts are based on Coach Albright's
research would be a gross oversimplification - without his hard work, they wouldn't exist. Thanks Coach !
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Please feel free to contact me with any comments or corrections. Thanks,
Paul
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The " Usual Suspects " - The Twenty-Eight Teams that the Bison have faced the most often over the years ~
" All The Rest " ~ Win/Loss Records vs. Every Team the Bison have played ~
