1928 Frankford Yellow Jackets season

1928 Frankford Yellow Jackets season
Head coachEd Weir
Home stadiumFrankford Stadium
Results
Record11–3–2 (NFL)
(16–3–2 Overall)
League place2nd NFL
Frankford Yellow Jackets and the New York Yankees (1928)

The 1928 Frankford Yellow Jackets season was their fifth in the National Football League. The team returned ten veterans from their 1927 team.[1]

The team improved on their 1927 record of 6–9–3 by winning eleven games.[2] They finished second in the league standings with a winning percentage of .786.[3]

Schedule

Game Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance Recap Sources
– September 16 at Orange Tornadoes W 12–0 — K of C Stadium [4]
1 September 23 at Green Bay Packers W 19–9 1–0 6,500 City Stadium Recap
2 September 29 Dayton Triangles W 6–0 2–0 4,000 Frankford Stadium Recap
– October 6, 1928 Marquette University W 14–0 — Frankford Stadium
3 October 7 at Providence Steam Roller W 10–6 3–0 8,000 Cycledrome Recap [5]
4 October 13 New York Yankees L 0–13 3–1 6,000 Frankford Stadium Recap
5 October 20 Dayton Triangles W 13–9 4–1 7,000 Frankford Stadium Recap
– October 21 at Staten Island Stapletons W 14–13 5–1 Thompson Stadium
– October 27 Millville Big Blue W 26–0 — Frankford Stadium
– October 28 at Clifton Heights Panthers W 20–6 — Kent Field
6 November 3 Detroit Wolverines W 25–7 5–1 8,000 Frankford Stadium Recap [6]
7 November 4 at New York Giants T 0–0 5–1–1 3,000 Polo Grounds Recap [7]
8 November 10 Pottsville Maroons W 19–0 6–1–1 Frankford Stadium Recap
9 November 11 at Pottsville Maroons W 24–0 7–1–1 Minersville Park Recap
10 November 17 Providence Steam Roller T 6–6 7–1–2 9,000 [8] Frankford Stadium Recap [5]
11 November 18 at Providence Steam Roller L 0–6 7–2–2 12,000 Cycledrome Recap [5]
12 November 24 Chicago Cardinals W 19–0 8–2–2 8,000 Frankford Stadium Recap
13 November 29 Green Bay Packers W 2–0 9–2–2 8,000 Frankford Stadium Recap
14 December 2 at Chicago Bears L 6–28 9–3–2 12,000 Wrigley Field Recap
15 December 8 New York Giants W 7–0 10–3–2 3,500 Frankford Stadium Recap
16 December 15 Chicago Bears W 19–0 11–3–2 7,000 Frankford Stadium Recap
– December 16 at Clifton Heights Panthers W 52–3 — Kent Field
Note: Games in italics are against non-NFL teams. Thanksgiving Day: November 29.

Standings

NFL standings
W L T PCT PF PA STK
Providence Steam Roller 8 1 2 .889 128 42 T1
11 3 2 .786 175 84 W2
Detroit Wolverines 7 2 1 .778 189 76 W4
Green Bay Packers 6 4 3 .600 120 92 W1
Chicago Bears 7 5 1 .583 182 85 L2
New York Giants 4 7 2 .364 79 136 L5
New York Yankees 4 8 1 .333 103 179 W1
Pottsville Maroons 2 8 0 .200 74 134 L1
Chicago Cardinals 1 5 0 .167 7 107 L4
Dayton Triangles 0 7 0 .000 9 131 L7
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

References

  1. ^ "Wallie Diehl to Play with Frankford Team," Hazelton Standard-Speaker, Sept. 17, 1928, p. 8.
  2. ^ 1928 Frankford Yellow Jackets
  3. ^ Pro Football Archives 1928 Frankford Yellow Jackets season
  4. ^ "Orange Eleven Bows to Yellow Jackets," Plainfield [NJ] Courier-News, Sept. 17, 1928, p. 20.
  5. ^ a b c Greg D. Tranter, The Providence Steam Roller: New England's First NFL Team. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 2024; pp. 236-237.
  6. ^ "Frankford Yellow Jackets Jolt Wolverines, 25 to 7," Atlantic City Sunday Press, Nov. 4, 1928, p. 28.
  7. ^ "Giants—Frankford Tie," Yonkers Statesman, Nov. 5, 1928, p. 12.
  8. ^ Tranter has attendance for this game as 15,000, which is probably a typo.
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