Dayton Colts
Established | 1946 |
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Folded | 1976 |
Based in | Dayton, Ohio |
League | Inter-State Semipro Football League (1947) Tristate Semipro Football League (1953) American Football Conference (1959–1961) Midwest Football League (1963–1969, 1971–1973, 1975) Ohio–Pennsylvania Football League (1974) |
League titles | 3 (1968, 1971, 1974) |
Division titles | 1 (1971) |
The Dayton Colts were a semi-professional football team that played from 1946 to 1949 and 1953 to 1975. The team was based in Ohio. It competed in the Inter-State Semipro Football League in 1947 as the Dayton Rockets; Tristate Semipro Football League in 1953 and American Football Conference from 1959 to 1961 as the Dayton Triangles; Midwest Football League from 1963 to 1969, 1971 to 1973, and 1975 as the Cedarville Spartans, Dayton Colts, Columbus Bucks, and Columbus Barons; and Ohio–Pennsylvania Football League in 1974 as the Bellbrook Colts. It was also known as the John Stanko Barons and Wiedemann Buds in 1948 and 1949.
History[]
Alex Rado iteration (1946–1949)[]
The Dayton Rockets fielded a team in 1946, coached by Alex Rado.[1] They won the Dayton semi-pro city championship over the , 12–7.[2] The team joined the Inter-State Semipro Football League in 1947.[3][4] They won the city championship over the Bombers again by a score of 32–0.[2] They were also known as Mickey's Rockets for the 1946 and 1947 seasons, due to a sponsorship with a local restaurant.[5]
The team became the John Stanko Barons for the 1948 season,[6] and played an independent schedule.[7] Tony Furst joined the coaching staff as the line coach during the season.[8] They went 7–1–1 in 1948 before playing in the city championship again opposite the Bombers,[2] which they won for the third year in a row with a score of 30–6.[9] Renamed the Wiedemann Buds,[10] they played for the city championship against the Dayton Bombers again in 1949[11] and won their fourth title, 25–6.[12]
Dayton Triangles (1953–1961)[]
The Dayton Rockets fielded a new team for the 1953 season under head coach Bob Puckett.[13] The Rockets became the Dayton Triangle Rockets in October 1953 through an arrangement with a town bar called the Triangle Bar.[14] The Triangles played in the Tristate Semipro Football League in 1953.[15]
In 1954, the Dayton Triangles were coached by ,[16] with Jack Lininger as an assistant coach.[17] The team went 5–2 in 1955.[18] John Pierce became head coach by 1956,[19] and the team went 8–1 on the season.[20]
The Triangles entered the Ohio Semi-Pro Football League for the 1957 season.[21] Dayton was named league champion and the "mythical" Ohio semi-professional football champion in 1957 after defeating the , 26–12.[22][23] They also earned the mythical Midwest semi-professional football title after beating the St. Louis Raiders.[23][24] They finished the season 12–0–1.[24] Bill Lange was named line coach of the team in 1958,[25] and they went 8–4 on the season.[26]
Lange became head coach of the Triangles in June 1959.[27] The Dayton Triangles played in the American Football Conference from 1959 to 1961.[28] They joined the league in July 1959.[29] The Triangles finished the season 3–5, placing third in the league standings.[30] Don "Butch" Zimmerman became the head coach in August 1960,[31] and they finished the season with an overall 7–7 record and 4–6 league record.[32] Zimmerman was re-signed for the 1961 season,[32] and the team finished last in the standings with a 3–7 record.[33] The AFC dissolved before the 1962 season, and the Triangles played an independent schedule for the season.[34] Ed McCracken became the head coach, with Zimmerman resigning to become the team's starting quarterback.[35] They went 4–2–1 on the season.[36]
Midwest Football League (1962–1975)[]
An application for a franchise from Dayton, Ohio, in the Midwest Football League was approved on March 11, 1962.[37] The Spartan Athletic Club received approval to join the league in April 1963,[38] and they initially chose a team name of Dayton Spartans.[39] They were later called the Cedarville Spartans.[40] The Spartans finished the 1963 season in second place with a 6–3–1 record,[a 1] and they won the Dayton city semi-professional football championship in a win over Hudson Bar, 7–6.[43]
McCracken was elected league commissioner in March 1964.[44] The Spartans became the Dayton Colts in 1964,[45] and they had a $7,000 budget for the season.[46] The team finished third in the league in 1964 with a 6–4–0 record.[42] They defeated Hudson Bar after the season, 32–6,[47] to win the Dayton semi-professional football championship for a second consecutive year.[48]
Dayton was purchased by a new ownership group in 1965.[49] The Colts had to cancel and forfeit a game against the due to bad weather.[50] Dayton scheduled the game to be played at a local high school football field, but the school would not allow the game to be played, citing a long-standing policy about wet fields.[50] Dayton was placed a one-year probation by the league as punishment.[51] Dayton went 5–2–1 in 1965, good for second in the league.[52]
John Abel from Pontiac was named commissioner of the league in January 1966, replacing McCracken, who resigned to be the head coach for the Dayton Colts.[53][54] The Dayton Colts played an exhibition game of basketball with the National Football League's Cleveland Browns in March 1966 as a fundraiser.[55] Dayton went 6–4 in 1966 and placed third in the league.[a 2]
In 1967, Dayton went 7–5 and placed fourth in the league.[57][58]
The Dayton Colts were sold to Recreation Projects, Inc. in April 1968.[59] The team went 12–0 during the season and were named league champions.[60] McCracken resigned as head coach before the last game of the season, with defensive coach Danny Bilovecky taking over for the final game.[61] In the all-star game on November 16, 1968, the Colts beat the team of league all-stars, 43–0.[62] They were the first team in league history to go undefeated in a season after posting a 12–0 record.[60]
