1923 Dayton Flyers football team

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]

1923 Dayton Flyers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–5
Head coach
Home stadiumVarsity Field
Seasons
← 1922
1924 →
1923 Midwestern college football independents records
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

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 edit

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 29Indiana Central Normal
W 161–0[3]
October 6Duquesne
  • South Park Field
  • Dayton, OH
W 27–0[5]
October 13Transylvania
  • Varsity Field
  • Dayton, OH
W 35–0
October 20Marietta
  • Varsity Field
  • Dayton, OH
L 0–6
October 27at Canisius
L 0–12[6]
November 3John Carroll
L 0–27
November 17at LafayetteEaston, PAL 0–45[7]
November 24Wilmington
  • Varsity Field
  • Dayton, OH
W 34–0
November 29at AshlandAshland, OHL 2–12

References edit

  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. ^ a b "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.