1923 Canton Bulldogs season

1923 Canton Bulldogs season
Head coachGuy Chamberlin
Home stadiumLakeside Park
Results
Record11–0–1
League place1st NFL

The 1923 Canton Bulldogs season was their fourth in the National Football League (NFL). The team continued to build upon their undefeated 10 win season of 1922 by winning eleven games, with one tie.[1] With the best record in the league, for the second straight year they were crowned the NFL Champions.

Schedule

Game Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance Recap Sources
1 September 30 Hammond Pros W 17–0 1–0 Lakeside Park 5,000 Recap
2 October 7 Louisville Brecks W 37–0 2–0 Lakeside Park Recap [2][3]
3 October 14 Dayton Triangles W 30–0 3–0 Lakeside Park Recap [4][5][6]
4 October 21 at Chicago Bears W 6–0 4–0 Cubs Park Recap [7][8][9]
5 October 28 Akron Pros W 7–3 5–0 Lakeside Park 2,500 Recap
6 November 4 at Chicago Cardinals W 7–3 6–0 Comiskey Park 5,500 [10] Recap [11]
7 November 11 at Buffalo All-Americans T 3–3 6–0–1 Buffalo Baseball Park 10,000 Recap
8 November 18 Oorang Indians W 41–0 7–0–1 Lakeside Park 5,000 Recap
9 November 25 at Cleveland Indians W 46–10 8–0–1 Dunn Field 17,000 Recap
10 November 29 Toledo Maroons W 28–0 9–0–1 Lakeside Park 3,000 Recap
11 December 2 Buffalo All-Americans W 14–0 10–0–1 Lakeside Park 4,000 Recap
12 December 9 at Columbus Tigers W 10–0 11–0–1 Neil Park 1,700 Recap
Note: Armistice Day: November 11. Thanksgiving Day: November 29.

Standings

NFL standings
W L T PCT PF PA STK
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.

References

  1. ^ 1923 Canton Bulldogs
  2. ^ "Brecks Swamped by Canton, 37 to 0," Louisville Courier-Journal, Oct. 8, 1923, p. 9.
  3. ^ "Canton Bulldogs Beat Louisville," Dayton Daily News, Oct. 8, 1923, p. 19.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "Canton Bulldogs Wallop Triangles: Defeat Dayton Eleven, 30 to 0, in Third Successive Victory of Season," Cleveland Plain Dealer, Oct. 15, 1923, p. 17.
  6. ^ "Triangles Are Downed by Canton Bulldogs," Dayton Daily News, Oct. 15, 1923, p. 11.
  7. ^ "Henry's Two Kicks Defeat Bears in Debut at Home," Chicago Tribune, Oct. 22, 1923, p. 28.
  8. ^ "Canton Cleans Chicago Bears by Two Kicks: Boots if Fourth Period by Henry Give Bulldogs 6 to 0 Win Over Halas Men," Rock Island Argus, Oct. 23, 1923, p. 16.
  9. ^ "Bears Lose to Canton on Two Boots by 6 to 0: Bulldogs Triumph in Last Quarter on Goals from the Field," Davenport Democrat and Leader, Oct. 23, 1923, p. 7.
  10. ^ Pro Football Reference has this crowd as 6,000.
  11. ^ Joe Ziemba, When Football Was Football: The Chicago Cardinals and the Birth of the NFL. Chicago: Triumph Books, 1999; p. 399.
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