The 1922 NFL season was the 3rd regular season

Regular season (NFL)

The National Football League regular season begins the weekend after Labor Day. Each team plays 16 games during a 17-week period. Traditionally, the majority of each week's games are played on Sunday afternoon, with weekly games on Sunday night and Monday night, and occasional games on Thursday...

 of what was now called National Football League

National Football League

The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...

 (the league changed their name from American Professional Football Association on June 24). The NFL fielded 18 teams during the season, including new league teams such as the Milwaukee Badgers

Milwaukee Badgers

The Milwaukee Badgers were a professional American football team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, that played in the National Football League from 1922 to 1926. The team played its home games at Athletic Park, later known as Borchert Field, on Milwaukee's north side...

, the Oorang Indians

Oorang Indians

The Oorang Indians were a traveling team in the National Football League from LaRue, Ohio . The team was named after the Oorang dog kennels. It was a novelty team put together by the kennels' owner, Walter Lingo, for marketing purposes. All of the players were Native American, with Jim Thorpe as...

, the Racine Legion, and the Toledo Maroons

Toledo Maroons

The Toledo Maroons were a professional American football team based in Toledo, Ohio in the National Football League in 1922 and 1923. Prior to joining the NFL, the Maroons played in the unofficial "Ohio League" from 1902 until 1921.-Origins:...

. Meanwhile the Chicago Staleys changed their name to the Chicago Bears

Chicago Bears

The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...

. The Muncie Flyers

Muncie Flyers

The Muncie Flyers from Muncie, Indiana played in the National Football League from 1920-1921.-Origins:...

, Cleveland Indians, Brickley's New York Giants

New York Giants (Brickley's)

New York Giants was a professional football team with the American Professional Football Association whose only season played was in 1921. The team has also been referred to as Brickley's Giants and Brickley's Brooklyn Giants...

, Cincinnati Celts

Cincinnati Celts

The Cincinnati Celts was the first professional football team to play in Cincinnati, Ohio. The team played in the unofficial "Ohio League" and the American Professional Football Association . The Celts were a traveling team, playing all of their APFA games in other cities' stadia...

, Tonawanda Kardex

Tonawanda Kardex

The Tonawanda Kardex was an American football team active between 1916 and 1921. It played its games in City of Tonawanda, New York, a suburb of Buffalo with close ties to North Tonawanda, New York where American Kardex was founded...

, Washington Senators

Washington Senators (NFL)

Washington Senators, also referred to as the Washington Pros or Washington Presidents, was a professional football club from Washington, D.C.. The team played in the American Professional Football Association during the 1921 season, and continued to operate as a football club until 1941...

, and Detroit Tigers

Detroit Lions

The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League , and play their home games at Ford Field in Downtown Detroit.Originally based in Portsmouth, Ohio and...

 dropped out of the league. A 19th team, the Youngstown Patricians

Youngstown Patricians

The Youngstown Patricians were a semi-professional football team based in Youngstown, Ohio. In the 1910s, the team briefly held the professional football championship and established itself as a fierce rival of more experienced clubs around the country, some of which later formed the core of the...

, was scheduled to join the league, and had its schedule laid out, but folded before playing in the league. A 20th, the Philadelphia Union Quakers

Union Quakers of Philadelphia

The Union Quakers of Philadelphia were a professional independent football team, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1921. The team evolved from a number of pro players who played with the Union Club of Phoenixville during their 1920 season. During their only season of operation, the club won...

, also was set to join (but presumably not as far along as the Youngstown plans), but did not, due partly to the fact that the Quakers were merely a front for the existing Buffalo All-Americans to play extra games on Saturday. After a four-year hiatus, the Quakers instead joined the American Football League (1926)

American Football League (1926)

The first American Football League , sometimes called AFL I, AFLG, or the Grange League, was a professional American football league that operated in 1926. It was the first major competitor to the National Football League. Founded by C. C...

.

The Canton Bulldogs

Canton Bulldogs

The Canton Bulldogs were a professional American football team, based in Canton, Ohio. They played in the Ohio League from 1903 to 1906 and 1911 to 1919, and its successor, the National Football League, from 1920 to 1923 and again from 1925 to 1926. The Bulldogs would go on to win the 1917, 1918...

 were named the 1922 NFL Champions after ending the season with a 10–0–2 record.

