North Parkland Buffaloes stampede to 100th consecutive win
Coach Terry Stoudt guides his team to victory, eyes next win.

Joe McDonald
of The Morning Call

Forget about the Philadelphia Eagles.

Proving size doesn't matter, a team of 110-pounders from North Parkland did something Sunday that would make any professional football team jealous.

The Buffaloes posted their 100th consecutive win, an unbroken chain of victories starting in 1994 — nine straight seasons.

Under a blue sky and cool temperatures, the Buffaloes overpowered the Little Rovers from Easton at virtually every turn right from the start, clobbering Easton 60-6.

This was the big game, the one they could not lose, even though the league championships are next weekend. They didn't want to be the team that lost game 100.

And there were more than their moms and dads watching the game. This game was played before television cameras, including two Philadelphia television outlets, NBC 10 and Comcast.

The pressure was on, but they rolled on and played the way they always do: the Coach Terry Stoudt way.

Within minutes, the Buffaloes scored three touchdowns. If you were a little slow leaving the concession stand, you would have missed the first 22 unanswered points the Buffs put on the scoreboard.

The Little Rovers were in for a long day; they didn't get past midfield during the first half of the game.

Stoudt, who with 30 years' experience in the league is a one-man athletic institution, took it in stride.

''I hope to make it 101 when we play Emmaus,'' said Stoudt, a founding member of the North Parkland Athletic Association.

Stoudt said he's already thinking about how to win the next 100 games.

Lonny Bryfogle, a North Whitehall Township resident whose brother is on the team, said he knows the secret behind the Buffaloes' success.

“It's the program Terry Stoudt,'' Bryfogle said. ''They are relentless in teaching the kids the fundamentals of football and how to be a team player.''

The coaches have been with the team for years, he said, and many of the boys have played together for years, beginning when they were 6, he said.