1930 NFL season
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Duration | September 14 β December 14, 1930 | ||
Champions | Green Bay Packers | ||
National Football League seasons
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The 1930 NFL season was the 11th regular season of the National Football League. Prior to the season, Brooklyn businessmen William B. Dwyer and John C. Depler bought the Dayton Triangles, moved it, and renamed it the Brooklyn Dodgers. The Orange Tornadoes relocated to Newark and the Buffalo Bisons and the Boston Bulldogs dropped out. The Portsmouth Spartans entered as a new team.
Meanwhile, the Green Bay Packers were named the NFL champions for the second straight year after they finished the season with the best record.
Championship race
Defending champion Green Bay won its first 8 games, including a 14β7 home win over the New York Giants on October 4. By Week Nine, Green Bay was at 8β0β0 and New York right behind at 10β1β0. On November 16, the Packers lost to the Cardinals 13β6, but in New York, the Giants fell to the Bears, 12β0. On November 23, a crowd of 37,000 turned out as the Packers and the Giants met at the Polo Grounds in New York. The Giants' 13β6 win in Week Eleven gave it the lead, 11β2β0 (.846) to the Packers' 8β2β0 (.800). Missed extra points had a big effect, as four days later, the Giants were beaten on Thanksgiving Day by Staten Island, 7β6, while Green Bay defeated Frankford 25β7 to retake the lead, 9β2β0 (.818) vs. New York's 11β3β0 (.785). The Giants faltered again on Sunday, November 30, when Brooklyn beat them 7β6, again on a missed point after.
In Week Thirteen, the Giants beat the Yellow Jackets, 14β6, while the Packers lost to the Bears, 21β0, cutting Green Bay's hold on first place to 4/10ths of a percentage point, .769 to .765; the Giants finished their season at 13β4β0, while 10β3β0 Green Bay had a final game at Portsmouth. A loss would have given the Packers a 10β4β0 finish and a .714 percentage, and given the Giants .765 a championship. A tie (10β3β1 and .769) or a win (11β3β0 and .785) would assure Green Bay the 1930 title.
Once again, the point after decided the race. On December 14, the Packers scored on Red Dunn's touchdown pass to Wuert Engelmann, but the point after by Verne Lewellen failed, and their lead was 6β0. Chuck Bennett ran for a touchdown for the Spartans, but the extra point attempt by Tiny Lewis was blocked, and when the game ended, the 6β6 tie gave the Packers the 1930 title. [1]
Final standings
W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PCT= Winning Percentage
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972
Team | P | W | L | T | PCT |
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Green Bay Packers | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | .769 |
New York Giants | 17 | 13 | 4 | 0 | .765 |
Chicago Bears | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | .692 |
Brooklyn Dodgers | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | .636 |
Providence Steam Roller | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | .600 |
Staten Island Stapletons | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | .500 |
Chicago Cardinals | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | .455 |
Portsmouth Spartans | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | .455 |
Frankford Yellow Jackets | 18 | 4 | 13 | 1 | .222 |
Minneapolis Red Jackets | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | .125 |
Newark Tornadoes | 12 | 1 | 10 | 1 | .091 |
References
- β "Green Bay Wins Pennant As Spartans Tie," Portsmouth Times, Dec 15, 1932, p10
- NFL Record and Fact Book (ISBN 1-932994-36-X)
- NFL History 1921β1930 (Last accessed December 4, 2005)
- 1930 season in details
- Total Football: The Official Encyclopedia of the National Football League (ISBN 0-06-270174-6)
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