1925 Frankford Yellow Jackets season
The 1925 Frankford Yellow Jackets season was their second in the National Football League. The team improved on their previous output of 11–2–1, winning thirteen league games[1] to finish the season in sixth place.[2] The team's overall record, against league and non-league opponents in 1925 was 15–7. They set the unofficial record for most games played in a season during the years before the league went to a fixed-length schedule: they played 20 NFL games (plus at least 2 more against non-NFL opponents.) Even counting playoff games, no NFL team has since played more than 20 games in a season.
| 1925 Frankford Yellow Jackets season | |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Guy Chamberlin |
| Home field | Frankford Stadium |
| Results | |
| Record | 15–7 Overall 13–7 NFL |
| League place | 6th NFL |
Schedule
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| – | September 20, 1925 | at All-New Britain | W 6–0 |
| 1 | September 26, 1925 | Buffalo Bisons | W 27–7 |
| 2 | October 3, 1925 | Providence Steam Roller | W 7–0 |
| 3 | October 10, 1925 | Canton Bulldogs | W 12–7 |
| 4 | October 11, 1925 | at Detroit Panthers | L 3–0 |
| 5 | October 17, 1925 | New York Giants | W 5–3 |
| 6 | October 18, 1925 | at New York Giants | W 14–0 |
| 7 | October 24, 1925 | Dayton Triangles | W 3–0 |
| 8 | October 31, 1925 | Columbus Tigers | W 19–0 |
| 9 | November 1, 1925 | at Buffalo Bisons | W 12–3 |
| 10 | November 7, 1925 | Akron Pros | W 17–7 |
| 11 | November 8, 1925 | at Chicago Bears | L 19–0 |
| 12 | November 14, 1925 | Pottsville Maroons | W 20–0 |
| 13 | November 21, 1925 | Cleveland Bulldogs | L 14–0 |
| 14 | November 22, 1925 | Providence Steam Roller | L 20–7 |
| – | November 26, 1925 | All-New Britain | W 7–0 |
| 15 | November 28, 1925 | Green Bay Packers | W 13–7 |
| 16 | November 29, 1925 | at Pottsville Maroons | L 49–0 |
| 17 | December 5, 1925 | Chicago Bears Played at Shibe Park |
L 14–7 |
| 18 | December 12, 1925 | Cleveland Bulldogs | L 3–0 |
| 19 | December 13, 1925 | at Providence Steam Roller | W 14–6 |
| 20 | December 20, 1925 | at Cleveland Bulldogs | W 13–7 |
- Games in italics are against non-NFL teams
Standings
| NFL standings | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | STK | |||
| Chicago Cardinals * | 11 | 2 | 1 | .846 | 229 | 65 | W2 | ||
| Pottsville Maroons * | 10 | 2 | 0 | .833 | 270 | 45 | W5 | ||
| Detroit Panthers | 8 | 2 | 2 | .800 | 129 | 39 | W1 | ||
| New York Giants | 8 | 4 | 0 | .667 | 122 | 67 | W1 | ||
| Akron Pros | 4 | 2 | 2 | .667 | 65 | 51 | L2 | ||
| Frankford Yellow Jackets | 13 | 7 | 0 | .650 | 190 | 169 | W2 | ||
| Chicago Bears | 9 | 5 | 3 | .643 | 158 | 96 | W3 | ||
| Rock Island Independents | 5 | 3 | 3 | .625 | 99 | 58 | L1 | ||
| Green Bay Packers | 8 | 5 | 0 | .615 | 151 | 110 | W1 | ||
| Providence Steam Roller | 6 | 5 | 1 | .545 | 111 | 101 | L1 | ||
| Canton Bulldogs | 4 | 4 | 0 | .500 | 50 | 73 | L1 | ||
| Cleveland Bulldogs | 5 | 8 | 1 | .385 | 75 | 135 | L1 | ||
| Kansas City Cowboys | 2 | 5 | 1 | .286 | 65 | 97 | W1 | ||
| Hammond Pros | 1 | 4 | 0 | .200 | 23 | 87 | L3 | ||
| Buffalo Bisons | 1 | 6 | 2 | .143 | 33 | 113 | L4 | ||
| Rochester Jeffersons | 0 | 6 | 1 | .000 | 26 | 111 | L5 | ||
| Dayton Triangles | 0 | 7 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 84 | L7 | ||
| Duluth Kelleys | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 6 | 25 | L3 | ||
| Milwaukee Badgers | 0 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 7 | 191 | L6 | ||
| Columbus Tigers | 0 | 9 | 0 | .000 | 28 | 124 | L9 | ||
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.
* The Pottsville Maroons were suspended from the league in December, resulting in the Chicago Cardinals being named the NFL champions.