1919 Canton Bulldogs season

American football team season

1919 Canton Bulldogs season

Owner| Ralph Hay
Head coach| Jim Thorpe
Home stadium| League Field
Results
Record| 9–0–1
League place| 1st

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The 1919 Canton Bulldogs season was their tenth season in the Ohio League, and their last before entering the National Football League in 1920. The team finished 9–0–1.

## Schedule

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The table below was compiled using the information from The Pro Football Archives, which uses various contemporary newspapers.[1] For the results column, the winning team's score is posted first followed by the result for the Bulldogs. For the attendance, if a cell is greyed out and has "N/A", then that means there is an unknown figure for that game. The green-colored rows indicates a win.

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1  | October 5  | Pitcairn Quakers | W 13–7  | 1–0  | Lakeside Park | 2,000  |
2  | October 12  | Toledo Navy | W 64–0  | 2–0  | Lakeside Park  |  |
3  | October 19  | Columbus Panhandles | W 22–3  | 3–0  | Lakeside Park  | 2,000  |
4  | October 26  | at Detroit Heralds | W 27–0  | 4–0  | Navin Field |  |
5  | November 2  | Akron Indians | W 19–7  | 5–0  | Lakeside Park  | 9,000  |
6  | November 9  | at Hammond All-Stars | T 3–3  | 5–0–1  | Cubs Park | 10,000  |
7  | November 16  | Massillon Tigers | W 23–0  | 6–0–1  | Lakeside Park  | 10,000  |
8  | November 23  | at Akron Indians  | W 14–0  | 7–0–1  | Liberty Park  | 7,000  |
9  | November 27  | at Hammond All-Stars  | W 7–0  | 8–0–1  | Cubs Park  | 12,000  |
10  | November 30  | Massillon Tigers  | W 3–0  | 9–0–1  | Lakeside Park  | 7,000  |
11  | December 7  | at Rock Island Independents | Cancelled |

## Game notes

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1. ^ "1919 Canton Bulldogs". The Pro Football Archives. Maher Sports Media. Retrieved March 26, 2012.

## References

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* "Twilight" (PDF). PFRA Annual. Professional Football Researchers Association: 1–10\. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 11, 2012.

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Canton Bulldogs

* Defunct Ohio League and National Football League club 1905–27
* Formerly the Canton Athletic Club and the Canton Professionals
* Based in Canton, Ohio

The franchise|

* History
* Players

NFL championships (2)|

* 1922 NFL Championship
* 1923 NFL Championship

Ohio League championships (3)|

* 1916
* 1917
* 1919

Rivalries|

* Massillon Tigers
* Shelby Blues
* Akron Pros
* Latrobe Athletic Association

Lore|

* Canton Bulldogs–Massillon Tigers betting scandal
* Cleveland Bulldogs
* Jim Thorpe – All-American
* Ralph Hay
* Pro Football Hall of Fame
* Ralph Hay Pioneer Award

Head coaches|

* Blondy Wallace
* Jack Cusack
* Jim Thorpe
* Cap Edwards
* Guy Chamberlin
* Harry Robb
* Pete Henry

Seasons|

* 1905
* 1906
* 1907
* 1908
* 1909
* 1910
* 1911
* 1912
* 1913
* 1914
* 1915
* 1916
* 1917
* 1918
* 1919
* 1920
* 1921
* 1922
* 1923
* 1924
* 1925
* 1926

Championship seasons in bold

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Canton Bulldogs seasons

* 1905
* 1906
* 1907
* 1908
* 1909
* 1910
* 1911
* 1912
* 1913
* 1914
* 1915
* 1916
* 1917
* 1918
* 1919
* 1920
* 1921
* 1922
* 1923
* 1924
* 1925
* 1926

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Italics indicates either sole possession or a share of the Ohio League title
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