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{{short description|National Football League team season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2013}}
{{Infobox NFL season
| team = Buffalo Bisons (NFL)
| teamdisplay = Buffalo Bisons
| year = 1929
| record = 1–7–1
| division_place = 10th [[National Football League|NFL]]
| president = [[Frank Offermann|Frank J. Offermann]]
| coach = [[Al Jolley]]
| stadium =
| playoffs =
| previous = [[1927 Buffalo Bisons (NFL) season|1927]]
| no_nextseason = true
| next = ''none''
| shortnavlink = Other seasons
}}

The '''1929 Buffalo Bisons season''' was the [[Buffalo Bisons (NFL)|Buffalo Bisons]] ninth and final season in the [[National Football League]] (NFL). The team marginally improved on their [[1927 Buffalo Bisons (NFL) season|previous output]] of 0–5, winning one game.<ref>[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/bff/1929.htm 1929 Buffalo Bisons]</ref> They finished tenth in the league.

After suspending operations halfway through the 1927 season, the Buffalo Bisons, name intact, returned for what proved to be a farewell season, with Al Jolley (a former player for the [[Oorang Indians]]) taking over as head coach. Jolley's dubious trademark was his teams' lack of offensive production; the Bisons never scored more than 7 points in the entire season (they had been shut out thrice) until their final game, a 19–7 win over the Chicago Bears (ironically, the very team that had robbed them of a league title at the peak of the team's success in 1921). In their first seven games, the Bisons never led during regulation, holding this dubious feat until the [[2012 Kansas City Chiefs season|2012 Kansas City Chiefs]] broke the record at eight games during regulation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nfl.com/news/kansas-city-chiefs-tie-83-year-old-mark-of-shame-0ap1000000088637|title=Kansas City Chiefs tie 83-year-old mark of shame|work=[[National Football League]]|date=November 1, 2012|access-date=November 1, 2012}}</ref> This was, however, still an improvement from their 1927 season, when the team failed to score ''any'' points in all but one of their games.

The still-struggling Bisons franchise was folded at the end of a 1–7–1 season. Though the league flirted with returning to Buffalo in the late 1930s and again in 1950, it did not do so until the [[AFL–NFL merger]] in 1970, which added the [[Buffalo Bills]] to the league.

Jolley went on to coach the [[Cincinnati Reds (NFL)|Cincinnati Reds]] in 1933; true to form, Jolley's Reds set a record for fewest points scored per game in a season (3.8) in the modern era (which did not begin until 1932).

