1928 Frankford Yellow Jackets season
National Football League team season
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The 1928 Frankford Yellow Jackets season was their fifth in the National Football League. The team returned ten veterans from their 1927 team.[1]
| 1928 Frankford Yellow Jackets season | |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Ed Weir |
| Home stadium | Frankford Stadium |
| Results | |
| Record | 11â3â2 (NFL) (16â3â2 Overall) |
| League place | 2nd NFL |
The team improved on their 1927 record of 6â9â3 by winning eleven games.[2] They finished second in the league standings with a winning percentage of .786.[3]
Schedule
| Game | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Attendance | Recap | Sources | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| â | September 16 | at Orange Tornadoes | W 12â0 | â | K of C Stadium | [4] | |||
| 1 | September 23 | at Green Bay Packers | W 19â9 | 1â0 | 6,500 | City Stadium | Recap | ||
| 2 | September 29 | Dayton Triangles | W 6â0 | 2â0 | 4,000 | Frankford Stadium | Recap | ||
| â | October 6, 1928 | Marquette University | W 14â0 | â | Frankford Stadium | ||||
| 3 | October 7 | at Providence Steam Roller | W 10â6 | 3â0 | 8,000 | Cycledrome | Recap | [5] | |
| 4 | October 13 | New York Yankees | L 0â13 | 3â1 | 6,000 | Frankford Stadium | Recap | ||
| 5 | October 20 | Dayton Triangles | W 13â9 | 4â1 | 7,000 | Frankford Stadium | Recap | ||
| â | October 21 | at Staten Island Stapletons | W 14â13 | 5â1 | Thompson Stadium | ||||
| â | October 27 | Millville Big Blue | W 26â0 | â | Frankford Stadium | ||||
| â | October 28 | at Clifton Heights Panthers | W 20â6 | â | Kent Field | ||||
| 6 | November 3 | Detroit Wolverines | W 25â7 | 5â1 | 8,000 | Frankford Stadium | Recap | [6] | |
| 7 | November 4 | at New York Giants | T 0â0 | 5â1â1 | 3,000 | Polo Grounds | Recap | [7] | |
| 8 | November 10 | Pottsville Maroons | W 19â0 | 6â1â1 | Frankford Stadium | Recap | |||
| 9 | November 11 | at Pottsville Maroons | W 24â0 | 7â1â1 | Minersville Park | Recap | |||
| 10 | November 17 | Providence Steam Roller | T 6â6 | 7â1â2 | 9,000 [8] | Frankford Stadium | Recap | [5] | |
| 11 | November 18 | at Providence Steam Roller | L 0â6 | 7â2â2 | 12,000 | Cycledrome | Recap | [5] | |
| 12 | November 24 | Chicago Cardinals | W 19â0 | 8â2â2 | 8,000 | Frankford Stadium | Recap | ||
| 13 | November 29 | Green Bay Packers | W 2â0 | 9â2â2 | 8,000 | Frankford Stadium | Recap | ||
| 14 | December 2 | at Chicago Bears | L 6â28 | 9â3â2 | 12,000 | Wrigley Field | Recap | ||
| 15 | December 8 | New York Giants | W 7â0 | 10â3â2 | 3,500 | Frankford Stadium | Recap | ||
| 16 | December 15 | Chicago Bears | W 19â0 | 11â3â2 | 7,000 | Frankford Stadium | Recap | ||
| â | December 16 | at Clifton Heights Panthers | W 52â3 | â | Kent Field | ||||
| Note: Games in italics are against non-NFL teams. Thanksgiving Day: November 29. | |||||||||
Standings
| NFL standings | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | STK | |||
| Providence Steam Roller | 8 | 1 | 2 | .889 | 128 | 42 | T1 | ||
| Frankford Yellow Jackets | 11 | 3 | 2 | .786 | 175 | 84 | W2 | ||
| Detroit Wolverines | 7 | 2 | 1 | .778 | 189 | 76 | W4 | ||
| Green Bay Packers | 6 | 4 | 3 | .600 | 120 | 92 | W1 | ||
| Chicago Bears | 7 | 5 | 1 | .583 | 182 | 85 | L2 | ||
| New York Giants | 4 | 7 | 2 | .364 | 79 | 136 | L5 | ||
| New York Yankees | 4 | 8 | 1 | .333 | 103 | 179 | W1 | ||
| Pottsville Maroons | 2 | 8 | 0 | .200 | 74 | 134 | L1 | ||
| Chicago Cardinals | 1 | 5 | 0 | .167 | 7 | 107 | L4 | ||
| Dayton Triangles | 0 | 7 | 0 | .000 | 9 | 131 | L7 | ||
- Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.