1115:. The Bulldogs, under new management, moved their home games to Long Beach, CA, where they played their only home game at Wilson High School's Stephen's Field on October 17, 1948, defeating the Hollywood Bears, 21–7 . After playing all of their scheduled road games and the one home game, the Bulldogs were one game behind the Hawaiians, who clinched a tie for the league title with a 5–1 record. The Bulldogs had a 3–1 record and could tie the Warriors if they beat San Francisco and Hollywood in Long Beach, but after drawing only 850 in their first home game, the Bulldogs did not try to play the two rescheduled games, cancelling them instead. The existence of the Bulldogs came to an end; the PCPFL succumbed before the beginning of the 1949 season.
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was contemplating the suspension of the team for 1943 when the league gave a “leave of absence” to the
Hollywood Bears, whose owner and star were both unavailable for competition. As a result, Corcoran was able to sign most of the Bears (including Kink Richards), and the Bulldogs had the manpower to
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American Football League, playing games against NFL teams became an option for the Bulldogs again for 1938 as they returned to independent status. The season featured games against the Pittsburgh Pirates, both Chicago NFL teams, and the Cleveland Rams, plus two games
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Oakland Giants after a two-season absence, and the addition of the Richmond Boilermakers (who dropped out midway through league play), the Alameda Mustangs (who moved to San Jose in 1944), and the Los Angeles Mustangs resulted in
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Bulldogs as a cost containment measure helped the league inch toward its demise as the Bulldogs overwhelmed the rest of the league in the first half of the season and completed its perfect season at home in the second half. The Shamrocks and Yankees,
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Bulldogs prepared to defend their second PCPFL title (their first since 1940), the league was starting to come apart at the seams in 1947. The runners-up of 1946 (Tacoma) was gone, as were longtime league members Hollywood, San Diego, and Oakland. The emerging Hawaiian Warriors played all
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Bulldogs, a gambling scandal involving the Hawaiians further reduced whatever fan interest remained for the PCPFL. Fourteen Hawaiian Warriors were suspended, either “permanently” or “indefinitely,” for their part in the scandal. With the departure of Salt Lake and
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56–14 in mid-December. As the season ended, the
Bulldogs’ 7–1 (.875) record had them placed atop the league standings, ahead of Cincinnati’s 6–2 (.750) and Columbus’ 9–4 (.692). Yet in a league meeting on January 7, 1940, Columbus was declared the league champion, with a 9–2 (.818) record.
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participate in the 1943 PCPFL season. The reconstituted team finished in fifth place with a 3–4 record, one win behind
Freelove’s Mustangs (4–4), which finished in a tie for second with Oakland. The San Diego Bombers won its second consecutive league title with a 7–1 record.
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their games in Honolulu, depriving the mainlanders an opportunity of playing them in front of a home crowd, and competition from the Dons and the Rams are proving too much for owner Jerry Corcoran, who eventually sold the Bulldogs as he was drowning in
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competed against the PCPFL teams in addition to March Field, another service team. Schissler’s Bears, handicapped by the absence of their owner-coach and the unavailability of Kenny Washington, went winless in league play under interim player-coach
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led the league in scoring as the Bulldogs marched through the American Football League’s schedule, being the first professional football team to win all their contests and win the league championship in the same season.
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just before the league changed its name to the American Professional Football League. The two newcomers dominated their new league, finishing with the two greatest winning percentages, but at the league meetings, the
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to pitch their teams for possible expansion. While Myers had a “probationary franchise” and an implied promise that the team would join the league, the NFL owners chose
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left the Rangers and signed with the Bulldogs soon afterward). Helped by the defection, the Bulldogs improved to 5–5–1 with the help of a newly signed quarterback,
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Outsiders: Minor League And Independent Football, 1923-1950
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360:Ray Richards
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137:Bill Sargent
132:Ike Frankian
123:Head coaches
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96:Team history
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1695:Fenway Park
1198:Independent
1156:Independent
1005:of the new
889:Unlike the
752:1936 season
481:Bill Howard
352:Harry Myers
344:Los Angeles
334:Team origin
245:(the NFL's
148:Harry Myers
108:Team colors
1740:Categories
1440:187828245X
1419:References
1052:, lineman
1027:Sacramento
977:color line
897:, and the
831:East Coast
506:bold print
461:second AFL
366:) and end
187:1940, 1946
161:(1936–37)
134:(1938–48)
129:(1936–37)
1095:1947–1948
1048:halfback
957:San Diego
922:1943–1945
846:1940–1942
449:Cleveland
380:Roy Berry
261:based in
251:first AFL
192:Mascot(s)
91:(1939–48)
1668:Stadiums
1019:Honolulu
953:Portland
878:and the
516:Opponent
500:14, 1937
403:Ed Stark
255:Wildcats
249:and the
154:Owner(s)
52:Based in
1594:Seasons
1409:) – as
1138:Finish
1102:red ink
1066:forfeit
949:Seattle
445:Houston
378:alumni
370:of the
318:in the
263:Chicago
195:bulldog
86:(1939)
79:(1937)
36:Founded
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893:, the
866:, and
767:owner
743:13–10
726:Dec 26
715:Dec 19
700:Dec 12
695:17–14
674:Nov 25
659:Nov 21
644:Nov 14
616:Oct 24
605:Oct 17
592:Oct 14
575:Oct 13
541:Sep 22
524:Sep 10
519:Score
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374:) and
350:hired
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71:League
44:Folded
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689:Dec 5
668:45–26
653:48–21
639:13–0
633:Nov 7
611:28–7
600:13–7
558:Oct 3
475:back
1606:1937
1601:1936
1436:ISBN
1393:1948
1372:1947
1351:1946
1330:1945
1309:1944
1288:1943
1267:1942
1246:1941
1225:1940
1218:APFA
1204:1939
1185:1938
1163:1937
1143:1936
1126:Year
996:1946
951:and
732:7–3
709:14–3
683:27–0
627:17–7
586:14–0
569:20–9
552:27–6
535:21–0
513:Date
447:and
307:”).
217:The
184:wins
175:1937
171:wins
58:and
47:1948
39:1936
1178:AFL
1062:vs.
973:MVP
955:to
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