Who Were The Rochester Scalpers?

The Rochester Scalpers were an independent football team that played home games in Rochester, NY at Exposition Park. Even though there is not a lot of information out there it is believed they played games in 1910, 1912-1913, 1915-1917,1919-1921. In 1920, they had a winning record at 5-4-1, They started playing 7 straight home games. In their first game against the Syracuse YMHA Stars where the Stars won 27-0. A week later, the Scalpers faced Fort Ontario where Rochester won 41-0. The next game was against All-Buffalo where the Scalpers won 7-6. The following week was a 15-0 shutout against Utica YHMA. Then Rochester had a rematch with All-Buffalo where Rochester lost 0-6. After their second loss of the year they then shutout All-Syracuse 9-0. In the last home game of the season the Rochester Scalpers faced off against All-Geneva, the Scalpers won 17-0. In the final three games the Scalpers did not go to far since the would face the Rochester Jeffersons of the APFA (later to be the NFL) Rochester Baseball Park. In the first matchup with the Jeffersons, the Jeffersons won 16-0. The Jeffersons followed it up with another victory against the Scalpers with a score of 7-6. In the last game of the 1920 season for the Scalpers they ultimately tied the Jeffersons 0-0 showing improvement in each matchup.