1928 Frankford Yellow Jackets season

The 1928 Frankford Yellow Jackets season was their fifth in the National Football League. The team improved on their previous league output of 6–9–3, winning eleven games.[1] They finished second in the league standings.[2]

1928 Frankford Yellow Jackets season
Head coachEd Weir
Home fieldFrankford Stadium
Results
Record16–3–2 Overall
11–3–2 NFL
League place2nd NFL

Schedule

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Week Date Opponent Result
September 16, 1928 at Orange Tornadoes W 12–0
1 September 23, 1928 at Green Bay Packers W 19–9
2 September 29, 1928 Dayton Triangles W 6–0
October 6, 1928 Marquette University W 14–0
3 October 7, 1928 at Providence Steam Roller W 10–6
4 October 13, 1928 New York Yankees L 13–0
5 October 20, 1928 Dayton Triangles W 13–9
October 21, 1928 at Staten Island Stapletons W 14–13
October 27, 1928 Millville Big Blue W 26–0
October 28, 1928 at Clifton Heights Panthers W 20–6
6 November 3, 1928 Detroit Wolverines W 25–7
7 November 4, 1928 at New York Giants T 0–0
8 November 10, 1928 Pottsville Maroons W 19–0
9 November 11, 1928 at Pottsville Maroons W 24–0
10 November 17, 1928 Providence Steam Roller T 6–6
11 November 18, 1928 at Providence Steam Roller L 6–0
12 November 24, 1928 Chicago Cardinals W 19–0
13 November 29, 1928 Green Bay Packers W 2–0
14 December 2, 1928 at Chicago Bears L 28–6
15 December 8, 1928 New York Giants W 7–0
16 December 15, 1928 Chicago Bears W 19–0
December 16, 1928 at Clifton Heights Panthers W 52–3

Standings

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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

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