1929 Frankford Yellow Jackets season

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1929 Frankford Yellow Jackets season
Head coach Bull Behman
Home stadium Frankford Stadium
Results
Record10–4–5 NFL
(13–4–5 Overall)
League place3rd NFL

The 1929 Frankford Yellow Jackets season was their sixth in the National Football League. The team finished with a record of 10 wins and 4 losses, accumulating 5 ties in NFL action, good for third place in the league. [1]

Contents

Schedule

GameDateOpponentResultRecordVenueAttendanceRecapSources
–September 22at Atlantic City Blue TornadoesW 6–0— Bader Field 5,000— [2]
1September 28 Dayton Triangles W 14–71–0 Frankford Stadium 7,000 Recap
2October 5 Buffalo Bisons W 19–02–0 Frankford Stadium 6,000 Recap
3October 6at Buffalo Bisons W 13–03–0 Bison Stadium "poor" Recap [3] [4]
4October 13at Green Bay Packers L 2–143–1 City Stadium 9,000 Recap
5October 19 Orange Tornadoes T 6–63-1–1 Frankford Stadium 6,000 Recap
6October 20at New York Giants L 0–323–2–1 Polo Grounds 30,000 Recap
7October 26 Staten Island Stapletons T 6–63–2-2 Frankford Stadium 7,000 Recap
8October 27at Staten Island Stapletons W 3–04–2–2 Thompson Stadium 10,000 Recap
9November 2 Chicago Cardinals W 8–05–2–2 Frankford Stadium 5,000 Recap
10November 9 Providence Steam Roller W 7–06–2–2 Frankford Stadium 6,000 Recap
11November 10at Providence Steam Roller W 7–67–2–2 Cycledrome Recap
12November 16 Chicago Bears W 20–148–2–2 Frankford Stadium 9,000 Recap
13November 17at Orange Tornadoes T 0–08–2–3 KoC Stadium 1,500 Recap
14November 23 Minneapolis Red Jackets W 24–09–2–3 Frankford Stadium 5,000 Recap
–November 24at Clifton Heights Orange & Black W 17–0— Kent Field 5,000+— [5]
15November 28 Green Bay Packers T 0–09–2–4 Frankford Stadium 8,500 Recap
16December 1at Chicago Bears T 0–09–2–5 Wrigley Field 1,500 Recap
17December 7 New York Giants L 0–129–3–5 Frankford Stadium 7,000 Recap
18December 8at New York Giants L 0–319–4–5 Polo Grounds 10,000 [6] Recap [7]
19December 14 Orange Tornadoes W 10–010–4–5 Frankford Stadium Recap
–December 15at Lebanon Battery HW 26–0— Pleasant Hill Gun Club Field 2,000— [8]
Note: Non-NFL opponents are in italics.

Standings

NFL standings
WLTPCTPFPASTK
Green Bay Packers 12011.00019822W2
New York Giants 1311.92931286W4
Frankford Yellow Jackets 1045.714129128W1
Chicago Cardinals 661.50015483W1
Boston Bulldogs 440.5009873L1
Staten Island Stapletons 343.4298965L2
Providence Steam Roller 462.400107117L1
Orange Tornadoes 354.3753580L1
Chicago Bears 492.308119227L1
Buffalo Bisons 171.12548142W1
Minneapolis Red Jackets 190.10048185L7
Dayton Triangles 060.0007136L6
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

References

  1. ↑ "NFL.com Standing by year" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 25, 2013. Retrieved October 21, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Yellow Jackets Win Over Shore Tornadoes: Wally Diehl Scores Lone Touchdown as Frankford Annexes Opener, 6–0," Camden Evening Courier, Sept. 23, 1929, p. 21.
  3. ↑ Bob Stedler, "Karpe's Comment," Buffalo Evening News, Oct. 8, 1929, p. 27.
  4. ↑ Cy Kritzer, "Frankford Conquers Battered Bison 11: Yellow Jackets Vary Slashing Offensive with Counter Plays to Score Two Touchdowns," Buffalo Evening News, Oct. 7, 1929, p. 27.
  5. ↑ "Frankford Flashes Second Half Rally to Defeat Clifton: Halicki Kicks Placement and Makes Touchdown to Break Tie," Philadelphia Inquirer, Nov. 25, 1929, p. 16.
  6. ↑ Pro Football Reference has the crowd at 20,000.
  7. ↑ C.A. Lovett, "Gridiron Giants Sock Yellow Jackets, 31–0," New York Daily News, Dec. 9, 1929, pp. 35, 40.
  8. ↑ "Frankford Yellow Jackets Badly Stung Battery H Boys: About 2,000 Witnessed Game Played on Field of Mud Ankle Deep," Lebanon [PA] Daily News, Dec. 16, 1929, p. 9.
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