1906 Canton Bulldogs season
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The 1906 Canton Bulldogs
season was their second season in the Ohio League
. The team finished 10-1, giving them second place in the league. The championship series between the Bulldogs and the Massillon Tigers
was rumoured to be fixed.
Canton Bulldogs
The Canton Bulldogs were a professional American football team, based in Canton, Ohio. They played in the Ohio League from 1903 to 1906 and 1911 to 1919, and its successor, the National Football League, from 1920 to 1923 and again from 1925 to 1926. The Bulldogs would go on to win the 1917, 1918...
season was their second season in the Ohio League
Ohio League
The Ohio League was an informal and loose association of American football clubs active between 1903 and 1919 that competed for the Ohio Independent Championship . As the name implied, its teams were based in Ohio...
. The team finished 10-1, giving them second place in the league. The championship series between the Bulldogs and the Massillon Tigers
Massillon Tigers
The Massillon Tigers were an early professional football team from Massillon, Ohio. Playing in the "Ohio League", the team was a rival to the pre-National Football League version of the Canton Bulldogs. The Tigers won Ohio League championships in 1903, 1904, 1905, and 1906, then merged to become...
was rumoured to be fixed.
Schedule
| Game | Date | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | October 7, 1906 | Fredericksburg | W 57-0 |
| 2 | October 13, 1906 | Moundsville, W.Va. | W 14-0 |
| 3 | October 14, 1906 | at Toledo Athletic Association Toledo Maroons The Toledo Maroons were a professional American football team based in Toledo, Ohio in the National Football League in 1922 and 1923. Prior to joining the NFL, the Maroons played in the unofficial "Ohio League" from 1902 until 1921.-Origins:... |
W 31-0 |
| 4 | October 20, 1906 | Pittsburgh Lyceum Pittsburgh Lyceum The Pittsburgh Lyceum were a professional hockey team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and were members of the Western Pennsylvania Hockey League. After the WPHL was revived for the 1907-08 season, it was deteremined that two new teams would be needed so that the league could go back to its four... |
W 8-0 |
| 5 | October 21, 1906 | Benwood (W.Va.) Athletic Club | W 49-0 |
| 6 | October 27, 1905 | at Pittsburgh Lyceum Pittsburgh Lyceum The Pittsburgh Lyceum were a professional hockey team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and were members of the Western Pennsylvania Hockey League. After the WPHL was revived for the 1907-08 season, it was deteremined that two new teams would be needed so that the league could go back to its four... |
W 12-0 |
| 7 | October 28, 1906 | Broadway A.C. of Cleveland | W 57-0 |
| 8 | November 4, 1906 | Deering Maroons | W 57-0 |
| 9 | November 16, 1906 | Massillon Tigers Massillon Tigers The Massillon Tigers were an early professional football team from Massillon, Ohio. Playing in the "Ohio League", the team was a rival to the pre-National Football League version of the Canton Bulldogs. The Tigers won Ohio League championships in 1903, 1904, 1905, and 1906, then merged to become... |
W 10-5 |
| 10 | November 24, 1906 | at Massillon Tigers Massillon Tigers The Massillon Tigers were an early professional football team from Massillon, Ohio. Playing in the "Ohio League", the team was a rival to the pre-National Football League version of the Canton Bulldogs. The Tigers won Ohio League championships in 1903, 1904, 1905, and 1906, then merged to become... |
L 13-6 |
| 11 | November 29, 1906 | Latrobe Athletic Association Latrobe Athletic Association The Latrobe Athletic Association was a professional football team located in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, from 1895 until 1909. The team is best known for being the first football club to play a full season while composed entirely of professional players... |
W 16-0 |