Season-by-season[]
| Year | W | L | T | Pct. | PF | PA | Finish | Coach | League |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1915 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 82 | 19 | Independent | ||
| 1916 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 176 | 12 | Independent | ||
| 1917 | Independent | ||||||||
| 1918 | Independent | ||||||||
| 1919 | Independent | ||||||||
| 1920 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 20 | Independent | ||
| 1921 | Independent | ||||||||
| 1922 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 47 | 0 | Independent | ||
| 1923 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 18 | 3 | Independent | ||
| 1924 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .250 | 25 | 49 | Independent | ||
| 1925 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .625 | 68 | 56 | Independent | ||
| 1926 | 9 | 3 | 1 | .750 | 132 | 70 | Independent | ||
| 1927 | 6 | 2 | 2 | .750 | 91 | 55 | Independent | ||
| 1928 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .909 | 188 | 35 | Independent | ||
| 1929 | 6 | 4 | 3 | .600 | 185 | 62 | 6th | Doug Wycoff | NFL |
| 1930 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 124 | 119 | 6th | Doug Wycoff | NFL | |
| 1931 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 111 | 118 | 7th | Hinkey Haines, Marty Brill | NFL | |
| 1932 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 116 | 173 | 8th | Hal Hanson | NFL | |
| 1933 | 9 | 5 | 1 | .643 | 194 | 79 | Independent | ||
| 1934 | Independent | ||||||||
| 1935 | Independent |
Staten Island Stapletons Historic Football Records Also records of other Staten Island semi-pro teams Includes:
Staten Island Stapletons (1915-1930; NFL 1929-1930) Staten Island Stapes (1931-1932 NFL, 1933 & 1946 to ____ Independent) Staten Island Fairways (1936 Ind.) Staten Island Buffaloes (American Association 1936)
(List still under construction)
Staten Island Stapletons/Stapes
Stapleton Football Club 1915 (Ind.)
Home Field: Stapleton Park
10/24 W 47-0 Hindu AC of New Brighton (H) 10/31 T 7-7 at Montana FC, at East Shore Oval 11/7 W 13-6 at Indians of New Brighton, at Port Richmond 11/14 canceled "Harlem team" (H) [rain] [pos. Bradhurst FC] 11/21 T 6-6 Elms of West Side, Manhattan (H) 11/25 ? Bradhurst AC of Harlem (H) [pos. 11/28] 12/5 W 9-0 at Montana FC, at East Shore Oval
Juniors (0-6):
11/14 canceled Mercury AC (H) 11/21 W 12-0 Elm Juniors (H) 11/29 L 6-28 Livingston Juniors 12/5 L 0-12 at Montana Juniors
1916 (Ind.)
Home Field: Stapleton Field
10/1 W 33-0 Ridgewood A.A. of Queens (H) [1st loss since 1912] 10/8 canceled Imperials AC [due to death] 10/15 W 6-0 Elm FC of Manhattan (H) 3,000 10/22 W 19-6 Diamonds of Paterson (H) at Stapleton Park 10/29 ? Colonial FC of Newark (H) 11/7 no game Carlisle College (H) [unable to accept invitation due to scheduling] 11/7 W 26-0 Emmett FC of Newark (H) 11/12 W 21-0 U.S.S. Arkansas (H) 6,000 [Arkansas 1916 Navy champions] 11/19 W 20-6 Van Sicklen AC of Coney Island (H) 11/26 W 25-0 Valley AC of Newark (H) 11/30 canceled U.S.S. New Jersey (H) [wet grounds] 12/3 canceled Montana FC (H) [dispute over money] 12/3 T 0-0 Van Sicklen AC (H) 12/7 no game Montana FC [Montanas had "broken up for season."] 12/10 canceled Imperials (H) [Imperials "were asking too high a fee."] 12/10 no game College Point Field Club (H) 12/10 W 26-0 U.S.S. New Jersey (H) 12/17 no game? Montana FC (H)
Juniors (0-6?):
10/ W 12-0 Glen Coe AC 10/8 no game Hunt's All-Star's (Curtis HS alums) (H) 10/ W 19-0 Elm Juniors 10/22 W 13-7 Oriole FC of New Brighton (H) 13-6? 10/29 postponed Owl FC of Newark (H) 11/12 W 65-0 Owl Juniors 11/19 W 20-0 Atlantic AA of Elizabeth (H) 19-0? 11/26 not played Cecilia Lyceum Juniors of NY (H) 11/30 canceled Oriole Juniors . T 0-0 Indian Juniors . W 6-0 Indian Juniors 12/3 W 10-0 Montana Juniors [this and above game may be same game: Indians]
1917 (Ind.) . W? Valley A.A. of Newark . W (USS?) Delaware 10/7 no game Century Club 10/7 W 13-0 Fort Wadsworth 10/14 canceled Van Sicklens of Coney Island (H) 10/14 W Lincoln FC (H) ["won big"] 10/21 W 40-0 Van Sicklens (H) 10/28 W at Montanas, at East Shore Oval 11/4 canceled Naval Reserves (H) 11/4 W 39-0 Lincoln FC (H) 11/11 W 14-0 Montanas (H) 11/18 T 7-7 Fort Hamilton (H) 11/25 W 45-0 U.S.S. Texas (H) [not sure about PATs] ["4TD-0"] 11/29 W 27-0 Van Sicklens 12/2 canceled Fort Hamilton, at Sisco Park 12/9 W 14-0 Bensonhurst Naval Reserves (H) Juniors: 11/29 L 0-13 Indian Juniors 12/9 ? at Indian Juniors
1918 (Ind.) [No team?]