Final standings

W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PCT= Winning Percentage

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972

Team	W	L	T	PCT
Canton Bulldogs 1922 Canton Bulldogs season - Week 1 : Louisville Brecks :at Lakeside Park, Canton, Ohio* Game time:* Game weather:* Game attendance: 4,500* Referee:Scoring Drives:* Canton - Miller 10 run...	10	0	2	1.000
Chicago Bears 1922 Chicago Bears season The 1922 Chicago Bears season was their third regular season completed in the National Football League, which changed its name from the APFA, and the first under the new franchise name...	9	3	0	.750
Chicago Cardinals 1922 Chicago Cardinals season The 1922 Chicago Cardinals season was their third in the league. The team improved on their previous output of 3-3-2, winning eight games. They finished third in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:...	8	3	0	.727
Toledo Maroons 1922 Toledo Maroons season The 1922 Toledo Maroons season was their inaugural season in the league. The team finished 5-2-2, finishing fourth in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:...	5	2	2	.714
Rock Island Independents 1922 Rock Island Independents season The 1922 Rock Island Independents season was their third in the league. The team matched their previous output of 4-2-1, finishing fifth in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:...	4	2	1	.667
Racine Legion 1922 Racine Legion season The 1922 Racine Legion season was their inaugural season in the league. The team finished 6-4-1, finishing sixth in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:...	6	4	1	.600
Dayton Triangles 1922 Dayton Triangles season The 1922 Dayton Triangles season was their third in the league. The team improved on their previous output of 4-4-1, losing only three games. They finished seventh in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:...	4	3	1	.571
Green Bay Packers 1922 Green Bay Packers season The 1922 Green Bay Packers season was their fourth season overall and their second in the newly named National Football League. The club posted a 4-3-3 record under player/coach Curly Lambeau earning them eighth place.-Schedule:-Standings:...	4	3	3	.571
Buffalo All-Americans 1922 Buffalo All-Americans season The 1922 Buffalo All-Americans season was their third in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 9-1-2. They finished ninth in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:...	5	4	1	.556
Akron Pros 1922 Akron Pros season The 1922 Akron Pros season was their third in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 8-3-1, winning only three games. They finished tenth in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:...	3	5	2	.375
Milwaukee Badgers 1922 Milwaukee Badgers season The 1922 Milwaukee Badgers season was their inaugural season in the National Football League. The team finished 2-4-3, finishing eleventh in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:...	2	4	3	.333
Oorang Indians 1922 Oorang Indians season The 1922 Oorang Indians season was their inaugural season in the league. The team finished 3-6, finishing eleventh in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:...	3	6	0	.333
Minneapolis Marines 1922 Minneapolis Marines season The 1922 Minneapolis Marines season was their second in the league. The team matched their previous output of 1-3, tying for thirteenth place in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:...	1	3	0	.250
Louisville Brecks 1922 Louisville Brecks season The 1922 Louisville Brecks season was their second season in the league. The team improved on their previous output of 0-2, winning one game. They finished thirteenth in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:...	1	3	0	.250
Evansville Crimson Giants 1922 Evansville Crimson Giants season The 1922 Evansville Crimson Giants season was their second in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 3-2, losing three games. They tied for fifteenth place in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:...	0	3	0	.000
Rochester Jeffersons 1922 Rochester Jeffersons season The 1922 Rochester Jeffersons season was their third in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 2-3, going 0-4-1. They tied for fifteenth place in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:...	0	4	1	.000
Hammond Pros 1922 Hammond Pros season The 1922 Hammond Pros season was their third in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 1-3-1, losing five games. They tied for fifteenth place in the league. The team was shutout in all six of their games.-Schedule:-Standings:...	0	5	1	.000
Columbus Panhandles 1922 Columbus Panhandles season The 1922 Columbus Panhandles season was their third in the league and last season as the Panhandles. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 1-8, losing all their games. They tied for fifteenth place in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:...	0	8	0	.000