1926 Pottsville Maroons season
National Football League team season
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The 1926 Pottsville Maroons season was their second in the National Football League. The team matched their previous league record of 10â2,[1] They finished third in the league standings.[2]
| 1926 Pottsville Maroons season | |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Dick Rauch |
| Home stadium | Minersville Park |
| Results | |
| Record | 15â2â2 Overall 10â2â2 NFL |
| League place | 3rd NFL |
The Maroons established an NFL record for most shutout wins or ties in a season, with 11 in "official" league games.
Schedule
| Game | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Attendance | Recap | Sources | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| â | September 19 | League Island Marines | W 64â0 | Minersville Park | |||||
| â | September 26 | Media A.A. | W 52â0 | Minersville Park | |||||
| 1 | October 3 | Columbus Tigers | W 3â0 | 1â0 | Minersville Park | Recap | |||
| 2 | October 10 | Dayton Triangles | W 24â6 | 2â0 | Minersville Park | Recap | |||
| 3 | October 16 | at Brooklyn Lions | W 21â0 | 3â0 | Ebbets Field | 8,000 | Recap | ||
| 4 | October 17 | Brooklyn Lions | W 14â0 | 4â0 | Minersville Park | 8,000 | Recap | ||
| 5 | October 24 | at Providence Steam Roller | L 0â14 | 4â1 | Cycledrome | 1,500 | Recap | ||
| â | October 29 | New York Giants | W 3â0 | Wilkes-Barre, PA | |||||
| 6 | October 31 | Buffalo Rangers | W 14â0 | 5â1 | Minersville Park | Recap | [3][4][5][6][7] | ||
| â | November 2 | Shamokin Blue Comets | W 48â0 | Minersville Park | |||||
| 7 | November 7 | Akron Indians | W 34â0 | 6â1 | Minersville Park | Recap | [8] | ||
| 8 | November 11 | Los Angeles Buccaneers | W 10â0 | 7â1 | Minersville Park | 3,000 | Recap | ||
| 9 | November 14 | Duluth Eskimos | W 13â0 | 8â1 | Minersville Park | Recap | |||
| 10 | November 21 | Hammond Pros | W 7â0 | 9â1 | Minersville Park | Recap | |||
| 11 | November 25 | Providence Steam Roller | W 8â0 | 10â1 | Minersville Park | Recap | |||
| 12 | November 28 | Buffalo Rangers | T 0â0 | 10â1â1 | Minersville Park | Recap | [9] | ||
| â | December 4 | at Bethlehem Bears | W 27â0 | Fabricators Field | "close to 10,000 expected" | [10][11] | |||
| â | December 5 | Gilberton Catamounts | W 6â0 | Minersville Park | 1,500 | [12][13][14] | |||
| 13 | December 12 | at Chicago Bears | L 7â9 | 10â2â1 | Cubs Park | 5,500 | Recap | ||
| 14 | December 18 | at Frankford Yellow Jackets | T 0â0 | 10â2â2 | Frankford Stadium | 2,000 | Recap | ||
| Notes: Thanksgiving Day: November 25. December 5: 40 minute game | |||||||||
Standings
| NFL standings | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | STK | |||
| Frankford Yellow Jackets | 14 | 1 | 2 | .933 | 236 | 49 | T1 | ||
| Chicago Bears | 12 | 1 | 3 | .923 | 216 | 63 | L1 | ||
| Pottsville Maroons | 10 | 2 | 2 | .833 | 155 | 29 | T1 | ||
| Kansas City Cowboys | 8 | 3 | 0 | .727 | 76 | 53 | W7 | ||
| Green Bay Packers | 7 | 3 | 3 | .700 | 151 | 61 | T1 | ||
| New York Giants | 8 | 4 | 1 | .667 | 151 | 61 | W3 | ||
| Los Angeles Buccaneers | 6 | 3 | 1 | .667 | 67 | 57 | L1 | ||
| Duluth Eskimos | 6 | 5 | 3 | .545 | 113 | 81 | L1 | ||
| Buffalo Rangers | 4 | 4 | 2 | .500 | 53 | 62 | T1 | ||
| Chicago Cardinals | 5 | 6 | 1 | .455 | 74 | 98 | L1 | ||
| Providence Steam Roller | 5 | 7 | 1 | .417 | 89 | 103 | L1 | ||
| Detroit Panthers | 4 | 6 | 2 | .400 | 107 | 60 | L3 | ||
| Hartford Blues | 3 | 7 | 0 | .300 | 57 | 99 | L1 | ||
| Brooklyn Lions | 3 | 8 | 0 | .273 | 60 | 150 | L3 | ||
| Milwaukee Badgers | 2 | 7 | 0 | .222 | 41 | 66 | L5 | ||
| Dayton Triangles | 1 | 4 | 1 | .200 | 15 | 82 | L2 | ||
| Akron Indians | 1 | 4 | 3 | .200 | 23 | 89 | T1 | ||
| Racine Tornadoes | 1 | 4 | 0 | .200 | 8 | 92 | L4 | ||
| Columbus Tigers | 1 | 6 | 0 | .143 | 26 | 93 | L5 | ||
| Canton Bulldogs | 1 | 9 | 3 | .100 | 46 | 161 | L1 | ||
| Hammond Pros | 0 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 3 | 56 | L4 | ||
| Louisville Colonels | 0 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 108 | L4 | ||
- Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.