1919 (Ind.) 10/5 ? Lincoln FC of Brooklyn (H) 10/22 W 7-6 Hillcrest AA (H) 10/19? [TD pass Kinnan to Thompson] 10/26 canceled Valley AA of Newark, at East Shore Oval 10/26 W 62-0 Sunrise A.A. of Jersey City (H) 11/2 W 3-0 Valley AA (H) 11/4 W 12-0 Pennsylvania Pros (H) 11/9 canceled Aqueduct A.C. (H) 11/9 no game Putnam AC (H), at East Shore Oval 11/9 W 33-0 Mitchel Field Aviators 11/16 ? Indians (H) 11/23 ? Hillcrest A.A. (H) 11/27 W 14-6 Montanas, at East Shore Oval 5,000 [14-0?] 12/2 canceled at Montanas [snow]
1920 (Ind.)
Home Field: East Shore Oval
10/3 ? U.S.S. North Dakota (H) 10/10 T 0-0 Orange A.A. (AKA Triangles?) (H) 10/17 W 43-0 Mamaroneck All-Stars (H) 10/24 W 37-0 Warlow A.C. of Whitestone (H) 10/31 ? Putnams of Bensonhurst (H) 11/2 L 9-10 Indians Club of Port Richmond (H) 7-10? 11/7 canceled Fifty-50 Club of New Brighton (H) 11/7 W 39-0 Atlantic A.A. (H) 11/14 W 27-0 Hillcrests of Brooklyn (H) . W 6-0 Bay Ridge Owls . W 3-0 Valley A.A. 11/21 W 19-0 Sunsets of Brooklyn (H) 11/25 no game Fordham College (H) [Were trying to schedule this] 11/28 T 0-0 College Point FBC (H) 12/5 L 0-20 at Orange A.A., at Orange Playground
Renamed Stapleton Ex-Service AC (only used in 1921)
Home Field- East Shore Oval (AKA Tapen Post Oval) [Field renamed Hulbert Field in December]
1921 (Ind.) (7-1-4) Staten Island Champions 10/2 T 0-0 Newark AC/FC (H) 10/9 W 48-0 Valley AC (AA) (H) 10/12 W 28-6 Fort Slocum (H) 10/16 no game Bay Ridge Owls (H) 10/16 L 0-13 Harway Pros of Brooklyn (H) 10/23 canceled Flushing A.C. A's? 10/23 T 14-14 U.S.S. Maryland (H) 10/30 no game at Ridgewood A.A., at Farmers Oval ? 10/30 W 6-0 at Indians, Sisco Field, Port Richmond att: 5-6,000 11/6 W 24-0 New York Aqueducts (H) 11/8 T 0-0 Orange A.A. Golden Tornadoes of the East (H) 2,000 11/13 T 7-7 Harway Pros (H) [refs stop game w/ 3 minutes to go; fans on field) 11/20 postp. Brighton F.C. (H) [rain] ["Augie Sandusky Day" benefit] 11/24 canceled at College Point FBC [rain] 11/27 postp. Montanas [rain] 12/3 canceled at Orange A.A. [snow] 12/10 W 17-0 Montanas (H) 12/11 W 20-6 Brighton FC (H) [benefit] 12/18 W 10-0 Beauvais Club (S.I.) (H) [game called early due to fans on field] Stape Juniors: 10/2 W 14-0 St. Marks Club (H) . W 6-0 Viking Club (SI) 10/30 W 7-0 Indian Juniors (H) 11/8 W 13-0 Emersons of Concord (SI) (H) 11/20 Vikings Club (SI) [benefit]
