1906 Massillon Tigers season

1906 Massillon Tigers season
Head coach	Sherburn Wightman
Home field	Hospital Grounds Stadium
Results
Record	9–1
League place	1st (Ohio League)

The 1906 Massillon Tigers football season was their fourth season in existence. The team finished with a record of 9–1 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 Team[1]	W 60–0[2]
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 Bulldogs[3]	L 10–5
10	November 24, 1906	Canton Bulldogs[4][5]	W 13–6

Game notes

1. This 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.
2. "Punts and Passes". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. October 26, 1906. p. 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.
3. Game is the focus of the Canton Bulldogs–Massillon Tigers betting scandal.
4. Game is the focus of the Canton Bulldogs–Massillon Tigers betting scandal.
5. This was the deciding game for the Ohio League title.

References

• "Blondy Wallace and the Biggest Football Scandal Ever" (PDF). PFRA Annual (Professional Football Researchers Association) 5: 1–16. 1984.