1929 Dayton Triangles season
| 1929 Dayton Triangles season | |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Faye Abbott |
| Results | |
| Record | 0–6 |
| League place | 12th NFL |
| Playoff finish | No playoffs until 1932 |
The 1929 Dayton Triangles season was their tenth and final season in the league. As a traveling team, they played all six games on the road, finishing last in the league.
The franchise was sold and relocated to Brooklyn after the season, having lost its final seventeen games over a span of three seasons.[1] During this stretch, the team was outscored 301–22.[2][3][4]
History
[edit]The 1929 Triangles were coached by Faye Abbott, his second and final season of coaching. Abbott had previously played for the Triangles; between coaching and playing, he participated in 70 of the Triangles' 77 games as a franchise. The franchise was winless under Abbott's head coaching. With the franchise relocating, Abbott would be the Triangles' fourth and final head coach.
The Dayton Triangles were limited to only seven points[5] throughout the entire 1929 season, making them the last team in NFL history to score under ten points in a season. Their lone touchdown and scoring play of the season was scored on a 30-yard fumble recovery by Left Guard Al Graham (followed by a Pat Duffy extra-point kick) against the Frankford Yellowjackets.
With the team's ceasing operations in Dayton, the NFL lost is longest-lasting traveling team (1920–1929), and the final traveling team until the Dallas Texans in 1952.
Schedule
[edit]| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Attendance | Recap | Sources | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | September 22 | at Green Bay Packers | L 0–9 | 0–1 | City Stadium | 5,000 | Recap | ||
| 2 | September 28 | at Frankford Yellow Jackets | L 7–14 | 0–2 | Frankford Stadium | 7,000 | Recap | ||
| 3 | September 29 | at Providence Steam Roller | L 0–41 | 0–3 | Cycledrome | 8,500 | Recap | ||
| 4 | October 6 | at Staten Island Stapletons | L 0–12 | 0–4 | Thompson Stadium | 6,000 | Recap | ||
| 5 | October 13 | at Boston Bulldogs | L 0–41 | 0–5 | Braves Field | 1,000[6] | Recap | [7] | |
| — | Bye | ||||||||
| 6 | November 24 | at Chicago Cardinals | L 0–19 | 0–6 | Comiskey Park | "a few hundred" | Recap | [8] | |
Standings
[edit]| NFL standings | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | STK | |||
| Green Bay Packers | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 198 | 22 | W2 | ||
| New York Giants | 13 | 1 | 1 | .929 | 312 | 86 | W4 | ||
| Frankford Yellow Jackets | 10 | 4 | 5 | .714 | 129 | 128 | W1 | ||
| Chicago Cardinals | 6 | 6 | 1 | .500 | 154 | 83 | W1 | ||
| Boston Bulldogs | 4 | 4 | 0 | .500 | 98 | 73 | L1 | ||
| Staten Island Stapletons | 3 | 4 | 3 | .429 | 89 | 65 | L2 | ||
| Providence Steam Roller | 4 | 6 | 2 | .400 | 107 | 117 | L1 | ||
| Orange Tornadoes | 3 | 5 | 4 | .375 | 35 | 80 | L1 | ||
| Chicago Bears | 4 | 9 | 2 | .308 | 119 | 227 | L1 | ||
| Buffalo Bisons | 1 | 7 | 1 | .125 | 48 | 142 | W1 | ||
| Minneapolis Red Jackets | 1 | 9 | 0 | .100 | 48 | 185 | L7 | ||
| Dayton Triangles | 0 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 7 | 136 | L6 | ||
- Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.
References
[edit]- ^ Dayton Triangles Franchise Encyclopedia
- ^ 1929 Dayton Triangles
- ^ 1928 Dayton Triangles
- ^ 1927 Dayton Triangles
- ^ 1929 Dayton Triangles
- ^ Pro Football Reference has this crowd at 800.
- ^ Ford Sawyer, "Bulldogs Win, 41–0, Before 1000 Fans: Stockton, Wentworth, and Kittridge Stand Out," Boston Globe, Oct. 14, 1929, p. 8.
- ^ "Triangles Lose Again; This Time to the Cards: Nevers Gets All Points in 19–0 Victory," Chicago Tribune, Nov. 25, 1929, p. 25.