1927 Frankford Yellow Jackets season

National Football League team season

1927 Frankford Yellow Jackets season

Head coach| Charley Moran, Russ Daugherty, Charley Rogers, Ed Weir, and Swede Youngstrom
Home field| Frankford Stadium
Results
Record| 9–9–3 Overall
6–9–3 NFL
League place| 7th NFL

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The 1927 Frankford Yellow Jackets season was their fourth in the National Football League. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 14–1–2, winning only six league games[1] to finish in seventh place in the league standings.[2]

## Schedule

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Week  | Date  | Opponent  | Result

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–  | September 18, 1927  | at Atlantic City Roses | W 3–0
1  | September 24, 1927  | Dayton Triangles | L 6–3
–  | October 1, 1927  | All-New Britain  | W 21–0
–  | October 2, 1927  | at All-New Britain  | W 22–0
2  | October 8, 1927  | Dayton Triangles | T 0–0
3  | October 15, 1927  | Buffalo Bisons | W 54–0
4  | October 16, 1927  | at Buffalo Bisons | W 23–0
5  | October 22, 1927  | New York Giants | L 13–0
6  | October 23, 1927  | at New York Giants | L 27–0
7  | October 29, 1927  | Providence Steam Roller | L 20–7
8  | October 30, 1927  | at Providence Steam Roller | L 14–0
9  | November 5, 1927  | Pottsville Maroons | W 10–0
10  | November 6, 1927  | at Pottsville Maroons | L 9–0
11  | November 12, 1927  | Cleveland Bulldogs | W 22–0
12  | November 13, 1927  | at Cleveland Bulldogs | L 37–0
13  | November 19, 1927  | Chicago Cardinals | W 12–8
14  | November 24, 1927  | Green Bay Packers | L 17–9
15  | November 26, 1927  | Duluth Eskimos | W 6–0
16  | December 3, 1927  | Chicago Bears | T 0–0
17  | December 4, 1927  | at Chicago Bears | L 9–0
18  | December 10, 1927  | New York Yankees | T 6–6

## Standings

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| W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | STK
New York Giants | 11  | 1  | 1  | .917  | 197  | 20  | W9
Green Bay Packers | 7  | 2  | 1  | .778  | 113  | 43  | W1
Chicago Bears | 9  | 3  | 2  | .750  | 149  | 98  | W2
Cleveland Bulldogs | 8  | 4  | 1  | .667  | 209  | 107  | W5
Providence Steam Roller | 8  | 5  | 1  | .615  | 105  | 88  | W3
New York Yankees | 7  | 8  | 1  | .467  | 142  | 174  | L4
Frankford Yellow Jackets | 6  | 9  | 3  | .400  | 152  | 166  | L1
Pottsville Maroons | 5  | 8  | 0  | .385  | 80  | 163  | L1
Chicago Cardinals | 3  | 7  | 1  | .300  | 69  | 134  | L1
Dayton Triangles | 1  | 6  | 1  | .143  | 15  | 57  | L4
Duluth Eskimos | 1  | 8  | 0  | .111  | 68  | 134  | L7
Buffalo Bisons | 0  | 5  | 0  | .000  | 8  | 123  | L5

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

## Players

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* Carl Davis, end, tackle, guard
* Bill Donohoe, back
* Joey Maxwell, center, end
* Frank McGrath, end
* Dick Moynihan, fullback, blocking back
* Pete Richards, center
* Ned Wilcox, back

## References

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1. ^ 1927 Frankford Yellow Jackets
2. ^ Pro Football Archives 1927 Frankford Yellow Jackets season

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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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Championships|

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Stadia|

* Wistar Field
* Brown's Field
* Frankford Stadium

Temporary stadiums due to a fire at Frankford Stadium in 1931:|

* Philadelphia Municipal Stadium (September 26, October 2)
Philadelphia Ball Park (October 10, October 31)

Lore|

* 1925 NFL Championship controversy
* Philadelphia Eagles

Head Coaches|

* Berryman
* Chamberlin
* Weir
* Behman
* Moran
* Gibson

Seasons|

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1927 NFL season

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