1928 Dayton Triangles season | |
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Owner | Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company |
Head coach | Faye Abbott |
Home field | Traveling team |
Results | |
Record | 0–7 |
League place | 10th NFL |
The 1928 Dayton Triangles season was their ninth in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 1–6–1, losing seven games. [1] They finished tenth in the league.
Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Recap |
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1 | September 29 | at Frankford Yellow Jackets | L 0–6 | 0–1 | Frankford Stadium | Recap |
2 | October 7 | at Chicago Cardinals | L 0–7 | 0–2 | Normal Park | Recap |
3 | October 14 | at Providence Steam Roller | L 0–28 | 0–3 | Cycledrome | Recap |
4 | October 20 | at Frankford Yellow Jackets | L 9–13 | 0–4 | Frankford Stadium | Recap |
5 | October 28 | at Green Bay Packers | L 0–17 | 0–5 | City Stadium | Recap |
6 | November 11 | at Chicago Bears | L 0–27 | 0–6 | Wrigley Field | Recap |
7 | November 29 | at Detroit Wolverines | L 0–33 | 0–7 | University of Detroit Stadium | Recap |
NFL standings | |||||||||
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W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | STK | |||
Providence Steam Roller | 8 | 1 | 2 | .889 | 128 | 42 | T1 | ||
Frankford Yellow Jackets | 11 | 3 | 2 | .786 | 175 | 84 | L1 | ||
Detroit Wolverines | 7 | 2 | 1 | .778 | 189 | 76 | W4 | ||
Green Bay Packers | 6 | 4 | 3 | .600 | 120 | 92 | W1 | ||
Chicago Bears | 7 | 5 | 1 | .583 | 182 | 85 | L2 | ||
New York Giants | 4 | 7 | 2 | .364 | 79 | 136 | L5 | ||
New York Yankees | 4 | 8 | 1 | .333 | 103 | 179 | W1 | ||
Pottsville Maroons | 2 | 8 | 0 | .200 | 74 | 134 | L1 | ||
Chicago Cardinals | 1 | 5 | 0 | .167 | 7 | 107 | L4 | ||
Dayton Triangles | 0 | 7 | 0 | .000 | 9 | 131 | L7 |
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.
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