1923 Dayton Flyers football team explained

Year:1923
Team:Dayton Flyers
Sport:football
Conference:Independent
Record:4–5
Head Coach:Harry Baujan
Hc Year:1st
Stadium:Varsity Field
Prev:1922

The 1923 Dayton Flyers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Dayton as an independent during the 1923 college football season. The team compiled a 4–5 record.[1]

Harry Baujan was hired as Dayton's head football coach prior to the 1923 season. He had played football under Knute Rockne at Notre Dame.[2] In his first game as head coach, Baujan led Dayton to a 161-0 victory over the Indiana Central Normal School.

Baujan served as Dayton's head coach through the 1946 season and was posthumously inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1990.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2018 Dayton Flyers Media Guide. University of Dayton. 2018. 14.
  2. News: Beaujan Arrives Ready for Work. The Dayton Herald. September 4, 1923. 17. Newspapers.com.
  3. Web site: Harry Baujan. National Football Foundation. June 3, 2020.