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Bulldogs had an average 14,000 attendance for its 1937 home games, comparable to the draws of the Rams, Shamrocks, and Yankees the previous year, but Cleveland's absence and decline of the other two 1936 contenders (both on the field and in the stands) proved devastating to the AFL. Of the six
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Only two teams in the AFL finished with a .500 or better record in 1937: the
Rochester Tigers and the team that was rejected when the NFL admitted the Rams, the Los Angeles Bulldogs The West Coast newcomers dominated the league, finishing 8–0–0, the first perfect season (no losses, no ties) by a
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were hit hard by the raiding of their rosters by the NFL, a counterpoint to the latter's method of building its squad; as a result, both wound up with losing records (Boston's 2–5–0 and New York's 2–3–1). Cincinnati's
Bengals almost matched the Yankees in their futility, finishing with a 2–3–2
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AFL teams, only Los
Angeles made a profit. With the league owners having lost their optimism, the second American Football League came to an end. The Cincinnati Bengals and Los Angeles Bulldogs continued their existence as independent teams while the other AFL franchises ceased to exist.
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541:
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60:
29:
691:
574:
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344:
21:
186:
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72:
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41:
37:
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253:
68:
64:
665:
594:
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511:
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45:
8:
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48:, the latter being the first professional football team to play its home games on the
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limped through with a paucity of fan support. The defending champion
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Carroll, Michael Gershman, David Neft, and John Thorn,
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team while winning its league championship (the 1948
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59:folding after playing only three games. After a
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55:The season got off to a rocky start, with the
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392:History of Football in Western New York
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20:is the second and final season of the
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528:American Football League (1936–1937)
487:1936 American Football League season
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473:- Xavier University Hall of Fame
687:American Football League (1936)
22:second American Football League
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416:The Great American Sport Book
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92:would later match the feat).
651:Municipal Stadium (Syracuse)
7:
480:
471:Biography of Hal Pennington
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357:, Los Angeles (quarterback)
24:. After the folding of the
10:
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692:1937 in American football
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600:Syracuse/Rochester Braves
570:Brooklyn/Rochester Tigers
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372:, Los Angeles (fullback)
32:and the departure of the
26:Syracuse/Rochester Braves
367:, Los Angeles (halfback)
63:move from Brooklyn, the
38:National Football League
362:, Cincinnati (halfback)
347:, Los Angeles (tackle)
40:, the league added the
337:, Cincinnati (center)
332:, Los Angeles (guard)
327:, Cincinnati (tackle)
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315:All-League selections
595:Pittsburgh Americans
585:Los Angeles Bulldogs
322:, Los Angeles (end)
284:Pittsburgh Americans
134:Los Angeles Bulldogs
57:Pittsburgh Americans
46:Los Angeles Bulldogs
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71:and 1936 contender
50:American West Coast
661:Triborough Stadium
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224:Cincinnati Bengals
42:Cincinnati Bengals
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418:(Doubleday 1978)
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656:Red Wing Stadium
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194:New York Yankees
164:Rochester Tigers
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103:
86:Cleveland Browns
73:New York Yankees
69:Boston Shamrocks
65:Rochester Tigers
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100:Final standings
18:1937 AFL season
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365:Al Nidelazri
355:Harry Newman
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217:Jack McBride
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636:Fenway Park
370:Gordon Gore
350:Red Fleming
345:Harry Field
307:Jess Quatse
30:1936 season
681:Categories
376:References
320:Bill Moore
360:Don Geyer
187:Mike Palm
609:Stadiums
481:See also
395:Archived
82:football
76:record.
44:and the
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