1925 Frankford Yellow Jackets season

1925 Frankford Yellow Jackets season
Head coachGuy Chamberlin
Home fieldFrankford Stadium
Results
Record15–7 Overall
13–7 NFL
League place6th NFL

The 1925 Frankford Yellow Jackets season was their second in the National Football League. The team improved on their previous output of 11–2–1, winning thirteen league games[1] to finish the season in sixth place.[2] The team's overall record, against league and non-league opponents in 1925 was 15–7. They set the unofficial record for most games played in a season during the years before the league went to a fixed-length schedule: they played 20 NFL games (plus at least 2 more against non-NFL opponents.) 3 of their players(Rae Crowther, Tex Hamer, and Bill Hoffman) played in 19 of the 20 games that counted, which is also a record that still stands.

Even counting playoff games, no NFL team played more than 20 games in a season until the 2021 NFL season when the Cincinnati Bengals and Los Angeles Rams each played 21 games including 17 regular-season games and 4 playoff games on their way to Super Bowl LVI.


Schedule

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Week Date Opponent Result
September 20, 1925 at All-New Britain W 6–0
1 September 26, 1925 Buffalo Bisons W 27–7
2 October 3, 1925 Providence Steam Roller W 7–0
3 October 10, 1925 Canton Bulldogs W 12–7
4 October 11, 1925 at Detroit Panthers L 3–0
5 October 17, 1925 New York Giants W 5–3
6 October 18, 1925 at New York Giants W 14–0
7 October 24, 1925 Dayton Triangles W 3–0
8 October 31, 1925 Columbus Tigers W 19–0
9 November 1, 1925 at Buffalo Bisons W 12–3
10 November 7, 1925 Akron Pros W 17–7
11 November 8, 1925 at Chicago Bears L 19–0
12 November 14, 1925 Pottsville Maroons W 20–0
13 November 21, 1925 Cleveland Bulldogs L 14–0
14 November 22, 1925 Providence Steam Roller L 20–7
November 26, 1925 All-New Britain W 7–0
15 November 28, 1925 Green Bay Packers W 13–7
16 November 29, 1925 at Pottsville Maroons L 49–0
17 December 5, 1925 Chicago Bears
Played at Shibe Park
L 14–7
18 December 12, 1925 Cleveland Bulldogs L 3–0
19 December 13, 1925 at Providence Steam Roller W 14–6
20 December 20, 1925 at Cleveland Bulldogs W 13–7
  • Games in italics are against non-NFL teams

Standings

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NFL standings
W L T PCT PF PA STK
Chicago Cardinals * 11 2 1 .846 229 65 W2
Pottsville Maroons * 10 2 0 .833 270 45 W5
Detroit Panthers 8 2 2 .800 129 39 W1
New York Giants 8 4 0 .667 122 67 W1
Akron Pros 4 2 2 .667 65 51 L2
Frankford Yellow Jackets 13 7 0 .650 190 169 W2
Chicago Bears 9 5 3 .643 158 96 W3
Rock Island Independents 5 3 3 .625 99 58 L1
Green Bay Packers 8 5 0 .615 151 110 W1
Providence Steam Roller 6 5 1 .545 111 101 L1
Canton Bulldogs 4 4 0 .500 50 73 L1
Cleveland Bulldogs 5 8 1 .385 75 135 L1
Kansas City Cowboys 2 5 1 .286 65 97 W1
Hammond Pros 1 4 0 .200 23 87 L3
Buffalo Bisons 1 6 2 .143 33 113 L4
Rochester Jeffersons 0 6 1 .000 26 111 L5
Dayton Triangles 0 7 1 .000 3 84 L7
Duluth Kelleys 0 3 0 .000 6 25 L3
Milwaukee Badgers 0 6 0 .000 7 191 L6
Columbus Tigers 0 9 0 .000 28 124 L9

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.
* The Pottsville Maroons were suspended from the league in December, resulting in the Chicago Cardinals being named the NFL champions.

References

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  1. ^ "1925 Frankford Yellow Jackets Rosters, Stats, Schedule". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
  2. ^ "Pro Football Archives 1925 Frankford Yellow Jackets".