1922 (Ind.) (10-2-0) Staten Island Champions [also member of Professional Football Federation] 10/1 W 33-0 at Manresa FBC, Manresa Oval, Grant City (SI) 10/8 W 47-0 Bayonne Vikings (H) [East Shore Oval] 10/12 canceled Fort Totten (H) [East Shore Oval] [canc. by soldiers] 10/12 W 51-0 La Mesa Club of Brooklyn (H) [East Shore Oval] 10/15 W 27-6 U.S.S. Maryland (H) [East Shore Oval] 10/22 W 7-6 Harways of Brooklyn, at Sisco Park, Port Richmond 3,000+ 10/29 L 7-26 at Orange A.A. Golden Tornadoes 11/5 W 37-0 at Montanas, Sisco Field, Port Richmond ~4,000 11/7 L 0-7 at Harways 11/12 W 6-0 Staats Post, Sisco Field 6,000 11/19 W 13-0 Indians Club, Sisco Field 8,000 11/26 W 18-0 Beauvais Post of Tottenville, Sisco Field 11/30 W 14-6 at College Point FBC, Ahrco Field 12/10 canceled Orange A.A., at Sisco Field [by Orange]
1923 (Ind.) (14-1-0 see note §) [Staten Island Champions]
Home Field- East Shore Oval
9/30 W 31-0 Iroquois FC of Jersey City (H) 10/7 W 13-0 Newark A.A. (H) 10/12 W 28-0 Fort Slocum (H) 10/14 W 12-0 Harways (H) 10/21 W 12-0 Hollyoke Pros of Brooklyn (H) 10/28 W 46-0 Mitchel Field Aviators (H) 11/4 canceled Manresa Caseys of Grant City (H) 11/4 canceled Elizabeth Collegians (H) 11/4 W 12-0 (Brickley's) New York Giants (H) 11/6 W 12-0 Elmhurst Caseys (ex-College Point) (H) 11/11 W 14-0 Staats Post of Rosebank (H) 11/18 ? Holyoke A.A. (H) [game played (?) but unreported ? or not played?] 11/18 L 0-3 U.S.S. Colorado [see NOTE §] 11/25 canceled at North Shore Redskins/Indians, at Elk Park, Port Richmond 11/25 W 47-0 Staten Island Pros (H) 11/29 W 6-3 Orange A.A., at Elk Park, Oakwood/Port Richmond 7,000+ [orig. sched. for 12/6] 12/2 W 26-3 Maresa Caseys (H) 12/9 canceled Bayonne Vikings (H) 12/9 W 21-0 Van Sicklen Club of Coney Island (H) 12/16 W 2-0 Orange A.A. (H) 12/23 no game Orange A.A., inside Essex Troop (Roosevelt Ave.) Armory [proposed] NOTE §: USS Colorado game mentioned in Flushing Evening Journal, not Staten Island Advance. In the latter newspaper an angry reader complained that the November 18 Stape game went unreported. The answer was that they only had so many reporters and depended on reports from the teams themselves at times. And the Stapleton team oddly reported nothing about the game, even two days later. In Flushing a local team was to play the team from the USS Colorado who “recently beat the Stapleton team 3-0”] 1924 (Ind.) (8-3-2) [Dan Blaine, owner]
Thompson Stadium in Stapleton opened September 4 becoming Stapes permanent home field.
