1923 Canton Bulldogs season
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The 1923
Canton Bulldogs
season was their fourth in the league
. The team improved on their previous output
of 10-0-2, winning eleven games. With the best record in the league, they were crowned the NFL Champions.
1923 NFL season
The 1923 NFL season was the 4th regular season of the National Football League. For the first time, all of the clubs that were considered to be part of the NFL fielded teams. The new teams that entered the league included the Duluth Kelleys, the St. Louis All Stars , and a new Cleveland Indians team...
Canton Bulldogs
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 fourth in the league
National Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
. The team improved on their previous output
1922 Canton Bulldogs season
- Week 1 : Louisville Brecks :at Lakeside Park, Canton, Ohio* Game time:* Game weather:* Game attendance: 4,500* Referee:Scoring Drives:* Canton - Miller 10 run...
of 10-0-2, winning eleven games. With the best record in the league, they were crowned the NFL Champions.
Schedule
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | September 30, 1923 | Hammond Pros Hammond Pros The Hammond Pros from Hammond, Indiana played in the National Football League from 1920 to 1926 as a traveling team.-History:The Pros were established by Paul Parduhn and Dr. Alva Young who was a boxing promoter, owner of a racing stable and a doctor and trainer for a semi-pro football team... |
W 17-0 |
| 2 | October 7, 1923 | Louisville Brecks | W 37-0 |
| 3 | October 14, 1923 | 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... |
W 30-0 |
| 4 | October 21, 1923 | at Chicago Bears Chicago Bears The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League... |
W 6-0 |
| 5 | October 28, 1923 | Akron Pros Akron Pros The Akron Pros were a professional football team located played in Akron, Ohio from 1908–1926. The team originated in 1908 as a semi-pro team named the Akron Indians, however name was changed to the Pros in 1920 as the team set out to become a charter member of the American Professional... |
W 7-3 |
| 6 | November 4, 1923 | at Chicago Cardinals | W 7-3 |
| 7 | November 11, 1923 | at Buffalo All-Americans 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... |
T 3-3 |
| 8 | November 18, 1923 | Oorang Indians Oorang Indians The Oorang Indians were a traveling team in the National Football League from LaRue, Ohio . The team was named after the Oorang dog kennels. It was a novelty team put together by the kennels' owner, Walter Lingo, for marketing purposes. All of the players were Native American, with Jim Thorpe as... |
W 41-0 |
| 9 | November 25, 1923 | at Cleveland Indians Cleveland Indians (NFL) The Cleveland Indians was a professional football team in the National Football League for the 1931 season. The 1931 team was a league-sponsored club that only played games on the road. The NFL intended to locate this team permanently in Cleveland... |
W 46-10 |
| 10 | November 29, 1923 | 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:... |
W 28-0 |
| 11 | December 2, 1923 | Buffalo All-Americans 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 14-0 |
| 12 | December 9, 1923 | at Columbus Tigers Columbus (NFL) The Columbus Panhandles were a professional football team from Columbus, Ohio who played in the "Ohio League" and later the American Professional Football Association, later renamed the National Football League... |
W 10-0 |
Standings
| NFL | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | STK | |
| Canton Bulldogs | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 246 | 19 | W-5 |
| Chicago Bears 1923 Chicago Bears season The 1923 Chicago Bears season was their fourth regular season completed in the National Football League. The club posted a 9-2-1 record under head coach/player George Halas earning them a second place finish in the team standings earning, the third time in the last four years... |
9 | 2 | 1 | .818 | 123 | 35 | W-1 |
| Green Bay Packers 1923 Green Bay Packers season The 1923 Green Bay Packers season was their third season in the National Football League. The club posted a 7-2-1 record under player/coach Curly Lambeau earning them third place... |
7 | 2 | 1 | .778 | 85 | 34 | W-5 |
| Milwaukee Badgers 1923 Milwaukee Badgers season The 1923 Milwaukee Badgers season was their second in the National Football League. The team improved on their previous league record of 2-4-3, winning seven games. They tied for third place in the league.-Schedule:*Games in italics are exhibition games.... |
7 | 2 | 3 | .778 | 100 | 49 | W-1 |
| Cleveland Indians 1923 Cleveland Indians (NFL) season The 1923 Cleveland Indians season was their third in the league. The team improved on their previous output of 3-5, losing only one game. They finished fifth in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:... |
