[2] Coached by player-coach Herb Treat, the majority of the team played their college football in New England, Pennsylvania, and New York.
While Robert McKirby was the owner of the team, it was subsidized by league founders C. C. Pyle and Red Grange (who owned the New York Yankees, the Los Angeles Wildcats, and a portion of the Chicago Bulls).
[2][3] With the departure of the Rock Island Independents the following week, the fate of the first American Football League was sealed.
[3] Carl Etelman and Vern Hagenbuckle both joined the Providence Steam Roller in late November and finished their NFL careers the next month.
On the other hand, a few members of the 1926 Boston Bulldogs continued their pro football careers by signing contracts with National Football League teams:[3] Bill Cronin – 1927–29 Providence Steam Roller Bull Lowe – 1927 Providence Steam Roller Al Pierotti – 1927 Providence Steam Roller, 1929 Boston Bulldogs (NFL) In 1929, there was a new Boston Bulldogs franchise in the National Football League.