1923 Dayton Triangles season
National Football League team season
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The 1923 Dayton Triangles season was their fourth in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 4â3â1, winning only one game.[1] They tied for sixteenth place in the league.
Home stadiumTriangle Park
Record1â6â1
| 1923 Dayton Triangles season | |
|---|---|
| Owner | Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company |
| Head coach | Carl Storck |
| Home stadium | Triangle Park |
| Results | |
| Record | 1â6â1 |
| League place | T-16th NFL |
Schedule
| Game | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Attendance | Recap | Sources | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | September 30 | Columbus Tigers | W 7â6 | 1â0 | Triangle Park | 6,000 | Recap | [2] | |
| 2 | October 7 | at Hammond Pros | L 0â7 | 1â1 | Turner Field | Recap | [3][4][5] | ||
| 3 | October 14 | at Canton Bulldogs | L 0â30 | 1â2 | Lakeside Park | Recap | [6][7][8] | ||
| 4 | October 21 | at Toledo Maroons | L 3â6 | 1â3 | Armory Park | 3,000 | Recap | ||
| 5 | October 28 | at Chicago Cardinals | L 3â13 | 1â4 | Comiskey Park | 5,000 | Recap | [9] | |
| â | November 4 | Toledo Maroons | canceled over Toledo financial demands | [10] | |||||
| â | November 4 | at Steubenville | hastily planned make-up game, canceled | [11] | [10] | ||||
| 6 | November 11 | at Cleveland Indians | T 0â0 | 1â4â1 | Dunn Field | 11,000 | Recap | ||
| 7 | November 18 | at Buffalo All-Americans | L 0â3 | 1â5â1 | Buffalo Baseball Park | 3,500 | Recap | ||
| â | November 25 | Akron Pros | canceled by Dayton | [10] | |||||
| 8 | December 2 | at Columbus Tigers | L 3â30 | 1â6â1 | 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
- John Beasley (5)
- Bobby Berns (8) â
- Larry Dellinger (7)
- Harold Fenner (5)
- Lee Fenner (5)
- Russ Hathaway (8) â
- Al Jolley (1) â
- George "Hobby" Kinderdine (8) â
- Dave Reese (8) â
- Eddie Sauer (8) â
- Carl "Dutch" Thiele (8) â
- Glenn Tidd (6)
Backs
- Fay Abbott (8) â
- Frank Bacon (8) â
- Earl "Puss" Burgner (2)
- Ken Crawford (1)
- Ken Huffine (8) â
- Walt Kinderdine (5)
- Lou Partlow (8) â
- â - Opening day starter