1926 NFL season
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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. Akron Pros rebranded as the Akron Indians, the Duluth Kelleys as the Duluth Eskimos and the Buffalo Bisons as the Buffalo Rangers.
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.
[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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
[edit] 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)
[edit] See also
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| Akron | Brooklyn | Buffalo | Canton | Chicago Bears | Chicago Cardinals |
| Columbus | Dayton | Detroit | Duluth | Frankford | Green Bay |
| Hammond | Hartford | Kansas City | Los Angeles | Louisville | Milwaukee |
| New York | Pottsville | Providence | Racine | ||
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