10/5 W 14-0 College Point (H) 10/12 L 6-27 Frankford Yellow Jackets (NFL) (H) [Stapes carer record 107-6] 10/19 W 39-0 Hobart (Pa.) (H) 10/26 W 19-12 Millville FC (H) 11/2 W 24-0 Manresa Golden Tornadoes of Grant City (H) 11/4 W 6-0 Atlantic City Roses (H) 11/9 no game Frankford Yellow Jackets [NFL] 11/9 W 20-6 Riverdale Big Green (N.J.) (H) 11/16 L 7-9 at Atlantic City Roses 11/23 no game Pottsville Maroons 11/23 T 3-3 Wilkes-Barre Panthers (Pa.) (H) 11/27 L 6-13 Orange A.A. (H) 11/30 T 0-0 Millville (H) 12/7 canceled Frankford Yellow Jackets (NFL) (H) 12/7 W 8-0 North Shore Indians (H) 3,000 12/14 no game Frankford Yellowjackets (NFL) (H) 12/14 no game Orange A.A. (H) 12/14 W 18-0 North Shore Indians/Redskins (H) 1,500
1925 (Ind.) (6-2-2) [Head Coach- Al Neushaeffer] 10/4 T 0-0 Orange A.A. (H) 2,000 10/11 W 6-0 Millville (H) ~4,000 10/18 W 14-10 Coaldale (H) 10/25 rain out Wilkes-Barre Panthers (H) 11/1 W 14-0 Shenandoah Red Jackets (H) 11/3 L 0-23 Atlantic City Blue Tornadoes (H) 11/8 rain out Wilkes-Barre Panthers (H) 11/15 T 0-0 Coaldale (H) 11/21 W 33-0 Wilkes-Barre Panthers (H) 11/26 L 0-7 New York Giants (NFL) (H) (Exhib.) 3,500 or 7-10,000 11/29 W 7-0 Cleveland Panthers (H) 12/12 W 8-0 at Orange A.A., East Orange Stadium 12/20 canceled New Britain Bears (NFL) [New York Giants invoke territorial rights to prevent game] Stape Juniors . W 18-0 Concord (SI) . W 12-0 Concord 12/2 W 6-0 Morelin's All-Stars
1926 (Ind.) (10-3-0) 9/26 W 6-0 at Orange A.A. Golden Tornadoes, K of C Stadium, East Orange ["practice game"] 10/3 W 14-0 Trenton A.A. (EFL) (H) 3,000 10/10 W 7-0 Orange A.A. (H) 10/12 canceled Cleveland Panthers (H) [Cleve dropped out of AFL] 10/17 canceled New Britain Bears (H) [Stapes cancel after bad loss by New Britain] 10/17 canceled Akron Indians (NFL) [Akron cancels trip after 10/11 opponent Newark Bears suspended from AFL] 10/17 W 7-0 Millville (H) 10/24 no game New Britain Bears (H) 10/24 rain out Springfield Silvertons (H) 10/30 W 7-0 New Britain Bears (H) 4,000 [pos. 10/24 game] 10/31 rain out MacMonigle's Blue Devils of Coney Island (H) 11/1? 11/3 L 13-17 Brooklyn Lions (NFL) (H) 11/7 W 8-0 Springfield Silvertons (H) 11/13 L 0-6 at Millville ("Blue & White") Millerville? 11/14 L 0-33 Newark Bears (ex-AFL) (H)
[Soon after Newark team folds. Stapes fire all their players and replace w/Newark players, incl. Wycoff]
11/21 W 25-0 Millville (H) 11/25 W 14-7 Bethlehem Bears (EFL) (H) 11/27 W 25-7 at Orange A.A. Golden Tornadoes 11/28 no game Pottsville Maroons (H) 11/28 W 20-0 Cleveland Panthers (ex-AFL) (H) 12/5 snow out Frankford Yellowjackets (NFL) (H) 1,000
Note: Stapes team, as the Newark Bears again, headed south:
