1927 Dayton Triangles season
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.
| 1927 Dayton Triangles season | |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Lou Mahrt |
| Results | |
| Record | 1–6–1 |
| League place | 10th NFL |
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
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | September 18, 1927 | at Green Bay Packers | L 14–0 |
| 2 | September 24, 1927 | at Frankford Yellow Jackets | W 6–3 |
| 3 | October 2, 1927 | New York Yankees | L 6–3 |
| 4 | October 8, 1927 | at Frankford Yellow Jackets | T 0–0 |
| 5 | October 9, 1927 | at Chicago Cardinals | L 7–0 |
| 6 | October 23, 1927 | at Providence Steam Roller | L 7–0 |
| 7 | October 30, 1927 | at Chicago Bears | L 14–6 |
| 8 | November 13, 1927 | at Green Bay Packers | L 6–0 |
Standings
| NFL standings | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | STK | |||
| New York Giants | 11 | 1 | 1 | .917 | 197 | 20 | W9 | ||
| Green Bay Packers | 7 | 2 | 1 | .778 | 113 | 43 | W1 | ||
| Chicago Bears | 9 | 3 | 2 | .750 | 149 | 98 | W2 | ||
| Cleveland Bulldogs | 8 | 4 | 1 | .667 | 209 | 107 | W5 | ||
| Providence Steam Roller | 8 | 5 | 1 | .615 | 105 | 88 | W3 | ||
| New York Yankees | 7 | 8 | 1 | .467 | 142 | 174 | L4 | ||
| Frankford Yellow Jackets | 6 | 9 | 3 | .400 | 152 | 166 | L1 | ||
| Pottsville Maroons | 5 | 8 | 0 | .385 | 80 | 163 | L1 | ||
| Chicago Cardinals | 3 | 7 | 1 | .300 | 69 | 134 | L1 | ||
| Dayton Triangles | 1 | 6 | 1 | .143 | 15 | 57 | L4 | ||
| Duluth Eskimos | 1 | 8 | 0 | .111 | 68 | 134 | L7 | ||
| Buffalo Bisons | 0 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 8 | 123 | L5 | ||
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.