1925 Dayton Triangles season
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National Football League team season
| 1925 Dayton Triangles season | |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Carl Storck |
| Home stadium | Traveling team |
| Results | |
| Record | 0–7–2 Overall 0–7–1 NFL |
| League place | T-16th NFL |
| |
The 1925 Dayton Triangles season was their sixth in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 2–6, losing seven games.[1] They tied for sixteenth place in the league.[2]
Schedule
[edit ]| Game | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Attendance | Recap | Sources | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | September 27 | at Rock Island Independents | T 0–0 | 0–0–1 | Douglas Park | 2,500 [3] | Recap | [4] [5] | |
| 2 | October 4 | at Canton Bulldogs | L 0–14 | 0–1–1 | League Field | Recap | |||
| 3 | October 18 | at Detroit Panthers | L 0–6 | 0–2–1 | Navin Field | 4,132 | Recap | ||
| 4 | October 24 | at Frankford Yellow Jackets | L 0–3 | 0–3–1 | Frankford Stadium | 2,000 | Recap | ||
| 5 | November 1 | at Akron Pros | L 3–17 | 0–4–1 | General Field | 2,500 | Recap | [6] | |
| – | November 8 | at Steubenville-Toronto | T 0–0 | — | — | ||||
| 6 | November 15 | at Green Bay Packers | L 0–7 | 0–5–1 | City Stadium | 3,000 | Recap | ||
| 7 | November 22 | at Chicago Cardinals | L 0–14 | 0–6–1 | Comiskey Park | 3,000 | Recap | ||
| 8 | November 29 | at New York Giants | L 0–23 | 0–7–1 | Polo Grounds | 18,000 | Recap | ||
| Note: Games in italics are against non-NFL teams. | |||||||||
Standings
[edit ]| NFL standings | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | STK | |||
| Chicago Cardinals * | 11 | 2 | 1 | .846 | 229 | 65 | W2 | ||
| Pottsville Maroons * | 10 | 2 | 0 | .833 | 270 | 45 | W5 | ||
| Detroit Panthers | 8 | 2 | 2 | .800 | 129 | 39 | W1 | ||
| New York Giants | 8 | 4 | 0 | .667 | 122 | 67 | W1 | ||
| Akron Pros | 4 | 2 | 2 | .667 | 65 | 51 | L2 | ||
| Frankford Yellow Jackets | 13 | 7 | 0 | .650 | 190 | 169 | W2 | ||
| Chicago Bears | 9 | 5 | 3 | .643 | 158 | 96 | W3 | ||
| Rock Island Independents | 5 | 3 | 3 | .625 | 99 | 58 | L1 | ||
| Green Bay Packers | 8 | 5 | 0 | .615 | 151 | 110 | W1 | ||
| Providence Steam Roller | 6 | 5 | 1 | .545 | 111 | 101 | L1 | ||
| Canton Bulldogs | 4 | 4 | 0 | .500 | 50 | 73 | L1 | ||
| Cleveland Bulldogs | 5 | 8 | 1 | .385 | 75 | 135 | L1 | ||
| Kansas City Cowboys | 2 | 5 | 1 | .286 | 65 | 97 | W1 | ||
| Hammond Pros | 1 | 4 | 0 | .200 | 23 | 87 | L3 | ||
| Buffalo Bisons | 1 | 6 | 2 | .143 | 33 | 113 | L4 | ||
| Rochester Jeffersons | 0 | 6 | 1 | .000 | 26 | 111 | L5 | ||
| Dayton Triangles | 0 | 7 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 84 | L7 | ||
| Duluth Kelleys | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 6 | 25 | L3 | ||
| Milwaukee Badgers | 0 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 7 | 191 | L6 | ||
| Columbus Tigers | 0 | 9 | 0 | .000 | 28 | 124 | L9 | ||
- Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.
* The Pottsville Maroons were suspended from the league in December,
and the Chicago Cardinals named the NFL champions.
References
[edit ]- ^ 1925 Dayton Triangles
- ^ Pro Football Archives 1925 Dayton Triangles
- ^ Estimates of the size of this crowd range from 1,500 (Moline Dispatch) to 3,000 (Dayton Herald). The middle estimate of the Davenport Daily Times appears here.
- ^ "Dayton Pros Hold Independents to Scoreless Tie: Triangles Present Stone Wall Defense in Pro Grid Battle," Davenport Daily Times, Sept. 28, 1925, p. 14.
- ^ R.E. Jeanes, "Rock Island and Dayton Play Scoreless Tie: Both Teams Display Lack of Punch in Slow Game Played on Field Covered with Mud," Rock Island Argus, Sept. 28, 1925, p. 14.
- ^ James D. Schemmer, "Pros Continue Drive for National Title; Defeat Dayton, 17–3: Fritz Pollard Again Shines in Akron's Victory Over Triangles on Muddy Gridiron Sunday," Akron Beacon Journal, Nov. 2, 1925, p. 20.