1929 Frankford Yellow Jackets season

1929 Frankford Yellow Jackets season
Head coach Bull Behman
Home field Frankford Stadium
Results
Record 13–4–5 Overall
10–4–5 NFL
Division place 3rd NFL
Playoff finish No playoffs until 1932
Timeline
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< 1928 1930 >

The 1929 Frankford Yellow Jackets season was their sixth in the National Football League. The team failed to improve on their previous league output of 11–3–2, winning only ten games, losing four, and tying five.[1] They finished third in the league standings.[2]

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result
– September 22, 1929 at Atlantic City Tornadoes W 6–0
1 September 28, 1929 Dayton Triangles W 14–7
2 October 5, 1929 Buffalo Bisons W 19–0
3 October 6, 1929 at Buffalo Bisons W 13–0
4 October 13, 1929 at Green Bay Packers L 14–2
5 October 19, 1929 Orange Tornadoes T 6–6
6 October 20, 1929 at New York Giants L 32–0
7 October 26, 1929 Staten Island Stapletons T 6–6
8 October 27, 1929 at Staten Island Stapletons W 3–0
9 November 2, 1929 Chicago Cardinals W 8–0
10 November 9, 1929 Providence Steam Roller W 7–0
11 November 10, 1929 at Providence Steam Roller W 7–6
12 November 16, 1929 Chicago Bears W 20–14
13 November 17, 1929 at Orange Tornadoes T 0–0
14 November 23, 1929 Minneapolis Red Jackets W 24–0
– November 24, 1929 Clifton Heights Orange & Black W 17–0
15 November 28, 1929 Green Bay Packers T 0–0
16 December 1, 1929 at Chicago Bears T 0–0
17 December 7, 1929 New York Giants L 0–12
18 December 8, 1929 at New York Giants L 0–31
19 December 14, 1929 Orange Tornadoes W 10–0
– December 15, 1929 at Lebanon Battery H W 26–0

Standings

NFL standings
W L T PCT PF PA STK
Green Bay Packers 12 0 1 1.000 198 22 W2
New York Giants 13 1 1 .929 312 86 W4
Frankford Yellow Jackets 9 4 5 .692 129 128 W1
Chicago Cardinals 6 6 1 .500 154 83 W1
Boston Bulldogs 4 4 0 .500 98 73 L1
Staten Island Stapletons 3 4 3 .429 89 65 L2
Orange Tornadoes 3 4 4 .429 35 80 L1
Providence Steam Roller 4 6 2 .400 107 117 L1
Chicago Bears 4 9 2 .308 119 227 L1
Buffalo Bisons 1 7 1 .125 48 142 W1
Minneapolis Red Jackets 1 9 0 .100 48 185 L7
Dayton Triangles 0 6 0 .000 7 136 L6

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

References

  1. ↑ NFL.com Standing by year
  2. ↑ Pro Football Archives 1929 Frankford Yellow Jackets season