| 1926 National Football League season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Regular season | |||
| Duration | September 19, 1926 - December 19, 1926 | ||
| Champions | Frankford Yellow Jackets | ||
National Football League seasons
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The 1926 NFL season was the 7th regular season of the National Football League. The league grew to 22 teams, adding the Brooklyn Lions, the Hartford Blues, the Los Angeles Buccaneers, and the Louisville Colonels, with Racine Tornadoes re-entering. Cleveland Bulldogs sat out the season, the Rock Island Independents defected to the upstart American Football League, and the Rochester Jeffersons folded. The Akron Pros re-branded as the Akron Indians, the Duluth Kelleys as the Duluth Eskimos and the Buffalo Bison as the Buffalo Rangers (the team also used the names "Texas Rangers" and "Buffalo Cowboys").
The Los Angeles Buccaneers and Buffalo Rangers were "showcase teams," the first efforts for the league to reach beyond the northeast and midwest. The Buccaneers, a response to the AFL's Los Angeles Wildcats, represented the state of California, while the Rangers represented the state of Texas and other areas of the Southwestern United States. Both teams only lasted one season; the Buccaneers folded while the Rangers reverted to their previous status as the Bison.
In mid-November, Brooklyn merged with the AFL's Brooklyn Horsemen and stayed in the NFL, playing one more game as the Lions before changing its name to the Brooklyn Horsemen for the last three games (all shutout losses).
The Frankford Yellow Jackets were named the NFL champions after finishing the season with the best record.
Final standings[]
W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PCT= Winning Percentage
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972
| Team | W | L | T | PCT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frankford Yellow Jackets | 14 | 1 | 2 | .933 |
| Chicago Bears | 12 | 1 | 3 | .923 |
| Pottsville Maroons | 10 | 2 | 2 | .833 |
| Kansas City Cowboys | 8 | 3 | 0 | .727 |
| Green Bay Packers | 7 | 3 | 3 | .700 |
| Los Angeles Buccaneers | 6 | 3 | 1 | .667 |
| New York Giants | 8 | 4 | 1 | .667 |
| Duluth Eskimos | 6 | 5 | 3 | .545 |
| Buffalo Rangers | 4 | 4 | 2 | .500 |
| Chicago Cardinals | 5 | 6 | 1 | .455 |
| Providence Steam Roller | 5 | 7 | 1 | .417 |
| Detroit Panthers | 4 | 6 | 2 | .400 |
| Hartford Blues | 3 | 7 | 0 | .300 |
| Brooklyn Lions | 3 | 8 | 0 | .273 |
| Milwaukee Badgers | 2 | 7 | 0 | .222 |
| Akron Indians | 1 | 4 | 3 | .200 |
| Dayton Triangles | 1 | 4 | 1 | .200 |
| Racine Tornadoes | 1 | 4 | 0 | .200 |
| Columbus Tigers | 1 | 6 | 0 | .143 |
| Canton Bulldogs | 1 | 9 | 3 | .100 |
| Hammond Pros | 0 | 4 | 0 | .000 |
| Louisville Colonels | 0 | 4 | 0 | .000 |
References[]
- NFL Record and Fact Book (ISBN 1-932994-36-X)
- NFL History 1921-1930 (Last accessed December 4, 2005)
- 1926 season in details
- David S. Neft, Richard M. Cohen, and Rick Korch, The Football Encyclopedia: The Complete, Year-by-Year History of Professional Football From 1892 to the Present (St. Martin's Press 1994) ISBN 0-312-11435-4
- Total Football: The Official Encyclopedia of the National Football League (ISBN 0-06-270174-6)