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.[1] With the best record in the league, they were crowned the NFL Champions.
Schedule
| Game | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Attendance | Recap | Sources | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | September 30 | Hammond Pros | W 17–0 | 1–0 | Lakeside Park | 5,000 | Recap | ||
| 2 | October 7 | Louisville Brecks | W 37–0 | 2–0 | Lakeside Park | Recap | [2][3] | ||
| 3 | October 14 | Dayton Triangles | W 30–0 | 3–0 | Lakeside Park | Recap | [4][5][6] | ||
| 4 | October 21 | at Chicago Bears | W 6–0 | 4–0 | Cubs Park | Recap | [7] | ||
| 5 | October 28 | Akron Pros | W 7–3 | 5–0 | Lakeside Park | 2,500 | Recap | ||
| 6 | November 4 | at Chicago Cardinals | W 7–3 | 6–0 | Comiskey Park | 5,500 [8] | Recap | [9] | |
| 7 | November 11 | at Buffalo All-Americans | T 3–3 | 6–0–1 | Buffalo Baseball Park | 10,000 | Recap | ||
| 8 | November 18 | Oorang Indians | W 41–0 | 7–0–1 | Lakeside Park | 5,000 | Recap | ||
| 9 | November 25 | at Cleveland Indians | W 46–10 | 8–0–1 | Dunn Field | 17,000 | Recap | ||
| 10 | November 29 | Toledo Maroons | W 28–0 | 9–0–1 | Lakeside Park | 3,000 | Recap | ||
| 11 | December 2 | Buffalo All-Americans | W 14–0 | 10–0–1 | Lakeside Park | 4,000 | Recap | ||
| 12 | December 9 | at Columbus Tigers | W 10–0 | 11–0–1 | Neil Park | 1,700 | Recap | ||
| Note: Thanksgiving Day: November 29. | |||||||||
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.
References
- ^ 1923 Canton Bulldogs
- ^ "Brecks Swamped by Canton, 37 to 0," Louisville Courier-Journal, Oct. 8, 1923, p. 9.
- ^ "Canton Bulldogs Beat Louisville," Dayton Daily News, Oct. 8, 1923, p. 19.
- ^ "Triangle Team is Trimmed by Canton Eleven: Bulldogs Crush Local Gridders in Grid Game That Ends 30 to 0," Dayton Herald, Oct. 15, 1923, p. 14.
- ^ "Canton Bulldogs Wallop Triangles: Defeat Dayton Eleven, 30 to 0, in Third Successive Victory of Season," Cleveland Plain Dealer, Oct. 15, 1923, p. 17.
- ^ "Triangles Are Downed by Canton Bulldogs," Dayton Daily News, Oct. 15, 1923, p. 11.
- ^ "Henry's Two Kicks Defeat Bears in Debut at Home," Chicago Tribune, Oct. 22, 1923, p. 28.
- ^ Pro Football Reference has this crowd as 6,000.
- ^ Joe Ziemba, When Football Was Football: The Chicago Cardinals and the Birth of the NFL. Chicago: Triumph Books, 1999; p. 399.