1929 Dayton Triangles season
National Football League team season
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The 1929 Dayton Triangles season was their tenth and final season in the league. As a traveling team, they played all six games on the road, finishing last in the league.
| 1929 Dayton Triangles season | |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Faye Abbott |
| Results | |
| Record | 0â6 |
| League place | 12th NFL |
| Playoffs | No playoffs until 1932 |
The franchise was sold and relocated to Brooklyn after the season, having lost its final seventeen games over a span of three seasons.[1] During this stretch, the team was outscored 301â22.[2][3][4]
History
The 1929 Triangles were coached by Faye Abbott, his second and final season of coaching. Abbott had previously played for the Triangles; between coaching and playing, he participated in 70 of the Triangles' 77 games as a franchise. The franchise was winless under Abbott's head coaching. With the franchise relocating, Abbott would be the Triangles' fourth and final head coach.[citation needed]
The Dayton Triangles were limited to only seven points[5] throughout the entire 1929 season, making them the last team in NFL history to score under ten points in a season. Their lone touchdown and scoring play of the season was scored on a 30-yard fumble recovery by left guard Al Graham (followed by a Pat Duffy extra-point kick) against the Frankford Yellowjackets.[citation needed]
With the team's ceasing operations in Dayton, the NFL lost its longest-lasting traveling team (1920â1929), and league lacked another traveling team until the Dallas Texans in 1952.[citation needed]
Schedule
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Attendance | Recap | Sources | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | September 22 | at Green Bay Packers | L 0â9 | 0â1 | City Stadium | 5,000 | Recap | ||
| 2 | September 28 | at Frankford Yellow Jackets | L 7â14 | 0â2 | Frankford Stadium | 7,000 | Recap | ||
| 3 | September 29 | at Providence Steam Roller | L 0â41 | 0â3 | Cycledrome | 8,500 | Recap | ||
| 4 | October 6 | at Staten Island Stapletons | L 0â12 | 0â4 | Thompson Stadium | 6,000 | Recap | ||
| 5 | October 13 | at Boston Bulldogs | L 0â41 | 0â5 | Braves Field | 1,000[6] | Recap | [7] | |
| â | Bye | ||||||||
| 6 | November 24 | at Chicago Cardinals | L 0â19 | 0â6 | Comiskey Park | "a few hundred" | Recap | [8] | |
Standings
| NFL standings | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | STK | |||
| Green Bay Packers | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 198 | 22 | W2 | ||
| New York Giants | 13 | 1 | 1 | .929 | 312 | 86 | W4 | ||
| Frankford Yellow Jackets | 10 | 4 | 5 | .714 | 129 | 128 | W1 | ||
| Chicago Cardinals | 6 | 6 | 1 | .500 | 154 | 83 | W1 | ||
| Boston Bulldogs | 4 | 4 | 0 | .500 | 98 | 73 | L1 | ||
| Staten Island Stapletons | 3 | 4 | 3 | .429 | 89 | 65 | L2 | ||
| Providence Steam Roller | 4 | 6 | 2 | .400 | 107 | 117 | L1 | ||
| Orange Tornadoes | 3 | 5 | 4 | .375 | 35 | 80 | L1 | ||
| Chicago Bears | 4 | 9 | 2 | .308 | 119 | 227 | L1 | ||
| Buffalo Bisons | 1 | 7 | 1 | .125 | 48 | 142 | W1 | ||
| Minneapolis Red Jackets | 1 | 9 | 0 | .100 | 48 | 185 | L7 | ||
| Dayton Triangles | 0 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 7 | 136 | L6 | ||
- Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.