Dayton went 10–4 in 1969, finishing second in the Lakes division.[63]
The Dayton Colts were suspended for the season due to financial conditions,[64] but fielded an independent team and played games against members of the league.[65][66]
The Dayton Colts returned to the league in 1971, moved to Columbus, Ohio, in April,[67] and became the Columbus Bucks.[68][69][70] The league prevented players being paid salaries for 1971 after financial struggles the previous season.[71] Bill Byrne, president of the Bucks, was elected vice president of the league in September 1971.[72] The team was coached by Bobby Benjamin.[73] The Bucks went 13–0–1 in the 1971 season and won the Lakes division.[74] The Bucks were scheduled to play the second-place team in the Central Division, the , in the first round of the playoffs, but the opponent was replaced by the Michigan Barons due to eligibility concerns with Flint's roster.[75] The Barons were made up of players from the Flint and rosters.[76] In the divisional round of the playoffs, Columbus beat the Barons, 34–0, on November 6, 1971.[77] On November 13, 1971, Columbus won the league championship with a win over Lansing, by a score of 20–17.[78] After the championship game, Columbus played against the of the .[79] The game was called the "Ohio Mini Super Bowl",[80] with Columbus winning 44–13 in the November 20 game.[81]
Benjamin returned as head coach in 1972,[82] and the Bucks went 7–3 in 1972, finishing third in the league.[42]
The Columbus Bucks became the Columbus Brewers before the 1973 season,[83] and then later the Columbus Barons.[84] Columbus had an agreement with the Cincinnati Bengals of the NFL to act as a farm team in 1973.[85] By August 1973, the NFL had sent $11,000 to MFL teams during the season in exchange for being able to sign 11 of their players, including four from Columbus.[86] Benjamin was coach again for 1973.[87] The Barons went 3–7 in 1973, placing fourth.[42] The team left the league before the start of the 1974 regular season,[88] becoming the Bellbrook Colts and joining the Ohio–Pennsylvania Football League for 1974.[70] They won the league championship after going 10–1 for the season.[89]
The Dayton Colts were brought back to the league for the 1975 season.[90] Dayton went 5–5 in 1975.[42] The team folded before the 1976 season.[91] Alumni of the Dayton Triangles and Colts held multiple reunions in the 1990s and 2000s.[92][93]
Season-by-season[]
Year | Team name | League | W | L | T | Finish | Coach | Postseason results |
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1946 | Dayton Rockets | Independent | No data available | Alex Rado | Dayton semipro city champions | |||
1947 | Inter-State Semipro Football League | Dayton semipro city champions | ||||||
1948 | John Stanko Barons | Independent | 8 | 1 | 1 | N/A | Dayton semipro city champions | |
1949 | Wiedemann Buds | No data available | Dayton semipro city champions | |||||
No team from 1950 to 1952 | ||||||||
1953 | Dayton Triangles | Tristate Semipro Football League | No data available | Bob Puckett | ||||
1954 | Independent | |||||||
1955 | 5 | 2 | 0 | N/A | No data available | |||
1956 | 8 | 1 | 0 | N/A | John Pierce | |||
1957 | Ohio Semi-Pro Football League | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1st | League champions Ohio semi-pro champions Midwest semi-pro champions | ||
1958 | Independent | 8 | 4 | 0 | N/A | |||
1959 | American Football Conference | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3rd | Bill Lange | ||
1960 | 4 | 6 | 0 | No data | Butch Zimmerman | |||
1961 | 3 | 7 | 0 | T-6th | ||||
1962 | Independent | 4 | 2 | 1 | N/A | Ed McCracken | ||
1963 | Cedarville Spartans | Midwest Football League | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2nd | Dayton semipro city champions | |
1964 | Dayton Colts | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3rd | Dayton semipro city champions | ||
1965 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2nd | ||||
1966 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3rd | ||||
1967 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 4th | ||||
1968 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1st | Ed McCracken (resigned before final game) Danny Bilovecky (final game) |
Midwest Football League champions | ||
1969 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2nd (Lakes) | Ed McCracken | |||
1970 | Independent | |||||||
1971 | Columbus Bucks | Midwest Football League | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1st (Lakes) | Bobby Benjamin | |
1972 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3rd | ||||
1973 | Columbus Barons | 3 | 7 | 0 | 4th | |||
1974 | Bellbrook Colts | Ohio–Pennsylvania Football League | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1st | Ed McCracken | Ohio–Pennsylvania Football League champions |
1975 | Dayton Colts | Midwest Football League | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2nd (Central) |
Notes[]
- ^ The Dayton Daily News reported the Cedarville Spartans' record for 1963 as 6–3–1,[41] while Outsiders II stated they had a 5–2–2 record with a note about missing information.[42]
- ^ The Lansing State Journal reported the Dayton Colts' final record as 5–4–1, which would be the third tie in the standings.[56] It is impossible for an odd-number of total ties to have occurred, and Outsiders II shows the Colts' record for 1966 as 6–4–0.[42]
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Bibliography[]
- Gill, Bob; Maher, Tod; Brainerd, Steve (2010). Outsiders II: Minor League and Independent Football 1951–1985. St. Johann Press. ISBN 9781878282651.
Further reading[]
- "They won crown at Hicksville". The Journal Herald. July 31, 1975. Retrieved April 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- Defunct American football teams in Ohio
- Sports in Dayton, Ohio
- Sports in Columbus, Ohio
- American football teams established in 1946
- American football teams disestablished in 1975
- 1946 establishments in Ohio
- 1975 disestablishments in Ohio
- Semi-professional American football