1926 Buffalo Rangers season
Encyclopedia
The 1926
Buffalo Rangers
season was their seventh in the league
. The team improved on their previous output
of 1-6-2, winning four games. They finished ninth in the league.
, the revival of the Louisville Colonels
as well as the AFL I
's Los Angeles Wildcats
, Buffalo (under new coach Jim Kendrick) changed its name for one year to the Buffalo Rangers, also known as the Texas Rangers. The team, although remaining based in Buffalo, would consist mostly of players from the state of Texas
and the Southwestern United States
. (Coincidentally, there was-- and is-- a city known as Buffalo, Texas
.) The team had little to lose; after the retirement of star player and part-owner Tommy Hughitt
after the 1924 season, the team slid to 1-6-2 in 1925.
Although the team returned to .500 play, sporting a 4-4-2 record (the best record the team would have without Hughitt), the experiment was not continued after 1926.
1926 NFL season
The 1926 NFL season was the 7th regular season of the National Football League. The league grew to 22 teams, a figure that would not be equaled in professional football until 1961, adding the Brooklyn Lions, the Hartford Blues, the Los Angeles Buccaneers, and the Louisville Colonels, with Racine...
Buffalo Rangers
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...
season was their seventh 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 improved on their previous output
1925 Buffalo Bisons (NFL) season
The 1925 Buffalo Bisons season was their sixth in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous record against league opponents of 6-5, winning four games...
of 1-6-2, winning four games. They finished ninth in the league.
Background
In response to the creation of the Los Angeles BuccaneersLos Angeles Buccaneers
The Los Angeles Buccaneers were a traveling team in the National Football League during their one season 1926, ostensibly representing the city of Los Angeles, California. Like the Los Angeles Wildcats of the first American Football League, the team never actually played a league game in Los...
, the revival of the Louisville Colonels
Louisville Colonels
The Louisville Colonels were a Major League Baseball team that played in the American Association throughout that league's ten-year existence from 1882 until 1891, first as the Louisville Eclipse and later as the Louisville Colonels , the latter name derived from the historic Kentucky colonels...
as well as the AFL I
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...
's Los Angeles Wildcats
Los Angeles Wildcats
The Los Angeles Wildcats was a traveling team of the first American Football League that was not based in its nominal home city but in Chicago, Illinois...
, Buffalo (under new coach Jim Kendrick) changed its name for one year to the Buffalo Rangers, also known as the Texas Rangers. The team, although remaining based in Buffalo, would consist mostly of players from the state of Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
and the Southwestern United States
Southwestern United States
The Southwestern United States is a region defined in different ways by different sources. Broad definitions include nearly a quarter of the United States, including Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas and Utah...
. (Coincidentally, there was-- and is-- a city known as Buffalo, Texas
Buffalo, Texas
This article is about the city in Leon County, Texas. A similarly named place exists in Henderson County, Texas, the settlement of John H. Reagan.Buffalo is a city in Leon County, Texas, United States...
.) The team had little to lose; after the retirement of star player and part-owner Tommy Hughitt
Tommy Hughitt
Ernest Fredrick Hughitt , was a National Football League utility player and coach. He was also an All-American quarterback for the University of Michigan in 1913....
after the 1924 season, the team slid to 1-6-2 in 1925.
Although the team returned to .500 play, sporting a 4-4-2 record (the best record the team would have without Hughitt), the experiment was not continued after 1926.
Schedule
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | September 26, 1926 | Akron Indians | W 7-0 |
| 2 | October 3, 1926 | 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 3-0 |
| 3 | October 9, 1926 | at 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... |
L 30-0 |
| 4 | October 17, 1926 | 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... |
W 7-6 |
| 5 | October 24, 1926 | Los Angeles Buccaneers Los Angeles Buccaneers The Los Angeles Buccaneers were a traveling team in the National Football League during their one season 1926, ostensibly representing the city of Los Angeles, California. Like the Los Angeles Wildcats of the first American Football League, the team never actually played a league game in Los... |
T 0-0 |
| 6 | October 31, 1926 | at Pottsville Maroons Pottsville Maroons The Pottsville Maroons were an American football team based in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1920, they went on to play in the National Football League for four seasons, from 1925–1928... |
L 14-0 |
| 7 | November 7, 1926 | Columbus Tigers | W 26-0 |
| 8 | November 14, 1926 | at Hartford Blues Hartford Blues The Hartford Blues of the National Football League played only in the 1926 NFL season, with a record of 3-7. The team was based in Hartford, Connecticut but played at the East Hartford Velodrome.-Origins:... |
W 13-7 |
| 9 | November 21, 1926 | Kansas City Cowboys 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... |
L 2-0 |
| 10 | November 28, 1926 | at Pottsville Maroons Pottsville Maroons The Pottsville Maroons were an American football team based in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1920, they went on to play in the National Football League for four seasons, from 1925–1928... |
T 0-0 |
Standings
| NFL | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | STK | |
| Frankford Yellow Jackets 1926 Frankford Yellow Jackets season The 1926 Frankford Yellow Jackets season was their third in the National Football League. The team improved on their previous output of 10-4, winning fourteen games. By virtue of their league-best record of 14-1-2, they were crowned the 1926 NFL Champions.... |
14 | 1 | 2 | .933 | 236 | 49 | W-6 |
