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1923 Dayton Triangles season

1923 Dayton Triangles season
OwnerDayton Engineering Laboratories Company
Head coachCarl Storck
Home fieldTriangle Park
Results
Record1–6–1
League placeT-16th NFL

The 1923 Dayton Triangles season was their fourth in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 4–3–1, winning only one game.[1] They tied for sixteenth place in the league.

Schedule

Game Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance Recap Sources
1 September 30 Columbus Tigers W 7–6 1–0 Triangle Park 6,000 Recap [2]
2 October 7 at Hammond Pros L 0–7 1–1 Turner Field Recap [3][4][5]
3 October 14 at Canton Bulldogs L 0–30 1–2 Lakeside Park Recap [6][7][8]
4 October 21 at Toledo Maroons L 3–6 1–3 Armory Park 3,000 Recap
5 October 28 at Chicago Cardinals L 3–13 1–4 Comiskey Park 5,000 Recap [9]
— November 4 Toledo Maroons canceled over Toledo financial demands [10]
— November 4 at Steubenville hastily planned make-up game, canceled [11] [10]
6 November 11 at Cleveland Indians T 0–0 1–4–1 Dunn Field 11,000 Recap
7 November 18 at Buffalo All-Americans L 0–3 1–5–1 Buffalo Baseball Park 3,500 Recap
— November 25 Akron Pros canceled by Dayton [10]
8 December 2 at Columbus Tigers L 3–30 1–6–1 Neil Park Recap

Standings

NFL standings
W L T PCT PF PA STK
Canton Bulldogs 11 0 1 1.000 246 19 W5
Chicago Bears 9 2 1 .818 123 35 W1
Green Bay Packers 7 2 1 .778 85 34 W5
Milwaukee Badgers 7 2 3 .778 100 49 W1
Cleveland Indians 3 1 3 .750 52 49 L1
Chicago Cardinals 8 4 0 .667 161 56 L1
Duluth Kelleys 4 3 0 .571 35 33 L3
Buffalo All-Americans 5 4 3 .556 94 43 L1
Columbus Tigers 5 4 1 .556 119 35 L1
Toledo Maroons 3 3 2 .500 35 66 L1
Racine Legion 4 4 2 .500 86 76 W1
Rock Island Independents 2 3 3 .400 84 62 L1
Minneapolis Marines 2 5 2 .286 48 81 L1
St. Louis All-Stars 1 4 2 .200 25 74 L1
Hammond Pros 1 5 1 .167 14 59 L4
Akron Pros 1 6 0 .143 25 74 W1
Dayton Triangles 1 6 1 .143 16 95 L2
Oorang Indians 1 10 0 .091 50 257 W1
Louisville Brecks 0 3 0 .000 0 90 L3
Rochester Jeffersons 0 4 0 .000 6 141 L4
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

Roster

The following players played at least one NFL game for the 1923 Dayton Triangles.[12] The number of NFL games in which they appeared follows in parentheses.

Linemen

Backs


†- Opening day starter

References

  1. ^ 1923 Dayton Triangles
  2. ^ "Touchdown in Closing Minutes of Play Give Triangles 7–6 Victory," Dayton Daily News, Oct. 1, 1923, p. 18.
  3. ^ "Hammond Anxious to See Famed Pros Work," Dayton Times, Oct. 6, 1923, p. 11.
  4. ^ "Hammond Pros Win from Dayton: 'Ink' Williams Recovers Fumble and Races for Touchdown," Dayton Times, Oct. 8, 1923, p. 9.
  5. ^ "Triangles Lose Close Game with Hammond," Dayton Daily News, Oct. 8, 1923, p. 19.
  6. ^ "Triangle Team is Trimmed by Canton Eleven: Bulldogs Crush Local Gridders in Grid Game That Ends 30 to 0," Dayton Herald, Oct. 15, 1923, p. 14.
  7. ^ "Canton Bulldogs Wallop Triangles: Defeat Dayton Eleven, 30 to 0, in Third Successive Victory of Season," Cleveland Plain Dealer, Oct. 15, 1923, p. 17.
  8. ^ "Triangles Are Downed by Canton Bulldogs," Dayton Daily News, Oct. 15, 1923, p. 11.
  9. ^ "Driscoll Sets Triangles Back by 13–3 Score," Dayton Daily News, Oct. 29, 1923, p. 11.
  10. ^ a b c Glenn Whitesell, "Professional Gridiron Season in Dayton Comes to a Close: Triangles Cancel Two Remaining Home Games; Maroon Go Called Off," Dayton Daily News, Oct. 30, 1923, p. 10.
  11. ^ "Koors and Triangle Elevens Kept Idle," Dayton Herald, Nov. 5, 1923, p. 21.
  12. ^ "1923 Dayton Triangles Roster & Players," Pro Football Reference, www.pro-football-reference.com
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