as Newark Bears: 12/11 W 100-0 Fort Benning, at Atlanta [prob. more games] Stape Juniors ["Stape Midgets" not listed] 11/1 W 28-10 Rosebank Fullback Al Greene in new 1926 football headgear. • Read about Stapes' fullback Al Greene's latest 1926 headgear, as well as center Nick Kenny's garlic breath! 1927 (Ind.) (6-2-2) Head coach-Harold Hanson “Wonder Team” 10/2 W 6-0 Atlantic City Roses (H) 6,000 10/9 canceled Orange A.A. (H) 10/9 rain out All-New Britain (H) 10/16 W 18-0 Millville (H) 10/23 no game Silvertown (H) [from Staten Island Advance] 10/23 canceled at Hartford Giants, at Velodrome [from Hartford Courant; says SI had too many injuries.] 10/23 W 20-6 Wilkes-Barre Panthers/Coal Miners (H) 10/30 W 7-0 All-New Britain (H) 4,000 11/6 T 0-0 Canton Bulldogs (H) 11/8 T 6-6 Orange A.C. Tornadoes (H) ["Gene Smith Day"] 11/13 L 0-19 New York Giants (NFL) (H) 8,000 [orig. sched. for 11/24] 11/20 W 27-0 All-Lancaster (H) 2,500 [1st loss for Eastern League champions] 11/24 no game Frankford Yellow Jackets (H)[scheduled after Giants game moved to 11/13] 11/24 L 0-18 New York Giants (NFL) (H) (Exhib.) 7,500 11/27 no game Green Bay Packers (NFL) (H) 11/27 W 7-6 Duluth Eskimos (NFL) (H) 11/20 12/4 canceled Orange A.C. Tornadoes (H) [dispute] 12/4 no game Bayonne Vikings (H) [Bayonne already had scheduled game] 12/4 no game Providence Steam Rollers (H) [couldn't come] 12/4 snow out All-Collegiates of Pennsylvania (H) 12/10 canceled at Frankford Yellow Jackets 12/11 canceled at Lancaster Pros [team members had left town] Stape Juniors 11/30 T 12-12 Iona of Concord, Staten Island
1928 (Ind.) (10-1-1) (3-1 v NFL teams) 9/30 W 7-3 Dayton Triangles (H) 5,000 10/7 T 0-0 Millville (H) 4,000 10/14 W 12-6 Orange A.C. Tornadoes (H) 6,500 10/21 L 13-14 Frankford Yellow Jackets (NFL) (H) 8,000 10/28 W 20-0 Atlantic City Blue Tornadoes (H) 6,000 11/6 W 19-0 Orange Athletic Club (H) 4,000 11/11 W 13-0 New Britain (H) 5,000 12-0? 11/18 W 51-0 Newark Pros (H) 4,500 50-0? 11/25 W 27-6 Canton Bulldogs (H) 2,500 11/29 W 7-0 New York Giants (NFL) (Exhib.) 8,000 [11/28?] 12/2 W 15-6 Pottsville Maroons (NFL) (H) 4,500 12/14 canceled New York Giants (NFL) (H) 12/16 W 6-0 at Orange A.C. 4,500 [or 12/14?]
1929 (NFL) (Lg.:3-4-3) (6-4-3) 9/29 W 29-0 Millville (H) 8,000 [27-0?] 10/6 W 12-0 Dayton Triangles (H) 6,000 10/13 L 9-19 at New York Giants, at the Polo Grounds 30,000 10/19 W 37-0 Atlantic City Blue Tornadoes (H) (Exhib.) 6,000 10/20? 27-0? 10/26 T 6-6 at Frankford Yellow Jackets 7,000 10/27 L 0-3 Frankford Yellow Jackets (H) 11/3 T 0-0 Orange A.C. (H) 11/5 T 7-7 Providence Steam Rollers 7,500 11/10 W 14-6 Boston Bulldogs (ex-Pottsville Maroons) (H) 11/9? 11/17 W 30-0 Bayonne Vikings (Ind.) (Exhib.) (H) 3,000 . ? McDonigle's Blue Devils 11/24 W 34-0 Minneapolis Redjackets 11/28 L 7-21 New York Giants (H) 10,000-12,000 12/1 L 0-3 at Orange A.C. Tornadoes 8,000
1930 (NFL 5-5-2 reg. season) (8-5-2) 9/14 W 6-0 at Coaldale Miners (Pa.) (Exhib.) 9/21 W 12-6 Newark Tornadoes (H) 7,500 9/27 L 3-7 at Frankford Yellow Jackets 7,000 9/28 W 21-0 Frankford Yellow Jackets (H) 6,000 10/1 T 7-7 at Newark Tornadoes 8,000 10/5 L 0-21 Brooklyn Dodgers (H) 10/12 W 7-0 Long Island Bulldogs (Ind.) (H) (Exhib.) 10/19 L 6-7 at Providence Steam Roller 10/26 W 6-0 at Newark Tornadoes 11/2 L 7-9 at New York Giants, the Polo Grounds 18,000-20,000 11/9 T 13-13 Portsmouth Spartans (H) 5,000 11/16 canceled Minneapolis Redjackets [rain storm] 11/23 W 6-0 at Brooklyn Dodgers, Ebbets Field 18,000 11/27 W 7-6 New York Giants (H) 10,000-12,000 11/30 no game at Providence Steam Roller [on original schedule] 11/30 L 7-37 Green Bay Packers (H) 12,000 12/21 canceled Memphis Tigers [by Tigers] 12/21 W 16-7 at New York Giants, the Polo Grounds 15,000 [post-season benefit]
