1926 Frankford Yellow Jackets season

National Football League team season

1926 Frankford Yellow Jackets season

Head coach| Guy Chamberlin
Home field| Frankford Stadium
Results
Record| 14–1–2 NFL
(16–1–2 Overall)
League place| 1st NFL

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The 1926 Frankford Yellow Jackets season was their third in the National Football League. The team improved on their previous output of 10–4, winning fourteen games.[1] By virtue of their league-best record of 14–1–2, they were crowned the 1926 NFL Champions.[2]

Incidentally, the champions of the rival American Football League that year were also based in Philadelphia, the Philadelphia Quakers. There had been some brief discussion of fulfilling the crosstown rivalry by staging an interleague championship between the Quakers and Yellow Jackets, but the Yellow Jackets declined. (The Quakers instead played the seventh-place New York Giants, losing 31–0.)

## Schedule

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–  | September 19  | at Atlantic City Shore Roses | W 45–0  |  | Airport Field | 2,000  |  | [3]
1  | September 25  | Akron Indians | T 6–6  | 0–0–1  | Frankford Stadium | 5,000  | Recap |
2  | October 2  | Hartford Blues | W 13–0  | 1–0–1  | Frankford Stadium | 5,000 [4] | Recap | [5]
3  | October 3  | at Hartford Blues | W 10–0  | 2–0–1  | East Hartford Velodrome | 3,000  | Recap |
4  | October 9  | Buffalo Rangers | W 30–0  | 3–0–1  | Frankford Stadium | 6,000  | Recap |
5  | October 16  | New York Giants | W 6–0  | 4–0–1  | Frankford Stadium | 7,000  | Recap |
6  | October 17  | at New York Giants | W 6–0  | 5–0–1  | Polo Grounds | 15,000  | Recap |
7  | October 23  | Canton Bulldogs | W 17–0  | 6–0–1  | Frankford Stadium | 4,000  | Recap |
8  | October 30  | Providence Steam Roller | L 7–6  | 6–1–1  | Frankford Stadium | 8,000  | Recap | [6]
9  | October 31  | at Providence Steam Roller | W 6–3  | 7–1–1  | Cycledrome |  | Recap |
10  | November 6  | Chicago Cardinals | W 33–7  | 8–1–1  | Frankford Stadium | 8,000  | Recap |
11  | November 13  | Duluth Eskimos | W 10–0  | 9–1–1  | Frankford Stadium | 6,000  | Recap |
12  | November 20  | Dayton Triangles | W 35–0  | 10–1–1  | Frankford Stadium | 6,000  | Recap |
–  | November 21  | at Clifton Heights Orange & Black | W 10–0  |  | Kent Field | 10,000  |  | [7]
13  | November 25  | Green Bay Packers | W 20–14  | 11–1–1  | Frankford Stadium | 10,000  | Recap |
14  | November 27  | Detroit Panthers | W 7–6  | 12–1–1  | Frankford Stadium | 6,000  | Recap |
15  | December 4  | Chicago Bears | W 7–6  | 13–1–1  | Shibe Park | 10,000  | Recap |
16  | December 11  | Providence Steam Roller | W 24–0  | 14–1–1  | Frankford Stadium | 4,500  | Recap |
17  | December 18  | Pottsville Maroons | T 0–0  | 14–1–2  | Frankford Stadium | 2,000  | Recap |

## Standings

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| W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | STK
Frankford Yellow Jackets | 14  | 1  | 2  | .933  | 236  | 49  | W6
Chicago Bears | 12  | 1  | 3  | .923  | 216  | 63  | L1
Pottsville Maroons | 10  | 2  | 2  | .833  | 155  | 29  | T1
Kansas City Cowboys | 8  | 3  | 0  | .727  | 76  | 53  | W7
Green Bay Packers | 7  | 3  | 3  | .700  | 151  | 61  | T1
New York Giants | 8  | 4  | 1  | .667  | 151  | 61  | W3
Los Angeles Buccaneers | 6  | 3  | 1  | .667  | 67  | 57  | L1
Duluth Eskimos | 6  | 5  | 3  | .545  | 113  | 81  | L1
Buffalo Rangers | 4  | 4  | 2  | .500  | 53  | 62  | T1
Chicago Cardinals | 5  | 6  | 1  | .455  | 74  | 98  | L1
Providence Steam Roller | 5  | 7  | 1  | .417  | 89  | 103  | L1
Detroit Panthers | 4  | 6  | 2  | .400  | 107  | 60  | L3
Hartford Blues | 3  | 7  | 0  | .300  | 57  | 99  | L1
Brooklyn Lions | 3  | 8  | 0  | .273  | 60  | 150  | L3
Milwaukee Badgers | 2  | 7  | 0  | .222  | 41  | 66  | L5
Dayton Triangles | 1  | 4  | 1  | .200  | 15  | 82  | L2
Akron Indians | 1  | 4  | 3  | .200  | 23  | 89  | T1
Racine Tornadoes | 1  | 4  | 0  | .200  | 8  | 92  | L4
Columbus Tigers | 1  | 6  | 0  | .143  | 26  | 93  | L5
Canton Bulldogs | 1  | 9  | 3  | .100  | 46  | 161  | L1
Hammond Pros | 0  | 4  | 0  | .000  | 3  | 56  | L4
Louisville Colonels | 0  | 4  | 0  | .000  | 0  | 108  | L4

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

## References

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1. ^ 1926 Frankford Yellow Jackets
2. ^ Pro Football Archives 1926 Frankford Yellow Jackets
3. ^ "Hornets Win Easily in Opening Battle: Yellowjackets Overwhelm Shore Roses in Kick-off of Gridiron Season, 45–0," Philadelphia Inquirer, Sept. 20, 1926, p. 19.
4. ^ Pro Football reference has the crowd at 15,000 although contemporary press reports state 5,000.
5. ^ "Frankford Wins Over Hartford," Atlantic City Sunday Press, Oct. 3, 1926, p. 13.
6. ^ Greg D. Tranter, The Providence Steam Roller: New England's First NFL Team. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 2024; p. 231.
7. ^ "Clifton Heights' Greatest Football Crowd Sees Jackets Win Thrilling Game: Frankford Defeats Clifton Heights," Philadelphia Inquirer, Nov. 22, 1926, p. 14.

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Frankford Yellow Jackets 1926 NFL champions

* Bob Books
* Doc Bruder
* Johnny Budd
* Joe Carpe
* Guy Chamberlin
* Rudy Comstock
* Rae Crowther
* Leo Douglass
* Fred Graham
* Tex Hamer
* Bill Hoffman
* Paul Hogan
* Two-Bits Homan
* Ben Jones
* Bulger Lowe
* Walter Mahan
* Hap Moran
* Daddy Potts
* Max Reed
* Wooky Roberts
* Lou Smyth
* Bill Springsteen
* Hust Stockton
* Ed Weir
* Ned Wilcox
* Swede Youngstrom

Head coach: Guy Chamberlin

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Frankford Yellow Jackets

* Defunct National Football League club 1924–31
* Formerly the Frankford Athletic Association (1899–1909, 1912–23) and the Loyola Athletic Club (1909–12)
* Formed in 1899
* Based in Frankford, Philadelphia

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