==Schedule==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Buffalo Bisons|year=1929|border=2}}"| Game
!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Buffalo Bisons|year=1929|border=2}}"| Date
!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Buffalo Bisons|year=1929|border=2}}"| Opponent
!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Buffalo Bisons|year=1929|border=2}}"| Result
!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Buffalo Bisons|year=1929|border=2}}"| Record
!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Buffalo Bisons|year=1929|border=2}}"| Venue
!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Buffalo Bisons|year=1929|border=2}}"| Attendance
!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Buffalo Bisons|year=1929|border=2}}"| Recap
!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Buffalo Bisons|year=1929|border=2}}"| Sources
|-style="background:#fcc"
! 1
| September 29
| [[1929 Chicago Cardinals season|Chicago Cardinals]]
| '''L''' 3–9
| 0–1
| [[Offermann Stadium|Bison Stadium]]
| 4,000
| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/192909290bff.htm Recap]
|
|-style="background:#fcc"
! 2
| October 5
| at [[1929 Frankford Yellow Jackets season|Frankford Yellow Jackets]]
| '''L''' 0–19
| 0–2
| [[Frankford Stadium]]
| 6,000
| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/192910050fyj.htm Recap]
|
|-style="background:#fcc"
! 3
| October 6
| [[1929 Frankford Yellow Jackets season|Frankford Yellow Jackets]]
| '''L''' 0–13
| 0–3
| [[Offermann Stadium|Bison Stadium]]
| "poor"
| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/192910060bff.htm Recap]
| <ref>Bob Stedler, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-buffalo-news-karpes-comment/162422710/ "Karpe's Comment,"] ''Buffalo Evening News,'' Oct. 8, 1929, p. 27.</ref><ref>Cy Kritzer, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-buffalo-news-frankford-conquers-batt/162422123/ "Frankford Conquers Battered Bison 11: Yellow Jackets Vary Slashing Offensive with Counter Plays to Score Two Touchdowns,"] ''Buffalo Evening News,'' Oct. 7, 1929, p. 27.</ref>
|-style="background:#fcc"
! 4
| October 13
| [[1929 Chicago Bears season|Chicago Bears]]
| '''L''' 0–16
| 0–4
| [[Offermann Stadium|Bison Stadium]]
| 5,200
| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/192910130bff.htm Recap]
| <ref>Cy Kritzer,[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-buffalo-news-senn-scores-twice-on-pa/162492118/ "Senn Scores Twice on Passes as Bears Down Buffalo, 16–0: Red Grange Stars, But His Play is Example of Difference Between Pro and College Football,"] ''Buffalo Evening News,'' Oct. 14, 1929, p. 24.</ref>
|-style="background:#ffc"
! 5
| October 20
| at [[1929 Providence Steam Roller season|Providence Steam Roller]]
| '''T''' 7–7
| 0–4–1
| [[Cycledrome]]
| 8,500
| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/192910200prv.htm Recap]
|
|-style="background:#fcc"
! 6
| October 27
| vs. [[1929 Boston Bulldogs season|Boston Bulldogs]]
| '''L''' 6–14
| 0–5–1
| [[Minersville Park]] <br><small>(Pottsville, PA)</small>
| "a large crowd"
| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/192910270ptb.htm Recap]
| <ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-bulldogs-victors-over-b/162417642/ "Bulldogs Victors Over Buffalo, 14–6: Miller's 90-Yard Run on Kickoff Features,"] ''Boston Globe,'' Oct. 28, 1929, p. 9.</ref><ref name=Former>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-morning-call-boston-bulldogs-win-at/162418792/ "Boston Bulldogs Win at Pottsville: Former Maroons Take Measure of Buffalo, 14–6, in League Game,"] ''Allentown Morning Call,'' Oct. 28, 1929, p. 17.</ref><ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/pottsville-republican-former-maroons-won/162421167/ "Former Maroons Won from Buffalo in Thrilling Game: Fans Vote Contest Best Ever Played in Pottsville,"] ''Pottsville Republican,'' Oct. 28, 1929, p. 9.</ref><ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/buffalo-courier-express-latone-twice-sma/162417115/ "Latone Twice Smashes Over Buffalo Line: Hagberg, Besides Scoring Bisons' Only Touchdown, Also Prevents Another for Boston,"] ''Buffalo Courier Express,'' Oct. 28, 1929, p. 15.</ref>
|-style="background:#fcc"
! 7
| November 5
| [[1929 New York Giants season|New York Giants]]
| '''L''' 6–45
| 0–6–1
| [[Offermann Stadium|Bison Stadium]]
| "handful of fans"
| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/192911050bff.htm Recap]
| <ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-buffalo-times-pro-leaders-under-wrap/162412598/ "Pro Leaders Under Wraps in Easy Win: Locals Prepare for Oxfords and Russers Following 45-to-6 Defeat,"] ''Buffalo Times,'' Nov. 6, 1929, p. 21.</ref><ref>Alfred H. Cohen, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-buffalo-news-friedman-plansky-hage/162411723/ "Friedman, Plansky, Hagerty Dazzle as Giants Down Bisons: New York Trio Furnishes Thrills of a Football Season in Ad Club Benefit — Ryan Stars,"] ''Buffalo News,'' Nov. 6, 1929, p. 30.</ref><ref>Jack Laing, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/buffalo-courier-express-new-york-giants/162412101/ "New York Giants Run Over Bisons for Overwhelming Win: Friedman, Hagerty, Plansky Star in Giants' 45–6 Win; Ryan Scores Local Tally,"] ''Buffalo Courier Express,'' Nov. 6, 1929, p. 14.</ref>
|-style="background:#fcc"
! 8
| November 17
| at [[1929 Boston Bulldogs season|Boston Bulldogs]]
| '''L''' 7–12
| 0–7–1
| [[Braves Field]]
| "largest of season"
| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/192911170ptb.htm Recap]
| <ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/buffalo-courier-express-bison-pros-lose/162572267/ "Bison Pros Lose to Boston: Bisons Menace Boston Margin by Late Attack,"] ''Buffalo Courier-Express,'' Nov. 18, 1929, p. 17.</ref>
|-style="background:#cfc"
! 9
| November 24
| at [[1929 Chicago Bears season|Chicago Bears]]
| '''W''' 19–7
| 1–7–1
| [[Wrigley Field]]
| 3,500
| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/192911240chi.htm Recap]
|
|}

==Standings==
[[File:Sternaman-Joe-291013.jpg|thumb|right|360px|Bisons end [[Tillie Voss]] has no chance to make a stop of Bears quarterback Joey Sternaman when facing a cut-block by Bill Senn and the interference of fullback Red Grange, October 13.]]
{{1929 NFL standings}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Buffalo Bisons seasons}}
{{Buffalo All-Americans}}
{{1929 NFL season by team}}

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