1921 Dayton Triangles season
Sports season
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The 1921 Dayton Triangles season was their second completed in the young American Professional Football Association (APFA), soon to be renamed the National Football League. The team finished the year with 4 wins, 4 losses, and 1 tie, putting them in eighth place among the league's 20 teams.[1]
| 1921 Dayton Triangles season | |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Bud Talbott |
| Home stadium | Triangle Park |
| Results | |
| Record | 4â4â1 |
| League place | 8th APFA |
For 1921, Dayton attempted to expand its appeal by constructing a special children's section in the east end zone of Triangle Park.[2] The segregated kids' bleachers had a special entrance and a reduced ticket price of 25 cents.[2]
Schedule
| Game | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Attendance | Recap | Sources | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | October 2 | Columbus Panhandles | W 42â13 | 1â0 | Triangle Park | "thousands" | Recap | [3][4] | |
| 2 | October 9 | at Detroit Tigers | L 10â7 | 1â1 | Navin Field | "good sized crowd" | Recap | [5] | |
| 3 | October 16 | Canton Bulldogs | T 14â14 | 1â1â1 | Triangle Park | Recap | [6] | ||
| 4 | October 23 | at Chicago Staleys | L 7â0 | 1â2â1 | Cubs Park | 7,000+ | Recap | [7] | |
| 5 | October 30 | Cleveland Tigers | W 3â2 | 2â2â1 | Triangle Park | 4,000 | Recap | [8] | |
| 6 | November 6 | at Canton Bulldogs | L 14â0 | 2â3â1 | Lakeside Park | Recap | |||
| 7 | November 13 | Detroit Tigers | W 27â0 | 3â3â1 | Triangle Park | Recap | [9][10] | ||
| 8 | November 20 | Akron Pros | W 3â0 | 4â3â1 | Triangle Park | Recap | [11][12][13][14] | ||
| 9 | November 27 | at Buffalo All-Americans | L 7â0 | 4â4â1 | Canisius Villa | 3,500 | Recap | [15][16][17] | |
Standings
| APFA standings | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | STK | |||
| Chicago Staleys | 9 | 1 | 1 | .900 | 128 | 53 | T1 | ||
| Buffalo All-Americans | 9 | 1 | 2 | .900 | 211 | 29 | L1 | ||
| Akron Pros | 8 | 3 | 1 | .727 | 148 | 31 | W1 | ||
| Canton Bulldogs | 5 | 2 | 3 | .714 | 106 | 55 | W1 | ||
| Rock Island Independents | 4 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 65 | 30 | L1 | ||
| Evansville Crimson Giants | 3 | 2 | 0 | .600 | 89 | 46 | W1 | ||
| Green Bay Packers | 3 | 2 | 1 | .600 | 70 | 55 | L1 | ||
| Dayton Triangles | 4 | 4 | 1 | .500 | 96 | 67 | L1 | ||
| Chicago Cardinals | 3 | 3 | 2 | .500 | 54 | 53 | T1 | ||
| Rochester Jeffersons | 2 | 3 | 0 | .400 | 85 | 76 | W2 | ||
| Cleveland Tigers | 3 | 5 | 0 | .375 | 95 | 58 | L1 | ||
| Washington Senators | 1 | 2 | 0 | .334 | 21 | 43 | L1 | ||
| Cincinnati Celts | 1 | 3 | 0 | .250 | 14 | 117 | L2 | ||
| Hammond Pros | 1 | 3 | 1 | .250 | 17 | 45 | L2 | ||
| Minneapolis Marines | 1 | 3 | 0 | .250 | 37 | 41 | L1 | ||
| Detroit Tigers | 1 | 5 | 1 | .167 | 19 | 109 | L5 | ||
| Columbus Panhandles | 1 | 8 | 0 | .111 | 47 | 222 | W1 | ||
| Tonawanda Kardex | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 45 | L1 | ||
| Muncie Flyers | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 28 | L2 | ||
| Louisville Brecks | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 27 | L2 | ||
| New York Brickley Giants | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 72 | L2 | ||
- Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.