1916 Canton Bulldogs season
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The 1916 Canton Bulldogs
season was their eighth season in the Ohio League
. The team finished 9-0-1 to clinch their first sole league title .
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 eighth 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 9-0-1 to clinch their first sole league title .
Schedule
| Game | Date | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | October 1, 1916 | Altoona Indians | W 23-0 |
| 2 | October 8, 1916 | Pitcairn Quakers Pitcairn Quakers The Pitcairn Quakers were a professional football team from Pitcairn, Pennsylvania. The team played as an independent from 1904 until 1920 and featured the best players in the community as well as some famous college-level players. A few of those players, were college All-Americans. At one time the... |
W 7-0 |
| 3 | October 15, 1916 | Buffalo All-Stars Buffalo (NFL) Buffalo, New York had a turbulent, early-era National Football League team that operated under three different names and several different owners between the 1910s and 1920s... |
W 77-0 |
| 4 | October 22, 1916 | New York All-Stars | W 68-0 |
| 5 | October 30, 1916 | Columbus Panhandles | W 12-0 |
| 6 | November 5, 1916 | Cleveland Indians | W 27-0 |
| 7 | November 12, 1916 | at Cleveland Indians | W 14-7 |
| 8 | November 19, 1916 | at Youngstown Patricians Youngstown Patricians The Youngstown Patricians were a semi-professional football team based in Youngstown, Ohio. In the 1910s, the team briefly held the professional football championship and established itself as a fierce rival of more experienced clubs around the country, some of which later formed the core of the... |
W 6-0 |
| 9 | November 26, 1916 | 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... |
T 0-0 |
| 10 | December 2, 1916 | 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 24-0 |
Top Ohio League team consensus standings
| 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... |
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| Canton Bulldogs 1916 Canton Bulldogs season The 1916 Canton Bulldogs season was their eighth season in the Ohio League. The team finished 9-0-1 to clinch their first sole league title .-Schedule:-Top Ohio League team consensus standings:-References:... |
9 | 0 | 1 |
| 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... |
7 | 1 | 2 |
| Cleveland Indians | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| Dayton Triangles Dayton Triangles The Dayton Triangles were an original franchise of the American Professional Football Association in 1920. The Triangles were based in Dayton, Ohio, and took their nickname from their home field, Triangle Park, which was located at the confluence of the Great Miami and Stillwater Rivers in north... |
9 | 1 | 0 |
| Toledo Maroons 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:... |
7 | 3 | 1 |
| Columbus Panhandles | 7 | 5 | 0 |
| Youngstown Patricians Youngstown Patricians The Youngstown Patricians were a semi-professional football team based in Youngstown, Ohio. In the 1910s, the team briefly held the professional football championship and established itself as a fierce rival of more experienced clubs around the country, some of which later formed the core of the... |
7 | 4 | 0 |
| Cincinnati Celts Cincinnati Celts The Cincinnati Celts was the first professional football team to play in Cincinnati, Ohio. The team played in the unofficial "Ohio League" and the American Professional Football Association . The Celts were a traveling team, playing all of their APFA games in other cities' stadia... |
5 | 4 | 1 |