1927 Dayton Triangles season explained

Team:Dayton Triangles
Year:1927
Record:1–6–1
League Place:10th NFL
Coach:Lou Mahrt

The 1927 Dayton Triangles season was their eighth in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 1–4–1, losing six games.[1] They finished tenth in the league.

On September 24, the Triangles defeated the Frankford Yellow Jackets in Philadelphia, which would be their final NFL win, despite playing two more seasons in the league. The following week, the New York Yankees came to Triangle Park and won, 6–3, in the last NFL game the Triangles would ever play in Dayton. (Seven years later, the Cincinnati Reds moved their first home game of the 1934 season to Triangle Park, losing to the Chicago Cardinals, 9–0; this would prove to be the final NFL game in Dayton.)

Schedule

WeekDateOpponentResult
1September 18, 1927 at Green Bay PackersL 14–0
2September 24, 1927at Frankford Yellow JacketsW 6–3
3October 2, 1927 New York YankeesL 6–3
4October 8, 1927at Frankford Yellow JacketsT 0–0
5October 9, 1927at Chicago CardinalsL 7–0
6October 23, 1927at Providence Steam RollerL 7–0
7October 30, 1927at Chicago BearsL 14–6
8November 13, 1927at Green Bay PackersL 6–0

Notes and References

  1. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/day/1927.htm 1927 Dayton Triangles