1926 Louisville Colonels season

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1926 Louisville Colonels season
Head coach Lenny Sachs
Results
Record0–4
League place22nd NFL

The 1926 Louisville Colonels season was their fourth and final season in the league and only season as the Colonels. Re-entering the NFL for the first time since the 1923 NFL season when they participated as the Louisville Brecks, the Colonels played four games and suffered shutout losses each time.

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The 1926 Colonels suffered a 47–0 whitewashing at the hands of the Detroit Panthers and a 34–0 clocking by the Chicago Bears, with their 0 to 108 point differential effectively making the club the worst team in NFL history.

Regular season

The 1926 Louisville Colonels was one of the worst teams in NFL history, going 0–4 and failing to score a single point.

Their October 17 game with the Detroit Panthers, a 47–0 whitewashing, epitomized the season. On the first play from scrimmage, with just 25 seconds off the clock, the Panthers scored on a scoop-and-score fumble recovery. [1] "From the time of the first score until the exhibition concluded, the visitors saw their line riddled, their ends circled, and the defense torn to shreds," one local journalist noted. [1] "So utterly helpless were the Colonels that the Panthers employed every play they knew and turned them into profit in the big parade that netted six touchdowns and a pair of field goals in the 60 minutes of jogging up and down the field." [1]

The Colonels gained only one first down in the game against Detroit, this coming with a long pass completion at the end of the second period. [1] They never crossed the midfield stripe during the entire course of the game. [1]

Schedule

GameDateOpponentResultRecordVenueAttendanceRecapSources
1October 3at Canton Bulldogs L 0–130–1Lakeside Park3,000 Recap [2]
2October 17at Detroit Panthers L 0–470–2 Navin Field Recap [1] [3]
3November 7at Chicago Bears L 0–340–3 Cubs Park 7,000 Recap
4November 14at Green Bay Packers L 0–140–4 City Stadium 1,300 Recap [4]

Standings

NFL standings
WLTPCTPFPASTK
Frankford Yellow Jackets 1412.93323649W6
Chicago Bears 1213.92321663L1
Pottsville Maroons 1022.83315529T1
Kansas City Cowboys 830.7277653W7
Green Bay Packers 733.70015161T1
New York Giants 841.66715161W3
Los Angeles Buccaneers 631.6676757L1
Duluth Eskimos 653.54511381L1
Buffalo Rangers 442.5005362T1
Chicago Cardinals 561.4557498L1
Providence Steam Roller 571.41789103L1
Detroit Panthers 462.40010760L3
Hartford Blues 370.3005799L1
Brooklyn Lions 380.27360150L3
Milwaukee Badgers 270.2224166L5
Dayton Triangles 141.2001582L2
Akron Indians 143.2002389T1
Racine Tornadoes 140.200892L4
Columbus Tigers 160.1432693L5
Canton Bulldogs 193.10046161L1
Hammond Pros 040.000356L4
Louisville Colonels 040.0000108L4
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

Roster

Louisville Colonels 1926 roster

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