3 | 1 | 3 | .750 | 52 | 49 | L-1 |
| Chicago Cardinals 1923 Chicago Cardinals season The 1923 Chicago Cardinals season was their fourth in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 8-3, losing four games. They finished sixth in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:... |
8 | 4 | 0 | .667 | 161 | 56 | L-1 |
| Duluth Kelleys 1923 Duluth Kelleys season The 1923 Duluth Kelleys season was their inaugural season in the league. The team finished 4-3, and finished seventh in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:... |
4 | 3 | 0 | .571 | 35 | 33 | L-3 |
| Buffalo All-Americans 1923 Buffalo All-Americans season The 1923 Buffalo All-Americans season was their fourth in the league and final season as the All-Americans. The team matched their previous output of 5-4-1, going 5-4-3. They finished eighth in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:... |
5 | 4 | 3 | .556 | 94 | 43 | L-1 |
| Columbus Tigers 1923 Columbus Tigers season The 1923 Columbus Tigers season was their fourth in the league and first season as the Tigers. The team improved on their previous output of 0-8, winning five games. They finished eighth in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:... |
5 | 4 | 1 | .556 | 119 | 35 | L-1 |
| Toledo Maroons 1923 Toledo Maroons season The 1923 Toledo Maroons season was their second in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 5-2-2, winning only three games. They finished tenth in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:... |
3 | 3 | 2 | .500 | 35 | 66 | L-1 |
| Racine Legion 1923 Racine Legion season The 1923 Racine Legion season was their second in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 6-4-1, winning only four games. They finished tenth in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:... |
4 | 4 | 0 | .500 | 86 | 76 | W-1 |
| Rock Island Independents 1923 Rock Island Independents season The 1923 Rock Island Independents season was their fourth in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 4-2-1, winning only two games. They finished twelfth in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:... |
2 | 3 | 3 | .400 | 84 | 62 | L-1 |
| Minneapolis Marines 1923 Minneapolis Marines season The 1923 Minneapolis Marines season was their third in the league. The team improved on their previous output of 1-3, winning two games. They finished thirteenth in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:... |
2 | 5 | 2 | .286 | 48 | 81 | L-1 |
| St. Louis All-Stars 1923 St. Louis All-Stars season The 1923 St. Louis All-Stars season was their sole season in the league. The team finished 1-4-2 in league play, and a 2-5-2 overall record finishing fourteenth in the standings.-Schedule:*Games in italics are against a non-league teams.-Standings:... |
1 | 4 | 2 | .200 | 25 | 74 | L-1 |
| Hammond Pros 1923 Hammond Pros season The 1923 Hammond Pros season was their fourth in the league. The team improved on their previous output of 0-5-1, winning one game. They finished fifteenth in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:... |
1 | 5 | 1 | .167 | 14 | 59 | L-4 |
| Akron Pros 1923 Akron Pros season The 1923 Akron Pros season was their fourth in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 3-5-2, winning only one game. They tied for sixteenth place in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:... |
1 | 6 | 0 | .143 | 25 | 74 | W-1 |
| Dayton Triangles 1923 Dayton Triangles season The 1923 Dayton Triangles season was their fourth in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 4-3-1, winning only one game. They tied for sixteenth place in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:... |
1 | 6 | 1 | .143 | 16 | 95 | L-2 |
| Oorang Indians 1923 Oorang Indians season The 1923 Oorang Indians season was their second and final season in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous league record of 3-6, winning only one NFL game. They finished eighteenth in the league.-Schedule:... |
1 | 10 | 0 | .091 | 50 | 257 | W-1 |
| Louisville Brecks 1923 Louisville Brecks season The 1923 Louisville Brecks season was their third season in the league and final season as the Brecks. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 1-3, losing all their games. They tied for nineteenth place in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:... |
0 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 90 | L-3 |
| Rochester Jeffersons 1923 Rochester Jeffersons season The 1923 Rochester Jeffersons season was their fourth in the league. The team equaled their previous output of 0-4-1, going 0-4. They tied for nineteenth place in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:... |
0 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 6 | 141 | L-4 |