1923 Rock Island Independents season
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The 1923
Rock Island Independents
season was their fourth in the league
. The team failed to improve on their previous output
of 4-2-1, winning only two games. They finished twelfth in the league.
1923 NFL season
The 1923 NFL season was the 4th regular season of the National Football League. For the first time, all of the clubs that were considered to be part of the NFL fielded teams. The new teams that entered the league included the Duluth Kelleys, the St. Louis All Stars , and a new Cleveland Indians team...
Rock Island Independents
Rock Island Independents
The Rock Island Independents were a professional American football team based in Rock Island, Illinois. One of the first professional football teams, they were founded in 1907 as an independent club. They later played in what is now the National Football League from 1920 to 1925. They joined the...
season was their fourth in the 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 team failed to improve on their previous output
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:...
of 4-2-1, winning only two games. They finished twelfth in the league.
Schedule
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | September 30, 1923 | 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... |
W 3-0 |
| 2 | October 7, 1923 | Cleveland Indians Cleveland Indians (NFL) The Cleveland Indians was a professional football team in the National Football League for the 1931 season. The 1931 team was a league-sponsored club that only played games on the road. The NFL intended to locate this team permanently in Cleveland... |
T 0-0 |
| 3 | October 14, 1923 | Rochester Jeffersons Rochester Jeffersons The Rochester Jeffersons from Rochester, New York played in the National Football League from 1920 to 1925.Formed as an amateur outfit by a rag-tag group of Rochester-area teenagers after the turn of the century , the team became known as the Jeffersons in reference to the locale of their playing... |
W 56-0 |
| 4 | November 4, 1923 | 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... |
L 14-3 |
| 5 | November 11, 1923 | at Minneapolis Marines | T 6-6 |
| 6 | November 18, 1923 | at 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... |
L 7-3 |
| 7 | November 25, 1923 | Minneapolis Marines | T 6-6 |
| 8 | December 9, 1923 | at 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... |
L 29-7 |
Standings
| NFL | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | STK | |
| Canton Bulldogs 1923 Canton Bulldogs season The 1923 Canton Bulldogs season was their fourth in the league. The team improved on their previous output of 10-0-2, winning eleven games. With the best record in the league, they were crowned the NFL Champions.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:... |
11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 246 | 19 | W-5 |
| Chicago Bears 1923 Chicago Bears season The 1923 Chicago Bears season was their fourth regular season completed in the National Football League. The club posted a 9-2-1 record under head coach/player George Halas earning them a second place finish in the team standings earning, the third time in the last four years... |
9 | 2 | 1 | .818 | 123 | 35 | W-1 |
| Green Bay Packers 1923 Green Bay Packers season The 1923 Green Bay Packers season was their third season in the National Football League. The club posted a 7-2-1 record under player/coach Curly Lambeau earning them third place... |
7 | 2 | 1 | .778 | 85 | 34 | W-5 |
| Milwaukee Badgers 1923 Milwaukee Badgers season The 1923 Milwaukee Badgers season was their second in the National Football League. The team improved on their previous league record of 2-4-3, winning seven games. They tied for third place in the league.-Schedule:*Games in italics are exhibition games.... |
7 | 2 | 3 | .778 | 100 | 49 | W-1 |
| Cleveland Indians 1923 Cleveland Indians (NFL) season The 1923 Cleveland Indians season was their third in the league. The team improved on their previous output of 3-5, losing only one game. They finished fifth in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:... |
3 | 1 | 3 | .750 | 52 | 49 | L-1 |
| Chicago Cardinals 1923 Chicago Cardinals season The 1923 Chicago Cardinals season was their fourth in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 8-3, losing four games. They finished sixth in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:... |
8 | 4 | 0 | .667 | 161 | 56 | L-1 |
| Duluth Kelleys 1923 Duluth Kelleys season The 1923 Duluth Kelleys season was their inaugural season in the league. The team finished 4-3, and finished seventh in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:... |
4 | 3 | 0 | .571 | 35 | 33 | L-3 |
| Buffalo All-Americans 1923 Buffalo All-Americans season The 1923 Buffalo All-Americans season was their fourth in the league and final season as the All-Americans. The team matched their previous output of 5-4-1, going 5-4-3. They finished eighth in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:... |
5 | 4 | 3 | .556 | 94 | 43 | L-1 |
| Columbus Tigers 1923 Columbus Tigers season The 1923 Columbus Tigers season was their fourth in the league and first season as the Tigers. The team improved on their previous output of 0-8, winning five games. They finished eighth in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:... |
5 | 4 | 1 | .556 | 119 | 35 | L-1 |
| Toledo Maroons 1923 Toledo Maroons season The 1923 Toledo Maroons season was their second in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 5-2-2, winning only three games. They finished tenth in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:... |
3 | 3 | 2 | .500 | 35 | 66 | L-1 |
| Racine Legion 1923 Racine Legion season The 1923 Racine Legion season was their second in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 6-4-1, winning only four games. They finished tenth in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:... |
4 | 4 | 0 | .500 | 86 | 76 | W-1 |
| Rock Island Independents | 2 | 3 | 3 | .400 | 84 | 62 | L-1 |
| Minneapolis Marines 1923 Minneapolis Marines season The 1923 Minneapolis Marines season was their third in the league. The team improved on their previous output of 1-3, winning two games. They finished thirteenth in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:... |
2 | 5 | 2 | .286 | 48 | 81 | L-1 |
| St. Louis All-Stars 1923 St. Louis All-Stars season The 1923 St. Louis All-Stars season was their sole season in the league. The team finished 1-4-2 in league play, and a 2-5-2 overall record finishing fourteenth in the standings.-Schedule:*Games in italics are against a non-league teams.-Standings:... |
1 | 4 | 2 | .200 | 25 | 74 | L-1 |
| Hammond Pros 1923 Hammond Pros season The 1923 Hammond Pros season was their fourth in the league. The team improved on their previous output of 0-5-1, winning one game. They finished fifteenth in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:... |
1 | 5 | 1 | .167 | 14 | 59 | L-4 |
| Akron Pros 1923 Akron Pros season The 1923 Akron Pros season was their fourth in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 3-5-2, winning only one game. They tied for sixteenth place in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:... |
1 | 6 | 0 | .143 | 25 | 74 | W-1 |
| Dayton Triangles 1923 Dayton Triangles season The 1923 Dayton Triangles season was their fourth in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 4-3-1, winning only one game. They tied for sixteenth place in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:... |
1 | 6 | 1 | .143 | 16 | 95 | L-2 |
| Oorang Indians 1923 Oorang Indians season The 1923 Oorang Indians season was their second and final season in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous league record of 3-6, winning only one NFL game. They finished eighteenth in the league.-Schedule:... |
1 | 10 | 0 | .091 | 50 | 257 | W-1 |
| Louisville Brecks 1923 Louisville Brecks season The 1923 Louisville Brecks season was their third season in the league and final season as the Brecks. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 1-3, losing all their games. They tied for nineteenth place in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:... |
0 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 90 | L-3 |
| Rochester Jeffersons 1923 Rochester Jeffersons season The 1923 Rochester Jeffersons season was their fourth in the league. The team equaled their previous output of 0-4-1, going 0-4. They tied for nineteenth place in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:... |
0 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 6 | 141 | L-4 |