1949 New York Bulldogs season

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1949 New York Bulldogs season
Owner Ted Collins [1]
Head coach Charley Ewart
Home stadium Polo Grounds
Radio partner WEAF
Results
Record1–10–1
Division place5th NFL Eastern
PlayoffsDid not qualify

The 1949 New York Bulldogs season was their first season in New York in the National Football League (NFL), and the continuation of the Dayton Triangles franchise, after having played five years as the Boston Yanks, and last as the Bulldogs (subsequently becoming the New York Yanks). They finished 1–10–1, [2] last place in the Eastern Division and the worst record in the ten-team league.

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The head coach was Charley Ewart, previously the general manager (and backfield coach) for the Philadelphia Eagles who played college football at Yale. [1] [3] Signed to a three-year contract, [3] he resigned the day after the regular season's final game, a 27–0 home loss to Pittsburgh with just over 4,000 in attendance. [4]

NFL Draft

RoundPickPlayerPositionSchool
13 Doak Walker Halfback Southern Methodist

Source: [5]

Halfback Doak Walker was selected as a "future pick" after his Heisman Trophy-winning junior season, but he stayed at SMU for his senior season in 1949. (He missed the 1946 season due to military service.) Walker's draft rights were traded to the Detroit Lions, where his hall of fame career began in 1950. [6]

Schedule

WeekDateOpponentResultRecordVenueRecap
1September 22 Philadelphia Eagles L 0–70–1 Polo Grounds Recap
2September 30 New York Giants L 14–380–2Polo Grounds Recap
3October 7 Green Bay Packers L 0–190–3Polo Grounds Recap
4October 16at Washington Redskins L 14–380–4 Griffith Stadium Recap
5October 23at Pittsburgh Steelers L 13–240–5 Forbes Field Recap
6October 30 Washington Redskins T 14–140–5–1Polo Grounds Recap
7November 6at New York Giants W 31–241–5–1Polo Grounds Recap
8November 13 Chicago Cardinals L 20–651–6–1Polo Grounds Recap
9November 20at Philadelphia Eagles L 0–421–7–1 Shibe Park Recap
10November 27at Los Angeles Rams L 20–421–8–1 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Recap
11December 4at Detroit Lions L 27–281–9–1 Briggs Stadium Recap
12December 11 Pittsburgh Steelers L 0–271–10–1Polo Grounds Recap
Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text.

Standings

NFL Eastern Division
WLTPCTDIVPFPASTK
Philadelphia Eagles 1110.9178–0364134W8
Pittsburgh Steelers 651.5454–4224214W1
New York Giants 660.5003–5287298L2
Washington Redskins 471.3643–4–1268339L1
New York Bulldogs 1101.0911–6–1153368L5
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.
NFL Western Division
WLTPCTDIVPFPASTK
Los Angeles Rams 822.8006–1–1360239W1
Chicago Bears 930.7506–2332218W6
Chicago Cardinals 651.5454–3–1360301L1
Detroit Lions 480.3332–6237259W2
Green Bay Packers 2100.1671–7114329L6

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

References

  1. 1 2 "Ewart is selected to coach Bulldogs". Milwaukee Journal. Associated Press. February 3, 1949. p. 6, part 2.
  2. ↑ "1949 New York Bulldogs". Pro-Football-Reference.com .
  3. 1 2 "Collins signs Ewart as coach". Lewiston Daily Sun. Maine. Associated Press. February 3, 1949. p. 15.
  4. ↑ "Bulldogs' Ewart resigns, solves Collins' problem". Free Lance-Star. Fredericksburg, Virginia. Associated Press. December 12, 1949. p. 11.
  5. ↑ "Reference at www.pro-football-reference.com". Pro-Football-Reference.com . Archived from the original on October 30, 2010. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Detroit obtains draft rights to Doak Walker". St. Petersburg Times. Florida. Associated Press. January 22, 1950. p. 33.
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