1923 Dayton Flyers football team

1923 Dayton Flyers football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–5
Head coach	Harry Baujan (1st season)
Home stadium	Varsity Field
Seasons ←  1922 1924  →

1923 Midwestern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Marquette			–					8	–	0	–	0
Notre Dame			–					9	–	1	–	0
Western State Normal (MI)			–					6	–	1	–	1
Haskell			–					11	–	2	–	1
Butler			–					7	–	2	–	0
Central Michigan			–					5	–	1	–	2
Baldwin–Wallace			–					5	–	2	–	1
Cincinnati			–					6	–	3	–	0
Loyola (IL)			–					6	–	3	–	0
Saint Louis			–					5	–	3	–	1
Detroit			–					4	–	3	–	2
Wabash			–					4	–	3	–	2
John Carroll			–					4	–	4	–	1
Valparaiso			–					2	–	2	–	1
Dayton			–					4	–	5	–	0
Michigan Agricultural			–					3	–	5	–	0
Fairmount			–					2	–	4	–	2
Kent State			–					0	–	5	–	0

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. ^[3]

Baujan served as Dayton's head coach through the 1946 season and was posthumously inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1990. ^[4]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 29	Indiana Central Normal	Varsity Field Dayton, OH	W 161–0	[3]
October 6	Duquesne	South Park Field Dayton, OH	W 27–0	[5]
October 13	Transylvania	Varsity Field Dayton, OH	W 35–0
October 20	Marietta	Varsity Field Dayton, OH	L 0–6
October 27	at Canisius	Canisius Field Buffalo, NY	L 0–12	[6]
November 3	John Carroll	Dunn Field Cleveland, OH	L 0–27
November 17	at Lafayette	Easton, PA	L 0–45	[7]
November 24	Wilmington	Varsity Field Dayton, OH	W 34–0
November 29	at Ashland	Ashland, OH	L 2–12

References

1. "2018 Dayton Flyers Media Guide" (PDF). University of Dayton. 2018. p. 14.
2. "Beaujan Arrives Ready for Work". The Dayton Herald. September 4, 1923. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "U.D. Wins Opener By 161-0 Score: Varsity Eleven Rolls Over Foe in One-Sided Grid Clash". Dayton Daily News. September 30, 1923. p. II-10 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Harry Baujan". National Football Foundation. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
5. "Varsity Machine Rolls Up Win Over Duquesne By Score of 27 to 0". Dayton Daily News. October 7, 1923. pp. Sports 1, 4 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Canisius Downs Dayton, 12-0". Buffalo Express. October 28, 1923 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Dayton University Blanked By Lafayette Grid Squad". The Morning Call. November 18, 1923. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.