Name change to Staten Island Stapes 1931 (NFL 4-6-1) (6-6-2) Head coach: Hinkie Haines 9/19 practice Port Richmond High School [Bayonne Times says Stapes had Win and 0-0 Tie before meeting 9/20] 9/20 T 0-0 at Bayonne Viking-Bulldogs (Ind.),West Side Pk,Jersey City (pre-season) 3,000 9/27 W 7-0 at Shenandoah Miners 10/4 W 9-7 Brooklyn Dodgers (H) 7,000-12,000 10/11 L 6-18 at Brooklyn Dodgers, Ebbets Field 15,000 10/18 L 0-7 at New York Giants, the Polo Grounds 25,000 10/25 L 7-20 Portsmouth Spartans (H) 5-12,000 10/28 postp. Brooklyn Dodgers (H) (night) [rain] 1,500 10/29 postp. Brooklyn Dodgers (H) (night) 11/1 T 7-7 Providence Steam Roller (H) 3,500 11/4 W 13-0 Brooklyn Dodgers (H) (night) 3,500 11/8 L 0-26 at Green Bay Packers 10,000 11/11 L 12-14 at Portsmouth Spartans (night) 11/15 L 0-6 at Providence Steam Roller 11/22 W 16-7 Cleveland Indians (H) 11/26 W 9-6 New York Giants (H) 10,000 11/29 W 32-0 Bayonne Vikings (H) 3,000 Stapleton Field Club [New name for Stape Juniors] 9/27 W 12-0 Staats Post, at East Shore Oval 1,000 10/6 W 13-0 Port Richmond High School (H) (night) 2,500 [•1st night game played by New York City High School] 10/11 W 7-6 Pelican Juniors of Fort Wadsworth (H)
1932 (NFL 2-7-3) (4-7-3) 9/14 W 26-0 at New Haven Nutmegs (exhib.) 9/18 W 13-0 at Clifton Wessingtons 6,000 (exhib.) 9/25 L 0-7 Brooklyn Dodgers (H) 7,000 10/2 T 0-0 Chicago Bears (H) 20,000 10/9 W 7-6 at Brooklyn Dodgers, Ebbets Field 20,000 10/16 T 7-7 Portsmouth Spartans (H) 4,500 10/20 L 6-13 Portsmouth Spartans (H) (night) 10/23 L 7-27 at Chicago Bears 10/30 L 0-26 at Green Bay Packers 11/6 L 6-19 at Boston Bulldogs 11/13 L 7-27 at New York Giants, the Polo Grounds 15,000 11/20 W 21-7 Chicago Cardinals (H) 2,000 11/24 T 13-13 New York Giants (H) 4,500-8,000 11/27 L 3-21 Green Bay Packers (H) 3,000
1933 (Ind.) (9-5-1) 9/13 L 0-12 New York Giants (NFL) (H) (night) (exhib.) 5,000 9/17 W 20-0 at Bayonne Vikings [Interstate FL] 1,800 9/20 W 20-0 Paterson Giants [IFL] (H) (night) 2,500 9/24 W 14-0 Passaic Red Devils [IFL] 2,500 9/27 no game at Long Island Paragons, Freeport Municipal Stadium (night) 9/27 W 3-0 New Rochelle Bulldogs (H) (night) 10/1 L 0-17 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL) (H) (exhib.) 3,200 10/8 W 7-0 Philadelphia Eagles (NFL) (H) (exhib.) 10/15 W 41-0 Perth Amboy Clovers (H) 10/17 canceled Cincinnati Reds (NFL) (H) [Reds cancel] 10/22 W 33-2 Temple Club of Philadelphia (H) 10/29 L 7-14 Portsmouth Spartans (NFL) (H) (exhib.) 6,000 11/12 L 6-7 at Orange AC Tornadoes 6,000 11/19 T 0-0 at Brooklyn Bay Parkways 2,500 11/26 W 33-6 Orange A.C. Tornadoes (H) 7,000 11/30 L 0-21 Green Bay Packers (NFL) (H) (exhib.) 4,000 12/3 W 10-0 at New Rochelle Bulldogs 3,500-6,000 (City Park Field) 12/10 snow out at Orange Tornadoes
