1924 Frankford Yellow Jackets season
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The 1924
1924 NFL season
The 1924 NFL season was the 5th regular season of the National Football League. The league had 18 teams play during the season, including the new clubs Frankford Yellow Jackets, Kansas City Blues, and Kenosha Maroons. The Louisville Brecks, Oorang Indians, St...

 Frankford Yellow Jackets
Frankford Yellow Jackets
The Frankford Yellow Jackets were a professional American football team, part of the National Football League from 1924 to 1931, though its origin dates back to as early as 1899 with the Frankford Athletic Association. The Yellow Jackets won the NFL championship in 1926...

 season
was their inaugural season in the 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 team finished 11-2-1 in league play and 17-3-1 overall, enough to finish in third in the league.

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result
1 September 27, 1924 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 21-0
2 October 4, 1924 Kenosha Maroons
Kenosha Maroons
The Kenosha Maroons were a National Football League football team in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Officially, the club only played in the league during the 1924 season, dissolving after posting no wins in five games.-Origins:...

W 31-6
3 October 5, 1924 at Dayton Triangles
Dayton Triangles
The Dayton Triangles were an original franchise of the American Professional Football Association in 1920. The Triangles were based in Dayton, Ohio, and took their nickname from their home field, Triangle Park, which was located at the confluence of the Great Miami and Stillwater Rivers in north...

L 19-7
4 October 11, 1924 Cleveland Bulldogs
Cleveland Bulldogs
The Cleveland Bulldogs was a team that played in Cleveland, Ohio in the National Football League. They were originally called the Indians in 1923, not to be confused with the Cleveland Indians NFL franchise in 1922...

T 3-3
- October 11, 1924 at Staten Island Stapletons
Staten Island Stapletons
The Staten Island Stapletons also known as the Staten Island Stapes were a professional American football team founded in 1915 that played in the National Football League from 1929 to 1930. The team was based in the Stapleton section of Staten Island. Under the shortened nickname the "Stapes"...

W 27-6
5 October 18, 1924 Columbus Tigers
Columbus (NFL)
The Columbus Panhandles were a professional football team from Columbus, Ohio who played in the "Ohio League" and later the American Professional Football Association, later renamed the National Football League...

W 23-7
- October 25, 1924 Providence Steam Roller
Providence Steam Roller
The Providence Steam Roller was a professional American football team based in Providence, Rhode Island in the National Football League from 1925 to 1931. Providence was the first New England team to win an NFL championship...

W 21-10
6 October 26, 1924 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 33-3
7 November 1, 1924 Akron Pros
Akron Pros
The Akron Pros were a professional football team located played in Akron, Ohio from 1908–1926. The team originated in 1908 as a semi-pro team named the Akron Indians, however name was changed to the Pros in 1920 as the team set out to become a charter member of the American Professional...

W 23-0
8 November 2, 1924 at Buffalo Bisons
Buffalo (NFL)
Buffalo, New York had a turbulent, early-era National Football League team that operated under three different names and several different owners between the 1910s and 1920s...

W 24-0
9 November 8, 1924 Kansas City Blues
Kansas City (NFL)
Kansas City, Missouri had a National Football League team prior to the Chiefs that operated under two different names: The Blues in 1924 and the Cowboys from 1925-1926. The Blues competed as a traveling team, playing all of their NFL games in other cities' stadia in their only year under that name...

W 42-7
10 November 15, 1924 Minneapolis Marines W 39-7
11 November 16, 1924 at Cleveland Bulldogs
Cleveland Bulldogs
The Cleveland Bulldogs was a team that played in Cleveland, Ohio in the National Football League. They were originally called the Indians in 1923, not to be confused with the Cleveland Indians NFL franchise in 1922...

W 12-7
12 November 22, 1924 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...

W 21-6
- November 23, 1924 at Providence Steam Roller
Providence Steam Roller
The Providence Steam Roller was a professional American football team based in Providence, Rhode Island in the National Football League from 1925 to 1931. Providence was the first New England team to win an NFL championship...

W 16-3
13 November 27, 1924 Dayton Triangles
Dayton Triangles
The Dayton Triangles were an original franchise of the American Professional Football Association in 1920. The Triangles were based in Dayton, Ohio, and took their nickname from their home field, Triangle Park, which was located at the confluence of the Great Miami and Stillwater Rivers in north...

W 32-7
14 November 29, 1924 Buffalo Bisons
Buffalo (NFL)
Buffalo, New York had a turbulent, early-era National Football League team that operated under three different names and several different owners between the 1910s and 1920s...

