1927 Frankford Yellow Jackets season explained
The 1927 Frankford Yellow Jackets season was their fourth in the National Football League. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 14–1–2, winning only six league games[1] to finish in seventh place in the league standings.[2]
During the 1927 season the Yellow Jackets played 7 sets of home-and-away back-to-back games — a unique scheduling idiosyncrasy. Always playing the home game first, Frankford was shut out on the back end of 5 of these 7 home-and-away pairings.
Thirteen of the 18 games played by the Yellow Jackets were home at Frankford Stadium.
Schedule
| Game | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Attendance | Recap | Sources |
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| – | September 18 | at Atlantic City Shore Roses | W 3–0 | | Airport Field | | | |
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| 1 | September 24 | Dayton Triangles | L 6–3 | 0–1 | Frankford Stadium | 7,000 | Recap | |
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| – | October 1 | All-New Britain | W 21–0 | | Frankford Stadium | | | |
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| – | October 2 | at All-New Britain | W 22–0 | | | | | |
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| 2 | October 8 | Dayton Triangles | T 0–0 | 0–1–1 | Frankford Stadium | 4,000 | Recap | |
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| 3 | October 15 | Buffalo Bisons | W 54–0 | 1–1–1 | Frankford Stadium | 5,000 | Recap | |
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| 4 | October 16 | at Buffalo Bisons | W 23–0 | 2–1–1 | Bison Stadium | 1,500 | Recap | |
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| 5 | October 22 | New York Giants | L 13–0 | 2–2–1 | Frankford Stadium | 9,000 | Recap | |
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| 6 | October 23 | at New York Giants | L 27–0 | 2–3–1 | Polo Grounds | 15,000 | Recap | |
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| 7 | October 29 | Providence Steam Roller | L 20–7 | 2–4–1 | Frankford Stadium | 5,000 | Recap | |
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| 8 | October 30 | at Providence Steam Roller | L 14–0 | 2–5–1 | Cycledrome | 9,000 | Recap | |
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| 9 | November 5 | Pottsville Maroons | W 10–0 | 3–5–1 | Frankford Stadium | 6,000 | Recap | |
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| 10 | November 6 | at Pottsville Maroons | L 9–0 | 3–6–1 | Minersville Park | | Recap | |
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| 11 | November 12 | Cleveland Bulldogs | W 22–0 | 4–6–1 | Frankford Stadium | 6,000 | Recap | |
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| 12 | November 13 | at Cleveland Bulldogs | L 37–0 | 4–7–1 | Luna Park | 5,000 | Recap | |
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| 13 | November 19 | Chicago Cardinals | W 12–8 | 5–7–1 | Frankford Stadium | 6,000 | Recap | |
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| 14 | November 24 | Green Bay Packers | L 17–9 | 5–8–1 | Frankford Stadium | 9,000 | Recap | |
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| 15 | November 26 | Duluth Eskimos | W 6–0 | 6–8–1 | Frankford Stadium | | Recap | |
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| 16 | December 3 | Chicago Bears | T 0–0 | 6–8–2 | Frankford Stadium | 4,000 | Recap | |
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| 17 | December 4 | at Chicago Bears | L 9–0 | 6–9–2 | Wrigley Field | 2,500 | Recap | |
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| 18 | December 10 | New York Yankees | T 6–6 | 6–9–3 | Frankford Stadium | 7,000 | Recap | [3] | |
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Players
- Carl Davis, end, tackle, guard
- Bill Donohoe, back
- Joey Maxwell, center, end
- Frank McGrath, end
- Dick Moynihan, fullback, blocking back
- Pete Richards, center
- Ned Wilcox, back
Notes and References
- https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/fyj/1927.htm 1927 Frankford Yellow Jackets
- http://www.profootballarchives.com/1927nflfra.html Pro Football Archives 1927 Frankford Yellow Jackets season
- https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer-frankford-ties/159655145/ "Frankford Ties with New York Yankees: Grangemen Tie by Last Period Score in Frigid Struggle,"
