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1927 Frankford Yellow Jackets season

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1927 Frankford Yellow Jackets season
Head coachCharley Moran, Russ Daugherty, Charley Rogers, Ed Weir, and Swede Youngstrom
Home fieldFrankford Stadium
Results
Record9–9–3 Overall
6–9–3 NFL
League place7th NFL

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]

Schedule

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Week Date Opponent Result
September 18, 1927 at Atlantic City Roses W 3–0
1 September 24, 1927 Dayton Triangles L 6–3
October 1, 1927 All-New Britain W 21–0
October 2, 1927 at All-New Britain W 22–0
2 October 8, 1927 Dayton Triangles T 0–0
3 October 15, 1927 Buffalo Bisons W 54–0
4 October 16, 1927 at Buffalo Bisons W 23–0
5 October 22, 1927 New York Giants L 13–0
6 October 23, 1927 at New York Giants L 27–0
7 October 29, 1927 Providence Steam Roller L 20–7
8 October 30, 1927 at Providence Steam Roller L 14–0
9 November 5, 1927 Pottsville Maroons W 10–0
10 November 6, 1927 at Pottsville Maroons L 9–0
11 November 12, 1927 Cleveland Bulldogs W 22–0
12 November 13, 1927 at Cleveland Bulldogs L 37–0
13 November 19, 1927 Chicago Cardinals W 12–8
14 November 24, 1927 Green Bay Packers L 17–9
15 November 26, 1927 Duluth Eskimos W 6–0
16 December 3, 1927 Chicago Bears T 0–0
17 December 4, 1927 at Chicago Bears L 9–0
18 December 10, 1927 New York Yankees T 6–6

Standings

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NFL standings
W L T PCT PF PA STK
New York Giants 11 1 1 .917 197 20 W9
Green Bay Packers 7 2 1 .778 113 43 W1
Chicago Bears 9 3 2 .750 149 98 W2
Cleveland Bulldogs 8 4 1 .667 209 107 W5
Providence Steam Roller 8 5 1 .615 105 88 W3
New York Yankees 7 8 1 .467 142 174 L4
Frankford Yellow Jackets 6 9 3 .400 152 166 L1
Pottsville Maroons 5 8 0 .385 80 163 L1
Chicago Cardinals 3 7 1 .300 69 134 L1
Dayton Triangles 1 6 1 .143 15 57 L4
Duluth Eskimos 1 8 0 .111 68 134 L7
Buffalo Bisons 0 5 0 .000 8 123 L5

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

Players

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References

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