| Chicago Bears 1926 Chicago Bears season -Season Overview:The 1926 Chicago Bears season was their seventh regular season completed in the National Football League. The club posted a 12-1-3 record under head coach George Halas earning them a second place finish in the team standings, their fifth showing in that place in the last seven years... |
12 | 1 | 3 | .923 | 216 | 63 | L-1 |
| Pottsville Maroons 1926 Pottsville Maroons season The 1926 Pottsville Maroons season was their second in the National Football League. The team matched their previous league record of 10-2, They finished third in the league standings.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:... |
10 | 2 | 2 | .833 | 155 | 29 | T-1 |
| Kansas City Cowboys 1926 Kansas City Cowboys season The 1926 Kansas City Cowboys season was their third and final season in the league. The team improved on their previous output of 2-5-1, winning eight games. They finished fourth in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:... |
8 | 3 | 0 | .727 | 76 | 53 | W-7 |
| Green Bay Packers 1926 Green Bay Packers season The 1926 Green Bay Packers season was their sixth season in the National Football League. The club posted a 7-3-3 record under player/coach Curly Lambeau earning them a fifth place finish... |
7 | 3 | 3 | .700 | 151 | 61 | T-1 |
| New York Giants 1926 New York Giants season The 1926 New York Giants season was the second season for the club in the National Football League. They ended with an 8-4-1 regular season record and had one postseason appearance against the AFL Philadelphia Quakers, which the Giants won 31-0.-Schedule:... |
8 | 4 | 1 | .667 | 151 | 61 | W-3 |
| Los Angeles Buccaneers 1926 Los Angeles Buccaneers season The 1926 Los Angeles Buccaneers season was their only season in the league. The team finished 6-3-1, tying for sixth place in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:... |
6 | 3 | 1 | .667 | 67 | 57 | L-1 |
| Duluth Eskimos 1926 Duluth Eskimos season The 1926 Duluth Eskimos season was their fourth in the league and first season as the Eskimos. The team improved on their previous output of 0-3, winning six games. They finished eighth in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:... |
6 | 5 | 3 | .545 | 113 | 81 | L-1 |
| Buffalo Rangers | 4 | 4 | 2 | .500 | 53 | 62 | T-1 |
| Chicago Cardinals 1926 Chicago Cardinals season The 1926 Chicago Cardinals season was their seventh in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 11-2-1, winning only five games. They finished tenth in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:... |
5 | 6 | 1 | .455 | 74 | 98 | L-1 |
| Providence Steam Roller 1926 Providence Steam Roller season The 1926 Providence Steam Roller season was their second in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous season's output of 6-5-1, winning only five games. They finished eleventh in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:... |
5 | 7 | 1 | .417 | 89 | 103 | L-1 |
| Detroit Panthers 1926 Detroit Panthers season The 1926 Detroit Panthers season was their fourth in the league and final season as the Panthers. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 8-2-2, winning only four games. They finished twelfth in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:... |
4 | 6 | 2 | .400 | 107 | 60 | L-3 |
| Hartford Blues 1926 Hartford Blues season The 1926 Hartford Blues season was their only season in the league. The team finished 3-7, finishing thirteenth in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:... |
3 | 7 | 0 | .300 | 57 | 99 | L-1 |
| Brooklyn Lions 1926 Brooklyn Lions season The 1926 Brooklyn Lions season was their first and only season in the league. The team finished 3-8, finished fourteenth in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:... |
3 | 8 | 0 | .273 | 60 | 150 | L-3 |
| Milwaukee Badgers 1926 Milwaukee Badgers season The 1926 Milwaukee Badgers season was their fifth and final season in the National Football League. The team improved on their previous output of 0-6, winning two games. They finished fifteenth in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:... |
2 | 7 | 0 | .222 | 41 | 66 | L-5 |
| Dayton Triangles 1926 Dayton Triangles season The 1926 Dayton Triangles season was their seventh in the league. The team improved on their previous output of 0-7, winning one game. They tied for sixteenth in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:... |
1 | 4 | 1 | .200 | 15 | 82 | L-2 |
| Akron Indians 1926 Akron Indians season The 1926 Akron Indians season was their seventh and final season in the league and only season as the Indians. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 4-2-2, winning only four games. They tied for sixteenth in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:... |
1 | 4 | 3 | .200 | 23 | 89 | T-1 |
| Racine Tornadoes 1926 Racine Tornadoes season The 1926 Racine Tornadoes season was their fourth and final season in the league and only season as the Tornadoes. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 4-3-3, winning only one game. They tied for sixteenth place in the league.-Schedule:... |
1 | 4 | 0 | .200 | 8 | 92 | T-4 |
| Columbus Tigers 1926 Columbus Tigers season The 1926 Columbus Tigers season was their seventh and final season in the league. The team improved on their previous output of 0-9, winning one game. They finished nineteenth in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:... |
1 | 6 | 0 | .143 | 26 | 93 | L-5 |
| Canton Bulldogs 1926 Canton Bulldogs season The 1926 Canton Bulldogs season was their sixth and final season in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 4-4, winning only one game. They finished twentieth in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:... |
1 | 9 | 3 | .100 | 46 | 161 | L-1 |
| Hammond Pros 1926 Hammond Pros season The 1926 Hammond Pros season was their seventh and final season in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 1-4, losing all their games. They finished twenty-first in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:... |
0 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 3 | 56 | L-4 |
| Louisville Colonels 1926 Louisville Colonels season The 1926 Louisville Colonels season was their fourth and final season in the National Football League and only season as the Colonels. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 0-3, losing four games. They tied for twenty-first in the league.... |
0 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 108 | L-4 |