1927 NFL season

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The 1927 NFL season was the 8th regular season of the National Football League. Prior to the season, the league decided to eliminate the financially weaker teams. As a result, the league dropped to 12 teams, and a majority of the remaining teams were centered around the East Coast instead of the Midwest, where the NFL had started.

The New York Giants were named the NFL champions after finished the season with the best record.

[edit] 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
New York Giants 11 1 1 .917
Green Bay Packers 7 2 1 .778
Chicago Bears 9 3 2 .750
Cleveland Bulldogs 8 4 1 .667
Providence Steam Roller 8 5 1 .615
New York Yankees 7 8 1 .467
Frankford Yellow Jackets 6 9 3 .400
Pottsville Maroons 5 8 0 .385
Chicago Cardinals 3 7 1 .300
Dayton Triangles 1 6 1 .143
Duluth Eskimos 1 8 0 .111
Buffalo Bisons 0 5 0 .000

[edit] References

In other languages