W 45-7
- December 6, 1924 Shenandoah Yellow Jackets
Shenandoah Yellow Jackets
The Shenandoah Yellow Jackets were an Anthracite League football team that played during the league's only year of existence, 1924. They played eight games in their only year of existence, going 4-4 for a .500 winning percentage. They finished third in the five team league....

W 27-6
- December 7, 1924 at Waterbury Blues W 14-0
- December 13, 1924 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 13-10
- December 14, 1924 at Clifton Heights Orange & Black W 34-0

Standings

NFL
W L T PCT PF PA STK
Cleveland Bulldogs
1924 Cleveland Bulldogs season
The 1924 Cleveland Bulldogs season was their inaugural season in the league. The team finished 7-1-1, the best record in the league, making them 1924 NFL Champions.-Schedule:...

7 1 1 .875 229 60 W-2
Chicago Bears
1924 Chicago Bears season
The 1924 Chicago Bears season was their fifth regular season completed in the National Football League. The club posted a 6-1-4 league record under head coach George Halas earning them a second place finish in the team standings, the fourth time in the last five years...

6 1 4 .857 136 55 W-3
Frankford Yellow Jackets 11 2 1 .846 326 109 W-8
Duluth Kelleys
1924 Duluth Kelleys season
The 1924 Duluth Kelleys season was their second in the league. The team improved on their previous output of 4-3, winning five games. They finished fourth in the league standings.-Schedule:* Games in italics are non-league games-Standings:...

5 1 0 .833 56 16 W-1
Rock Island Independents
1924 Rock Island Independents season
The 1924 Rock Island Independents season was their fifth in the league. The team improved on their previous output of 2-3-3, winning five games. They finished fifth in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:...

5 2 2 .714 88 38 L-1
Green Bay Packers
1924 Green Bay Packers season
The 1924 Green Bay Packers season was their fourth season in the National Football League. The club posted a 7-4 league record under player/coach Curly Lambeau earning them a sixth place finish in the standings.-Schedule:...

7 4 0 .636 108 38 L-1
Racine Legion
1924 Racine Legion season
The 1924 Racine Legion season was their third in the league and last season as the Legion. The team improved on their previous output of 4-4-2, losing only three games. They finished seventh in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:...

4 3 3 .571 69 47 W-1
Chicago Cardinals
1924 Chicago Cardinals season
The 1924 Chicago Cardinals season was their fifth in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 8-4, winning only five games. They finished eighth in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:...

5 4 1 .556 90 67 L-1
Buffalo Bisons
1924 Buffalo Bisons (NFL) season
The 1924 Buffalo Bisons season was their fifth in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 5-4-3, losing five games. They finished ninth in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:...

6 5 0 .545 120 140 L-3
Hammond Pros
1924 Hammond Pros season
The 1924 Hammond Pros season was their fifth in the league. The team improved on their previous output of 1-5-1, winning two games. They finished tenth in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:...

2 2 1 .500 18 45 W-2
Columbus Tigers
1924 Columbus Tigers season
The 1924 Columbus Tigers season was their fifth in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 5-4-1, winning only four games. They finished tenth in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:...

4 4 0 .500 91 68 L-1
Milwaukee Badgers
1924 Milwaukee Badgers season
The 1924 Milwaukee Badgers season was their third in the National Football League. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 7-2-3, winning only five games. They finished twelfth in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:...

5 8 0 .385 142 188 L-2
Dayton Triangles
1924 Dayton Triangles season
The 1924 Dayton Triangles season was their fifth in the league. The team improved on their previous output of 1-6-1. They finished thirteenth in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:...

2 6 0 .250 45 148 L-6
Akron Pros
1924 Akron Pros season
The 1924 Akron Pros season was their fifth in the league. The team improved on their previous output of 1-6, winning two games. They tied for thirteenth place in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:...

2 6 0 .250 59 132 W-1
Kansas City Blues
1924 Kansas City Blues season
The 1924 Kansas City Blues season was their inaugural season in the National Football League. The team finished 2-7, and finished fifteenth in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:...

2 7 0 .222 46 124 L-2
Minneapolis Marines
1924 Minneapolis Marines season
The 1924 Minneapolis Marines season was their fourth in the league and final as the Marines. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 2-5-2, losing six games. They tied for sixteenth place in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:...

0 6 0 .000 14 108 L-6
Rochester Jeffersons
1924 Rochester Jeffersons season
The 1924 Rochester Jeffersons season was their fifth in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 0-4, losing seven games. They tied for sixteenth place in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:...

0 7 0 .000 7 156 L-7
Kenosha Maroons
1924 Kenosha Maroons season
The 1924 Kenosha Maroons season was their sole season in the league. The team finished 0-4-1, and tied for sixteenth place in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:...

0 4 1 .000 12 117 L-2
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