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The 1926 Buffalo Rangers season was their seventh in the league. The team improved on their previous output of 1-6-2, winning four games.[1] They finished ninth in the league.


1926 Buffalo Rangers season
Head Coach Jim Kendrick
Home Field Bison Stadium
Results
Record 4-4-2
Place 9th NFL
Playoff Finish No playoffs until 1932
Timeline
Previous season Next season
1925 1927

Background[]

In response to the creation of the Los Angeles Buccaneers as well as the AFL I's Los Angeles Wildcats, Buffalo (under new coach Jim Kendrick) changed its name for one year to the Buffalo Rangers, also known as the Texas Rangers. The team, although remaining based in Buffalo, would consist mostly of players from the state of Texas and the Southwestern United States.[2] The team had little to lose; after the retirement of star player and part-owner Tommy Hughitt after the 1924 season, the team slid to 1-6-2 in 1925.

Although the team returned to .500 play, sporting a 4-4-2 record (the best record the team would have without Hughitt), the experiment was not continued after 1926.

Schedule[]

Week Date Opponent Result
1 September 26, 1926 Akron Indians W 7-0
2 October 3, 1926 Dayton Triangles L 3-0
3 October 9, 1926 at Frankford Yellow Jackets L 30-0
4 October 17, 1926 at Dayton Triangles W 7-6
5 October 24, 1926 Los Angeles Buccaneers T 0-0
6 October 31, 1926 at Pottsville Maroons L 14-0
7 November 7, 1926 Columbus Tigers W 26-0
8 November 14, 1926 at Hartford Blues W 13-7
9 November 21, 1926 Kansas City Cowboys L 2-0
10 November 28, 1926 at Pottsville Maroons T 0-0

Standings[]

NFL
W L T PCT PF PA STK
Frankford Yellow Jackets 14 1 2 .933 236 49 W-6
Chicago Bears 12 1 3 .923 216 63 L-1
Pottsville Maroons 10 2 2 .833 155 29 T-1
Kansas City Cowboys 8 3 0 .727 76 53 W-7
Green Bay Packers 7 3 3 .700 151 61 T-1
New York Giants 8 4 1 .667 151 61 W-3
Los Angeles Buccaneers 6 3 1 .667 67 57 L-1
Duluth Eskimos 6 5 3 .545 113 81 L-1
Buffalo Rangers 4 4 2 .500 53 62 T-1
Chicago Cardinals 5 6 1 .455 74 98 L-1
Providence Steam Roller 5 7 1 .417 89 103 L-1
Detroit Panthers 4 6 2 .400 107 60 L-3
Hartford Blues 3 7 0 .300 57 99 L-1
Brooklyn Lions 3 8 0 .273 60 150 L-3
Milwaukee Badgers 2 7 0 .222 41 66 L-5
Dayton Triangles 1 4 1 .200 15 82 L-2
Akron Indians 1 4 3 .200 23 89 T-1
Racine Tornadoes 1 4 0 .200 8 92 T-4
Columbus Tigers 1 6 0 .143 26 93 L-5
Canton Bulldogs 1 9 3 .100 46 161 L-1
Hammond Pros 0 4 0 .000 3 56 L-4
Louisville Colonels 0 4 0 .000 0 108 L-4

References[]

  1. 1926 Buffalo Rangers
  2. Crippen, Ken. 1926 Buffalo Rangers. Accessed 2009-03-11. Archived 2009-05-04.
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