Providence Steam Roller
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- This article is about the 1920s football team. For the 1940s basketball team, see Providence Steamrollers.
The Providence Steam Roller (also referred to as the Providence Steam Rollers, the Providence Steamroller and the Providence Steamrollers) was a professional American football team based in Providence, Rhode Island in the National Football League from 1925 to 1931. The Steam Roller won the 1928 NFL championship and bear the dubious distinction of being the last team not still in the NFL to have done so. The team had been established in 1916, but did not join the NFL until 1925. Most of their home games were played in a 10,000-seat stadium that was built for bicycle races called the Cycledrome.
The Steam Roller hosted the NFL's first night game on November 6, 1929 losing to the Chicago Cardinals, 16-0.
Due to financial troubles brought on by the Great Depression, the team suspended operations after the 1931 season. They never played in the league again and officially folded in 1933. However the name was revived by Pearce Johnson, one of the original team's founders. The subsequent Steamrollers played intermittently until 1964 as a semipro, minor leagues and independent team.
The name was revived again in 1988 for an Arena Football team, the New England Steamrollers.
[edit] Pro Football Hall of Famers
[edit] Season-by-season
| Year | W | L | T | Finish | Coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1925 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 10th | Archie Golembeski |
| 1926 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 11th | Jim Laird |
| 1927 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 5th | Jimmy Conzelman |
| 1928 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1st | Jimmy Conzelman |
| 1929 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 8th | Jimmy Conzelman |
| 1930 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 5th | Jimmy Conzelman |
| 1931 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6th | Ed Robinson |
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