All-New Britain

Historic Football Games

(Connecticut)

All-New Britain

 1913 Home Field: Ranger Field, East Street
11/2    ?          Torrington  [not first game of season]
11/9    ?       at All-New Haven
11/16   ?          New Haven Crickets (H)
11/23   ?          All-New Haven (H)
11/27  W 13-0   at Rockville
11/30  T  0-0   at All-Bristol, at East Bristol Grounds 1,000
12/7    ?       at All-Bristol

 1914 Home Field: Ranger Field
10/25   ?       at Annex of New Haven
11/15   ?          Glendales (H)
11/23  W        at All-Hartfords, at Poli Field
11/30              All-Hartfords, at Hanover Park, Meriden
12/16           at New London Submarine Base


 1921 (__-0-__) Connecticut and New England Pro Champions

 1922 ~(6-2-3)
9/24   W  2-0      All-Bridgeport (H)
10/1   W  9-6      New Haven Nutmegs (H)
10/15  W 18-0      St. James (Bridgeport)
10/22  T  0-0   at West Sides, at Clarkin Field, Hartford [Charity Game]
10/29  L  0-15  at All-Bridgeport, Newfield Park [1st loss in two years]
11/5   L  0-7      Providence Steam Rollers
11/12  W  6-0      New London Submarine Base, at Hanover Park, Meriden 4,000
11/19  T  0-0   at West Sides
11/26  W  7-0   at All-Hartfords, Poli Field  [1st loss ever, in 3 years at home field]
11/30  T  0-0      All-Hartfords, at Hanover Park, Meriden
12/3   W  6-0      All-Bridgeport, at Hanover Park, Meriden State Championship
12/16   ?       at New London Submarine Base

 1923 (6-2-3) Home Field: Hoffman Field, East Street; Memorial Field from 11/18
9/30   W  7-0      St. James (Bridgeport) (H)
10/7   T  0-0      New Haven Blues (H)
10/14  W 47-0      Irish-American A.C. (Springfield, Mass.) (H)
10/21  W 53-0      Army & Navy (Manchester) (H)
10/28  L  3-10  at Providence Steam Rollers, at Kinsley Park
11/4   W 18-7   at All-Hartford, Clarkin Field 6,500
11/11  W 21-0   at Meriden Mohawks, Hanover Park
11/18  W  6-0      West Sides of Hartford, Memorial Field, Willow Brook (H) 5,000+
11/25  L  0-10  at Providence Steam Rollers 
11/29  T  0-0   at West Sides, Eastern League Park, Hartford (morning)
12/2   T  0-0      All-Bridgeport, at Hanover Park, Meriden
12/9  canceled  at All-Bridgeport [B'port wouldn't hold game due to low attendance]

 1924 (4-1-6) Coach: David I. Dunn; Home Field: Memorial Field, Willow Brook Park
9/21  canceled     Fort Wright (N.Y.) (H)  [couldn't make it.] 
9/21   W  3-0      All-Adams (H) 2,000
9/28   W  3-0      New Haven Hilltops (H)
10/5   T  6-6      Torrington (H)
10/12  T  0-0      New Haven Blues (H)
10/19  W  7-0      New London Submarine Base (H) 1,500
10/26  T  0-0   at Waterbury Blues, Brassco Park 5,500
11/2   W  7-0   at West Sides of Hartford, Easten League Baseball Grounds 5,700
11/9   L  0-9      Waterbury Blues (H) 3,600
11/16  T  0-0      All-Bridgeport (H) 1,700
11/23  no game  at Waterbury Blues
11/23  T  0-0   at West Sides of Hartford, Eastern League Park
11/27  no game     West Sides of Hartford
11/27  T  0-0      All-Hartfords (H)
12/7   no game     Waterbury Blues [Waterbury declines]
12/7   no game     Crimson A.C. (H)

