1924 Duluth Kelleys season
National Football League team season
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The 1924 Duluth Kelleys season was their second in the National Football League (NFL). The club improved on their previous output of 4â3, winning five games.[1] The team also played 7 non-league games, exhibition contests from the NFL's perspective, winning 3 and tying 4.
OwnerMarshall C. Gebert
Dewey Scanlon
Joey Sternaman
Dan "Doc" Williams
Dewey Scanlon
Joey Sternaman
Dan "Doc" Williams
Home stadiumAthletic Park
Record5â1 (NFL)
8â1â4 (overall)
8â1â4 (overall)
| 1924 Duluth Kelleys season | |
|---|---|
| Owner | Marshall C. Gebert Dewey Scanlon Joey Sternaman Dan "Doc" Williams |
| Head coach | Dewey Scanlon |
| Home stadium | Athletic Park |
| Results | |
| Record | 5â1 (NFL) 8â1â4 (overall) |
| League place | 4th NFL |
The club, known commonly in the press as KelleyâDuluth, finished 4th out of 18 teams in the 1924 NFL standings.[2]
Schedule
| Game | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Attendance | Recap | Sources | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| â | September 7 | West Duluth | T 0â0 | â | Athletic Park | â | |||
| â | September 28 | at Bessemer, Michigan | W 13â0 | â | â | ||||
| â | September 21 | Ironwood Legion | T 0â0 | â | Athletic Park | â | |||
| 1 | September 28 | Green Bay Packers | W 6â3 | 1â0 | Athletic Park | 2,200 | Recap | [3] | |
| 2 | October 5 | at Minneapolis Marines | W 3â0 | 2â0 | Nicollet Park | Recap | |||
| â | October 12 | at Ironwood Legion | T 0â0 | â | Ironwood Ball Park | â | |||
| â | October 19 | Hibbing All-Stars | W 20â7 | â | Athletic Park | â | |||
| 3 | October 26 | Kenosha Maroons | W 32â0 | 3â0 | Athletic Park | "fair-sized crowd" | Recap | [4][5] | |
| 4 | November 2 | at Minneapolis Marines | W 6â0 | 4â0 | Nicollet Park | Recap | |||
| 5 | November 9 | at Green Bay Packers | L 0â13 | 4â1 | Bellevue Park | 2,700 | Recap | [6] | |
| â | November 16 | at Ironwood Legion | T 0â0 | â | Ironwood Ball Park | â | |||
| 6 | November 23 | at Rock Island Independents | W 9â0 | 5â1 | Douglas Park | 2,500 | Recap | ||
| â | November 27 (?) | Superior Christy | W 14â7 | â | Athletic Park | â | |||
| Note: Games in italics indicate a non-NFL opponent. | |||||||||
Standings
| NFL standings | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | STK | |||
| Cleveland Bulldogs | 7 | 1 | 1 | .875 | 229 | 60 | W2 | ||
| Chicago Bears | 6 | 1 | 4 | .857 | 136 | 55 | W3 | ||
| Frankford Yellow Jackets | 11 | 2 | 1 | .846 | 326 | 109 | W8 | ||
| Duluth Kelleys | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 56 | 16 | W1 | ||
| Rock Island Independents | 5 | 2 | 2 | .714 | 88 | 38 | L1 | ||
| Green Bay Packers | 7 | 4 | 0 | .636 | 108 | 38 | L1 | ||
| Racine Legion | 4 | 3 | 3 | .571 | 69 | 47 | W1 | ||
| Chicago Cardinals | 5 | 4 | 1 | .556 | 90 | 67 | L1 | ||
| Buffalo Bisons | 6 | 5 | 0 | .545 | 120 | 140 | L3 | ||
| Columbus Tigers | 4 | 4 | 0 | .500 | 91 | 68 | L1 | ||
| Hammond Pros | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 18 | 45 | W2 | ||
| Milwaukee Badgers | 5 | 8 | 0 | .385 | 142 | 188 | L2 | ||
| Akron Pros | 2 | 6 | 0 | .250 | 59 | 132 | W1 | ||
| Dayton Triangles | 2 | 6 | 0 | .250 | 45 | 148 | L6 | ||
| Kansas City Blues | 2 | 7 | 0 | .222 | 46 | 124 | L2 | ||
| Kenosha Maroons | 0 | 4 | 1 | .000 | 12 | 117 | L2 | ||
| Minneapolis Marines | 0 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 14 | 108 | L6 | ||
| Rochester Jeffersons | 0 | 7 | 0 | .000 | 7 | 156 | L7 | ||
- Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.