1906 Massillon Tigers season

American football team season August 2023 Massillon Tigers 1906 10–1 1st (Ohio League) Sherburn Wightman Hospital Grounds Stadium 1907 The 1906 Massillon Tigers football season was their fourth season in existence. The team finished with a record of 10-1 and won their fourth Ohio League championship in as many years. However a scandal, revolving around the Tigers championship game against the Canton Bulldogs, tainted the 1906 title and, along with escalating player salaries, reportedly helped ruin professional football in Ohio until the mid-1910s. Schedule Game Date Opponent Result 1 September 29, 1906 Pittsburgh Lyceum W 19–0 2 October 6, 1906 Muskingum College W 96–0 3 October 13, 1906 at Benwood Athletic Club W 22–0 4 October 20, 1906 Shelby Athletic Club W 57–0 5 October 27, 1906 Combined Benwood-Moundsville TeamThis game showcased the first recorded use of the forward pass in the professional football game. Massillon's QB Peggy Parratt completed the pass to Bullet Riley. W 60–0https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Xy0bAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tEgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2950,5466078&dq=1903+massillon+tigers&hl=en Punts and Passes October 26, 1906 The Pittsburg Press 22 The Massillon Tigers yesterday defeated the Benwood team by the score of 60 to 0. It will take a fast aggregation to stop that Massillon bunch. 6 October 29, 1906 at Toledo Athletic Association W 49–0 7 November 3, 1906 Wilmington Orange W 77–0 8 November 6, 1906 Pittsburgh Lyceum W 33–0 9 November 16, 1906 at Canton BulldogsGame is the focus of the Canton Bulldogs–Massillon Tigers betting scandal. L 10–5 10 November 24, 1906 Canton BulldogsGame is the focus of the Canton Bulldogs–Massillon Tigers betting scandal.This was the deciding game for the Ohio League title. W 13–6 11 November 29, 1906 at Heston's All-Western Collegiate All-Stars (Chicago, IL)'Willie' Heston Has Leg Broken In Game https://www.newspapers.com/image/118686382/?terms=heston%20football&match=1 28 December 2020 Detroit Free Press 30 November 1906 W 9–4 Game notes References Blondy Wallace and the Biggest Football Scandal Ever PFRA Annual Professional Football Researchers Association 5 1984 1–16 http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Coffin_Corner/06-An-209.pdf dead https://web.archive.org/web/20101218230900/http://profootballresearchers.org/Coffin_Corner/06-An-209.pdf 2010-12-18 Category:Massillon Tigers seasons Category:1906 in sports in Ohio Massillon Tigers