this is fiction: 9/24 L 7-14 Philadelphia Eagles (NFL) (H)
1934
10/21 T 6-6 Passaic Red Devils (H)
Staten Island Fairways 1936 (Ind.) 11/29 L 0-14 at Mount Vernon Cardinals (AA)
Stapleton Buffaloes (2-2-1) 1935 9/17 W 12-6 New Rochelle Bulldogs (H) (night) 1,500 9/24 L 0-3 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL) (H) (night) 2,200 10/1 W 12-0 Orange Tornadoes (H) (night) 2,000 10/6 postponed Providence Steam Rollers (H) [rain] 10/13 L 0-7 Washington Federals (H) 1,000 10/20 canceled Frankford Yellow Jackets (H) 11/3 T 13-13 at Bay Parkways, Erasmus Hall HS Field 3,000 11/17 canceled at New York Brown Bombers, Dyckman Oval 11/24 canceled at Passaic Red Devils, Passaic School Stadium 11/28 canceled Paterson Panthers (H) 12/1 postp. at Bay Parkways, Erasmus Field [rain] 12/8 ? Bay Parkways
1936 (American Association 1-4-1) (2-8-1) (2-8-1) 9/6 L 0-21 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL), at Municipal Stadium, Freeport (night) 3,000 9/19 L 7-14 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL), at Dexter Park (night) 3,000 9/20 L 0-20 at Paterson Panthers 4,000 9/24 no game New York Blackhawks (H) 9/27 W 10-7 at White Plains Bears 2,000 10/2 canc. New York Blackhawks (Ind.) (H), at Dexter Park [10/1?] 10/11 W 7-0 at Bristol West Ends (Ind.) 10/18 T 7-7 at Brooklyn Bay Parkways 3,500 (6-6?) 10/25 L 9-14 at Orange Tornadoes 3,000 11/1 L 0-3 at New Rochelle Bulldogs 11/8 L 0-7 at Bristol West Ends (Ind.) 1,900 11/11 L 7-14 at Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL), at Ebbets Field 1,500-5,000 11/15 L 0-3 at Orange Tornadoes 11/22 canc. New Rochelle Bulldogs (H) 1,000 12/6 canc. Brooklyn Bay Parkways (H)
1937 Team moved to Manhattan, became New York Tigers for 1937, sometimes called Staten Island Stapletons, ordered by league to return to Staten island, they folded. 9/26 L 6-26 at Bristol West Ends
Stapleton franchise bought by New York Giants 1938, moved to Jersey City, called Jersey City Giants.
Staten Island Stapes: 1946 (Ind.) (~6-1-0) 9/25 W ? Brooklyn Eagles (H) 9/25 L 0-33 Glen Cove Covers (H) 10/2 W 32-7 Long Island Clippers (H) 3,500 10/8 W 13-0 New Rochelle Bulldogs (H) 2,800 10/16 W 25-0 Mount Vernon Pros (H) 3,000 10/20 L ? Cedarhurst Wolverines (H) [doubtful] 10/23 W 12-0 Bayonne Athletics (H) 4,000 10/30 W 18-12 Jersey City Trojans (H) [6 of 7]
1947 (Ind.) 9/7 L 0-12 Paterson Panthers (APFL) (H) 5,000 9/10 W 13-0 Connecticut Yankees (H) (Night) 2,000 9/17 W 35-0 Long Island Mapes (H) (Night) 9/24 ? Cedarhurst Gaels (H) 10/12 L 2-36 at Charlotte Clippers 10,500 10/22 ? Perth Amboy Pros (H) (Night)
"Long Island" Stapletons 1948 (Ind.) 9/15 L 7-56 Brooklyn Dodgers (AAFC), at Freeport Municipal Stadium (night) [Cedarhurst Sta.??] 10/10 L 30-41 at Charlotte Clippers 4,500 11/14 L 0-63 at Charlotte Clippers 5,200 11/27 canc. at Bethlehem Bulldogs (APFL)
1949
Staten Island Stapes 1950 9/18 L 6-30 at Bethlehem Bulldogs (APFL), at Allentown,Pa. 2,000 Home fields: •Thompson Stadium-opened 1924
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