1924 Rochester Jeffersons season
National Football League team season
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The 1924 Rochester Jeffersons season was their fifth in the National Football League (NFL). The club continued to stack losses on the 0â4 record of the 1923 team, finishing 0â7 â last in the 18-team league.[1] In these seven losing NFL contests, the Jeffs were outscored by a margin of 156 to 7, suffering shutouts six times.
Home stadiumEdgerton Park
Record0â7 (NFL)
2-8 (overall)
2-8 (overall)
| 1924 Rochester Jeffersons season | |
|---|---|
| General manager | Leo Lyons |
| Head coach | Leo Lyons and Johnny Murphy |
| Home stadium | Edgerton Park |
| Results | |
| Record | 0â7 (NFL) 2-8 (overall) |
| League place | Tâ16th in NFL |
The team did win two of three games played against non-NFL opponents, with the best victory of the season coming in a lightly-attended final game against the Pottsville Maroons â a previously undefeated 12-win team that would join the NFL in 1925.
Schedule
| Game | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Attendance | Recap | Sources | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | September 27 | at Frankford Yellow Jackets | L 0â21 | 0â1 | Frankford Stadium | 7,000 | Recap | [2][3] | |
| 2 | October 5 | Akron Pros | L 0â3 | 0â2 | Edgerton Park | 1,200 | Recap | [4][5] | |
| 3 | October 12 | Columbus Tigers | L 7â15 | 0â3 | Edgerton Park | 2,000 | Recap | ||
| 4 | October 19 | at Buffalo Bisons | L 0â26 | 0â4 | Bison Stadium | 3,500 | Recap | ||
| 5 | October 26 | at Cleveland Bulldogs | L 0â59 | 0â5 | Dunn Field | 5,000 | Recap | ||
| â | November 2 | at Utica Knights of Columbus | W 6â0 | â | Utica, New York | 500 | â | [6] | |
| â | November 9 | at Providence Steam Roller | L 0â3 | â | Kinsley Park | â | [7][8] | ||
| 6 | November 16 | at Columbus Tigers | L 0â16 | 0â6 | West Side Athletic Club | 2,500 | Recap | ||
| 7 | November 22 | Buffalo Bisons | L 0â16 | 0â7 | Edgerton Park | 2,500 | Recap | ||
| â | November 30 | at Pottsville Maroons | W 10â7 | â | Minersville Park | "few in number" | â | [9][10][11][12] | |
| Notes: Non-league games in italics. ⢠September 27 & November 22: Saturday. | |||||||||
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.