1915 Massillon Tigers season

1915 Massillon Tigers season
Head coachStan Cofall
Home fieldHospital Grounds Stadium
Results
Record5–2

The 1915 Massillon Tigers football season was the sixth season of competition for the Massillon Tigers franchise, and their first season since 1907. The team posted a 5–2 record and obtained a share of the 1915 Ohio League Championship, with the Canton Bulldogs and the Youngstown Patricians.

Schedule

Game Date Opponent Result
1 October 10, 1915 Cleveland Blepp-Knits W 41–3
2 October 24, 1915 at Detroit Mack Park Maroons W 9–7
3 October 31, 1915 Columbus Panhandles L 0–16
4 November 7, 1915 at Martins Ferry Athletics W 47–0
5 November 14, 1915 Canton Bulldogs[a][b] W 16–0
6 November 21, 1915 at Toledo Maroons W 3–0
7 November 28, 1915 at Canton Bulldogs L 0–6

Notes

  1. ^ This was Jim Thorpe's first professional football game. He was used sparingly by coach Harry Hazlett. Hazlett was shortly thereafter fired by manager Jack Cusack for benching Thorpe, which Cusack felt may have cost Canton the game.
  2. ^ This was the first game between these two teams since the Canton Bulldogs–Massillon Tigers betting scandal of 1906.

Sources

  • "Thorpe Arrives" (PDF). PFRA Annual. Professional Football Researchers Association: 1–5. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 11, 2012.
  • Pro Football Archives: 1915 Massillon Tigers


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