 1925 (8-4-0) “Daileymen”  Coaches: “Ducky” Pond & David I. Dunn; Home Field: Memorial Field, Willow Brook Park
9/20   L  0-6      Frankford Yellow Jackets (NFL) (H) 3,500
9/27   W  6-0      Adams (H)
10/4   L  0-26     New York Giants (NFL) (H)
10/11  W  7-0   at West Sides of Hartford, Eastern League Ball Park
10/18  W  7-0      All-Norwalk (H) State Championship [65 yd. TD run by “Zip” Zehrer]
10/24  W  6-0      Cleveland Panthers (H)
10/25 rain out     New London Submarine Base (H)
11/1   W  3-0      West Sides of Hartford (H)
11/8   W 12-9   at Atlantic City Blue Tornados, Airport Stadium
11/15  W  6-0   at Hartford Blues, Eastern League Ball Park [orig. sched. at Clarkin Field] (a/k/a Mulligan Blues]
11/22  W 26-2      Quincy (H)			
11/26  L  0-7   at Frankford Yellow Jackets 15,000				
11/29  L  7-28  at Hartford Blues, Eastern League Park orig. sched. at Clarkin Field
12/   canceled     Providence Steam Rollers [“Ching” Hammill Benefit]

 1926 (4-3-0) Coach: Dave Hayes (Notre Dame); Home Field: Memorial Park at Willowbrook [no admission price this season]
9/19   W  7-6      New Haven Blues (H)
9/26   W 20-0      Holyoke Professionals (H)
10/3   L  0-7      Springfield Silvertowns (H)
10/10  L  0-19     New York Yankees (AFL), at Clarkin Field, Hartford 4,000
10/17  rain out    North Adams (H)
10/31  rain out    New London Submarine Base (H)
11/7   W 33-0      New London Submarine Base (H) 
11/11 canceled     Hartford Blues (NFL), at Velodrome, East Hartford [date dispute; New Britain fans can't make game & team can't reschedule to 11/13.]
11/14 canceled  at Brooklyn Horsemen (AFL), at Ebbets Field [On 11/12, the Horsemen merged with the Brooklyn Lions of NFL, becoming the Brooklyn Horse-Lions in NFL]
11/21  W 20-0      Newport Torpedo Station (H)
11/25 canceled     Hartford Blues (NFL), at Velodrome, East Hartford [due to previous cancelation]
11/28  L  2-10     Hartford Blues (NFL), at Velodrome, East Hartford 6,000+
12/     ?          Hartford Blues (NFL) [probably not played]

 1927 (6-4-0) Coach: Dave Dunn; Home Field: Memorial Field, at Willow Brook Park
9/25   W  6-0      All-Southern Collegiates (H) [“Butsy” Sturm 5 yd. TD run]
10/1   L  0-21  at Frankford Yellow Jackets (NFL) 5,000
10/2   L  0-22     Frankford Yellow Jackets (H) 3,500
10/9  rain out  at Staten Island Stapletons, Thompson Stadium
10/16  W 34-0      All-Bridgeport (H)
10/23  W 34-7      New London Submarine Base (H)
10/30  L  0-7   at Staten Island Stapletons, Thompson Stadium 4,000
11/6   no game     Hartford Giants [Dispute over site.] State Championship Series
11/6   W 42-0      Silvertown (Springfield) (H)
11/13  W 33-8   at Mohicans (Bridgeport) [Butsy Sturm 3 TDs, Radzevitch 55 yd. int. TD return.]
11/20  L  0-13  at Hartford Giants, at the Velodrome State Championship Series 4,000
11/27  W  9-0      Hartford Giants (H) State Championship Series
12/4  canceled     Hartford Giants (H) [Due to complex dispute.] State Championship Series
12/4  sleet out    Dave Hayes' Hartford (H)

 1928 
  No Team

 1929 Connecticut State League
  Withdraw from league before season. No Team

 1930 (Absorb disbanded New Britain Rams' players.)
11/2 No Game Played. No Team


Nicknames: “Hardware City” “Daileymen”
Manager: Ed Dailey

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