Results NFL v AFL 1936
| Date | NFL Team | AFL/ PCFL Team | Venue | ||
| 1936 | Philadelphia Eagles | 7 | Los Angeles Bulldogs | 10 | Los Angeles |
| 1936 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 7 | Los Angeles Bulldogs | 27 | Los Angeles |
| 27.12.1936 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 18 | Salinas Packers (PCFL) | 0 | Salinas |
| 10.01.1937 | Green Bay Packers | 42 | Salinas Packers (PCFL) | 7 | San Francisco |
| 14.02.1937 | NFL All-Stars | 14 | Salinas Packers (PCFL) | 0 | Bakersfield |
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After the demise of the Pacific Coast Football League after one week in 1936, there was no League season on the West Coast from 1936-1937, with the Salinas Packers and Los Angeles Bulldogs playing an independent schedule.
The Los Angeles Bulldogs had scheduled games against National Football League teams the Philadelphia Eagles (winning 10-7) and Pittsburgh Pirates (winning 27-7).
The Packers played against the Brooklyn Dodgers of the NFL in 1936, losing 18-0 and also the Green Bay Packers (NFL Champions) who won 42-7, before losing to an NFL All-Star team in Bakersfield. [1]
The two teams also played each other, with the Salinas Packers winning 21-17, as well as scheduling matches against other West Coast and Inland Empire opposition.
References
[1] California Dreamin’ – West Coast Pros in the 1930s – Bob Gill, in association with Tod Maher, The Coffin Corner, Pro Football Researchers Association (1984) California Dreamin’ – West Coast Pros in the 1930s [Internet] Available from: http://profootballresearchers.com/archives/Website_Files/Coffin_Corner/06-07-190.pdf [Accessed 9 October 2018
[2] Tod Maher, The Coffin Corner, Pro Football Researchers Association (1987) The Salinas Packers [Internet] Available from: http://profootballresearchers.com/archives/Website_Files/Coffin_Corner/09-05-303.pdf [Accessed 9 October 2018]
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Eoin O’Fearghaill.
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