1928 Frankford Yellow Jackets season

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1928 Frankford Yellow Jackets season
Head coach Ed Weir
Home stadium Frankford Stadium
Results
Record11–3–2 (NFL)
(16–3–2 Overall)
League place2nd NFL
Frankford Yellow Jackets and the New York Yankees (1928) Bill Kelly of New York Yanks ripping through Frankford Yellow Jackets, Oct. 13, 1928.jpg
Frankford Yellow Jackets and the New York Yankees (1928)

The 1928 Frankford Yellow Jackets season was their fifth in the National Football League. The team returned ten veterans from their 1927 team. [1]

Contents

The team improved on their 1927 record of 6–9–3 by winning eleven games. [2] They finished second in the league standings with a winning percentage of .786. [3]

Schedule

GameDateOpponentResultRecordVenueAttendanceRecapSources
–September 16at Orange Tornadoes W 12–0— K of C Stadium [4]
1September 23at Green Bay Packers W 19–91–06,500 City Stadium Recap
2September 29 Dayton Triangles W 6–02–04,000 Frankford Stadium Recap
–October 6, 1928 Marquette University W 14–0— Frankford Stadium
3October 7at Providence Steam Roller W 10–63–08,000 Cycledrome Recap [5]
4October 13 New York Yankees L 0–133–16,000 Frankford Stadium Recap
5October 20 Dayton Triangles W 13–94–17,000 Frankford Stadium Recap
–October 21at Staten Island Stapletons W 14–135–1 Thompson Stadium
–October 27 Millville Big Blue W 26–0— Frankford Stadium
–October 28at Clifton Heights Panthers W 20–6—Kent Field
6November 3 Detroit Wolverines W 25–75–18,000 Frankford Stadium Recap [6]
7November 4at New York Giants T 0–05–1–13,000 Polo Grounds Recap [7]
8November 10 Pottsville Maroons W 19–06–1–1 Frankford Stadium Recap
9November 11at Pottsville Maroons W 24–07–1–1 Minersville Park Recap
10November 17 Providence Steam Roller T 6–67–1–29,000 [8] Frankford Stadium Recap [5]
11November 18at Providence Steam Roller L 0–67–2–212,000 Cycledrome Recap [5]
12November 24 Chicago Cardinals W 19–08–2–28,000 Frankford Stadium Recap
13 November 29 Green Bay Packers W 2–09–2–28,000 Frankford Stadium Recap
14December 2at Chicago Bears L 6–289–3–212,000 Wrigley Field Recap
15December 8 New York Giants W 7–010–3–23,500 Frankford Stadium Recap
16December 15 Chicago Bears W 19–011–3–27,000 Frankford Stadium Recap
–December 16at Clifton Heights Panthers W 52–3—Kent Field
Note: Games in italics are against non-NFL teams. Thanksgiving Day: November 29.

Standings

NFL standings
WLTPCTPFPASTK
Providence Steam Roller 812.88912842T1
Frankford Yellow Jackets 1132.78617584W2
Detroit Wolverines 721.77818976W4
Green Bay Packers 643.60012092W1
Chicago Bears 751.58318285L2
New York Giants 472.36479136L5
New York Yankees 481.333103179W1
Pottsville Maroons 280.20074134L1
Chicago Cardinals 150.1677107L4
Dayton Triangles 070.0009131L7
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

References

  1. ↑ "Wallie Diehl to Play with Frankford Team," Hazelton Standard-Speaker, Sept. 17, 1928, p. 8.
  2. ↑ 1928 Frankford Yellow Jackets
  3. ↑ Pro Football Archives 1928 Frankford Yellow Jackets season
  4. ↑ "Orange Eleven Bows to Yellow Jackets," Plainfield [NJ] Courier-News, Sept. 17, 1928, p. 20.
  5. 1 2 3 Greg D. Tranter, The Providence Steam Roller: New England's First NFL Team. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 2024; pp. 236-237.
  6. ↑ "Frankford Yellow Jackets Jolt Wolverines, 25 to 7," Atlantic City Sunday Press, Nov. 4, 1928, p. 28.
  7. ↑ "Giants—Frankford Tie," Yonkers Statesman, Nov. 5, 1928, p. 12.
  8. ↑ Tranter has attendance for this game as 15,000, which is probably a typo.
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