1923 St. Louis All-Stars season
National Football League team season
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The 1923 St. Louis All-Stars season was the franchise's sole season in the National Football League. The team finished 1â4â2 in league play, and a 2â5â2 overall record[1] finishing fourteenth in the standings.[2]
(2â5â2 overall)
| 1923 St. Louis All-Stars season | |
|---|---|
| Owner | Ollie Kraehe |
| Head coach | Ollie Kraehe |
| Home stadium | Sportsman's Park |
| Results | |
| Record | 1â4â2 in NFL (2â5â2 overall) |
| League place | 14th in NFL |
Alone in the NFL, the All-Stars would not play home games against black opponents in Missouri, forcing the sidelining of Fritz Pollard and end Ink Williams of the Hammond Pros.[3] St. Louis made the best of this competitive disadvantage forced upon its opponent, generating a scoreless tie in this contest with an ostensibly superior opponent.
The team drew crowds of fewer than 1,000 people to two of their four home dates, with team owner Ollie Kraehe losing thousands of dollars on guarantees paid to visiting teams.[4] The Blues did not return to the NFL for the 1924 season.
Schedule
| Game | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Attendance | Recap | Sources | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| â | September 30 | at Murphysboro All-Stars | W 25â0 | â | Murphysboro, Illinois | (promoter lost money) | â | [5][6] | |
| 1 | October 7 | at Green Bay Packers | T 0â0 | 0â0â1 | Bellevue Park | 2,831 | Recap | [7] | |
| 2 | October 14 | Hammond Pros | T 0â0 | 0-0-2 | Sportsman's Park | 719 | Recap | [4][8][3] | |
| 3 | October 21 | at Cleveland Indians | L 0â6 | 0â1â2 | Dunn Field | 7,000 | Recap | ||
| 4 | October 28 | at Milwaukee Badgers | L 0â6 | 0â2â2 | Athletic Park | 4,700 [9] | Recap | [10] | |
| 5 | November 4 | Green Bay Packers | L 0â3 | 0â3â2 | Sportsman's Park | 750 | Recap | ||
| 6 | November 11 | Oorang Indians | W 14â7 | 1â3â2 | Sportsman's Park | 5,000 | Recap | ||
| â | November 18 | at Hammond Pros | canceled | [11] | |||||
| 7 | November 24 | Milwaukee Badgers | L 0â17 | 1â4â2 | Sportsman's Park | 2,395 | Recap | ||
| â | December 2 | at Benld Independents | L 7â9 | â | Benld, Illinois | â | [12] | ||
| Note: Games in italics are against non-NFL teams. November 24: Saturday. | |||||||||
Standings
| NFL standings | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | STK | |||
| Canton Bulldogs | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 246 | 19 | W5 | ||
| Chicago Bears | 9 | 2 | 1 | .818 | 123 | 35 | W1 | ||
| Green Bay Packers | 7 | 2 | 1 | .778 | 85 | 34 | W5 | ||
| Milwaukee Badgers | 7 | 2 | 3 | .778 | 100 | 49 | W1 | ||
| Cleveland Indians | 3 | 1 | 3 | .750 | 52 | 49 | L1 | ||
| Chicago Cardinals | 8 | 4 | 0 | .667 | 161 | 56 | L1 | ||
| Duluth Kelleys | 4 | 3 | 0 | .571 | 35 | 33 | L3 | ||
| Buffalo All-Americans | 5 | 4 | 3 | .556 | 94 | 43 | L1 | ||
| Columbus Tigers | 5 | 4 | 1 | .556 | 119 | 35 | L1 | ||
| Toledo Maroons | 3 | 3 | 2 | .500 | 35 | 66 | L1 | ||
| Racine Legion | 4 | 4 | 2 | .500 | 86 | 76 | W1 | ||
| Rock Island Independents | 2 | 3 | 3 | .400 | 84 | 62 | L1 | ||
| Minneapolis Marines | 2 | 5 | 2 | .286 | 48 | 81 | L1 | ||
| St. Louis All-Stars | 1 | 4 | 2 | .200 | 25 | 74 | L1 | ||
| Hammond Pros | 1 | 5 | 1 | .167 | 14 | 59 | L4 | ||
| Akron Pros | 1 | 6 | 0 | .143 | 25 | 74 | W1 | ||
| Dayton Triangles | 1 | 6 | 1 | .143 | 16 | 95 | L2 | ||
| Oorang Indians | 1 | 10 | 0 | .091 | 50 | 257 | W1 | ||
| Louisville Brecks | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 90 | L3 | ||
| Rochester Jeffersons | 0 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 6 | 141 | L4 | ||
- Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.