1928 Frankford Yellow Jackets season
| 1928 Frankford Yellow Jackets season | |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Ed Weir |
| Home field | Frankford Stadium |
| Results | |
| Record | 11–3–2 (NFL) (16–3–2 Overall) |
| League place | 2nd NFL |
The 1928 Frankford Yellow Jackets season was their fifth in the National Football League. The team returned ten veterans from their 1927 team.[1]
The team improved on their 1927 record of 6–9–3 by winning eleven games.[2] They finished second in the league standings with a winning percentage of .786.[3]
Schedule
[edit]| Game | Date | Opponent | Result | Attendance | Venue | Recap | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | September 16, 1928 | at Orange Tornadoes | W 12–0 | K of C Stadium | [4] | ||
| 1 | September 23, 1928 | at Green Bay Packers | W 19–9 | 6,500 | City Stadium | Recap | |
| 2 | September 29, 1928 | Dayton Triangles | W 6–0 | 4,000 | Frankford Stadium | Recap | |
| – | October 6, 1928 | Marquette University | W 14–0 | Frankford Stadium | |||
| 3 | October 7, 1928 | at Providence Steam Roller | W 10–6 | 8,000 | Cycledrome | Recap | [5] |
| 4 | October 13, 1928 | New York Yankees | L 13–0 | 6,000 | Frankford Stadium | Recap | |
| 5 | October 20, 1928 | Dayton Triangles | W 13–9 | 7,000 | Frankford Stadium | Recap | |
| – | October 21, 1928 | at Staten Island Stapletons | W 14–13 | Thompson Stadium | |||
| – | October 27, 1928 | Millville Big Blue | W 26–0 | Frankford Stadium | |||
| – | October 28, 1928 | at Clifton Heights Panthers | W 20–6 | Kent Field | |||
| 6 | November 3, 1928 | Detroit Wolverines | W 25–7 | 8,000 | Frankford Stadium | Recap | [6] |
| 7 | November 4, 1928 | at New York Giants | T 0–0 | 3,000 | Polo Grounds | Recap | [7] |
| 8 | November 10, 1928 | Pottsville Maroons | W 19–0 | Frankford Stadium | Recap | ||
| 9 | November 11, 1928 | at Pottsville Maroons | W 24–0 | Minersville Park | Recap | ||
| 10 | November 17, 1928 | Providence Steam Roller | T 6–6 | 9,000 [8] | Frankford Stadium | Recap | [5] |
| 11 | November 18, 1928 | at Providence Steam Roller | L 6–0 | 12,000 | Cycledrome | Recap | [5] |
| 12 | November 24, 1928 | Chicago Cardinals | W 19–0 | 8,000 | Frankford Stadium | Recap | |
| 13 | November 29, 1928 | Green Bay Packers | W 2–0 | 8,000 | Frankford Stadium | Recap | |
| 14 | December 2, 1928 | at Chicago Bears | L 28–6 | 12,000 | Wrigley Field | Recap | |
| 15 | December 8, 1928 | New York Giants | W 7–0 | 3,500 | Frankford Stadium | Recap | |
| 16 | December 15, 1928 | Chicago Bears | W 19–0 | 7,000 | Frankford Stadium | Recap | |
| – | December 16, 1928 | at Clifton Heights Panthers | W 52–3 | Kent Field |
Standings
[edit]| NFL standings | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | STK | |||
| Providence Steam Roller | 8 | 1 | 2 | .889 | 128 | 42 | T1 | ||
| Frankford Yellow Jackets | 11 | 3 | 2 | .786 | 175 | 84 | L1 | ||
| Detroit Wolverines | 7 | 2 | 1 | .778 | 189 | 76 | W4 | ||
| Green Bay Packers | 6 | 4 | 3 | .600 | 120 | 92 | W1 | ||
| Chicago Bears | 7 | 5 | 1 | .583 | 182 | 85 | L2 | ||
| New York Giants | 4 | 7 | 2 | .364 | 79 | 136 | L5 | ||
| New York Yankees | 4 | 8 | 1 | .333 | 103 | 179 | W1 | ||
| Pottsville Maroons | 2 | 8 | 0 | .200 | 74 | 134 | L1 | ||
| Chicago Cardinals | 1 | 5 | 0 | .167 | 7 | 107 | L4 | ||
| Dayton Triangles | 0 | 7 | 0 | .000 | 9 | 131 | L7 | ||
- Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.
References
[edit]- ^ "Wallie Diehl to Play with Frankford Team," Hazelton Standard-Speaker, Sept. 17, 1928, p. 8.
- ^ 1928 Frankford Yellow Jackets
- ^ Pro Football Archives 1928 Frankford Yellow Jackets season
- ^ "Orange Eleven Bows to Yellow Jackets," Plainfield [NJ] Courier-News, Sept. 17, 1928, p. 20.
- ^ a b c Greg D. Tranter, The Providence Steam Roller: New England's First NFL Team. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 2024; pp. 236-237.
- ^ "Frankford Yellow Jackets Jolt Wolverines, 25 to 7," Atlantic City Sunday Press, Nov. 4, 1928, p. 28.
- ^ "Giants—Frankford Tie," Yonkers Statesman, Nov. 5, 1928, p. 12.
- ^ Tranter has attendance for this game as 15,000, which is probably a typo.
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