The 1926 Frankford Yellow Jackets season was their third in the league. The team improved on their previous output of 10-4, winning fourteen games.[1] By virtue of their league-best record of 14-1-2, they were crowned the 1926 NFL Champions.
| 1926 Frankford Yellow Jackets season | |
|---|---|
| Head Coach | Guy Chamberlin |
| Home Field | |
| Results | |
| Record | 14-1-2 |
| Place | 1st NFL |
| Playoff Finish | NFL Champions |
| Timeline | |
| Previous season | Next season |
| 1925 | 1927 |
Incidentally, the champions of the rival American Football League that year were also based in Philadelphia, the Philadelphia Quakers. There had been some brief discussion of fulfilling the crosstown rivalry by staging an interleague championship between the Quakers and Yellow Jackets, but the Yellow Jackets declined. (The Quakers instead played the seventh-place New York Giants, losing 31-0.)
Schedule[]
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | September 25, 1926 | Akron Indians | T 6-6 |
| 2 | October 2, 1926 | Hartford Blues | W 13-0 |
| 3 | October 3, 1926 | at Hartford Blues | W 10-0 |
| 4 | October 9, 1926 | Buffalo Rangers | W 30-0 |
| 5 | October 16, 1926 | New York Giants | W 6-0 |
| 6 | October 17, 1926 | at New York Giants | W 6-0 |
| 7 | October 23, 1926 | Canton Bulldogs | W 17-0 |
| 8 | October 30, 1926 | Providence Steam Roller | L 7-6 |
| 9 | October 31, 1926 | at Providence Steam Roller | W 6-3 |
| 10 | November 6, 1926 | Chicago Cardinals | W 33-7 |
| 11 | November 13, 1926 | Duluth Eskimos | W 10-0 |
| 12 | November 20, 1926 | Dayton Triangles | W 35-0 |
| 13 | November 25, 1926 | Green Bay Packers | W 20-14 |
| 14 | November 27, 1926 | Detroit Panthers | W 7-6 |
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 |