1925 Frankford Yellow Jackets season
National Football League team season
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The 1925 Frankford Yellow Jackets season was their second in the National Football League. The team improved on their previous output of 11â2â1, 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 15â7.
| 1925 Frankford Yellow Jackets season | |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Guy Chamberlin |
| Home stadium | Frankford Stadium |
| Results | |
| Record | 15â7 Overall 13â7 NFL |
| League place | 6th NFL |
The team set the record for most games played in a season during the years before the league went to a fixed-length schedule, playing an astonishing 22-game season, including two contests against non-NFL opponents. Three Frankford players (Rae Crowther, Tex Hamer, and Bill Hoffman) played in 19 of 20 regular season league games â a record that still stands.
Even counting playoff games, no NFL team played more than 20 games in a season until the 2021 NFL season when the Cincinnati Bengals and Los Angeles Rams each played 21 games including 17 regular-season games and 4 playoff games on their way to Super Bowl LVI.
Schedule
| Game | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Attendance | Recap | Sources | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| â | September 20 | at All-New Britain | W 6â0 | â | Willow Brook Park | 4,000 [3] | â | [4][5][6] | |
| 1 | September 26 | Buffalo Bisons | W 27â7 | 1â0 | Frankford Stadium | 15,000 | Recap | ||
| 2 | October 3 | Providence Steam Roller | W 7â0 | 2â0 | Frankford Stadium | 8,000 | Recap | ||
| 3 | October 10 | Canton Bulldogs | W 12â7 | 3â0 | Frankford Stadium | 15,000 | Recap | ||
| 4 | October 11 | at Detroit Panthers | L 0â3 | 3â1 | Navin Field | 3,400 | Recap | ||
| 5 | October 17 | New York Giants | W 5â3 | 4â1 | Frankford Stadium | 15,000 | Recap | ||
| 6 | October 18 | at New York Giants | W 14â0 | 5â1 | Polo Grounds | 27,000 | Recap | ||
| 7 | October 24 | Dayton Triangles | W 3â0 | 6â1 | Frankford Stadium | 2,000 | Recap | ||
| 8 | October 31 | Columbus Tigers | W 19â0 | 7â1 | Frankford Stadium | 5,000 | Recap | ||
| 9 | November 1 | at Buffalo Bisons | W 12â3 | 8â1 | Bison Stadium | 8,000 | Recap | ||
| 10 | November 7 | Akron Pros | W 17â7 | 9â1 | Frankford Stadium | 12,000 | Recap | ||
| 11 | November 8 | at Chicago Bears | L 0â19 | 9â2 | Cubs Park | 5,000 | Recap | ||
| 12 | November 14 | Pottsville Maroons | W 20â0 | 10â2 | Frankford Stadium | 15,000 | Recap | [7] | |
| 13 | November 21 | Cleveland Bulldogs | L 0â14 | 10â3 | Frankford Stadium | 7,000 | Recap | ||
| 14 | November 22 | at Providence Steam Roller | L 7â20 | 10â4 | Cycledrome | 14,000 | Recap | ||
| â | November 26 | All-New Britain | W 7â0 | â | Frankford Stadium | 15,000 | â | [8] | |
| 15 | November 28 | Green Bay Packers | W 13â7 | 11â4 | Frankford Stadium | 10,000 | Recap | [9] | |
| 16 | November 29 | at Pottsville Maroons | L 0â49 | 11â5 | Minersville Park | 9,000 | Recap | ||
| 17 | December 5 | Chicago Bears | L 7â14 | 11â6 | Shibe Park | 36,000 | Recap | ||
| 18 | December 12 | Cleveland Bulldogs | L 0â3 | 11â7 | Frankford Stadium | 7,000 | Recap | ||
| 19 | December 13 | at Providence Steam Roller | W 14â6 | 12â7 | Cycledrome | Recap | [10][11] | ||
| 20 | December 20 | at Cleveland Bulldogs | W 13â7 | 13â7 | Dunn Field | 1,000 | Recap | ||
| Note: Games in italics are against non-NFL teams. Thanksgiving Day: November 26. | |||||||||
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 | ||
| Akron Pros | 4 | 2 | 2 | .667 | 65 | 51 | L2 | ||
| New York Giants | 8 | 4 | 0 | .667 | 122 | 67 | W1 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Duluth Kelleys | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 6 | 25 | L3 | ||
| Rochester Jeffersons | 0 | 6 | 1 | .000 | 26 | 111 | L5 | ||
| Milwaukee Badgers | 0 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 7 | 191 | L6 | ||
| Dayton Triangles | 0 | 7 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 84 | L7 | ||
| 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,
and the Chicago Cardinals named the NFL champions.