1929 Frankford Yellow Jackets season

The 1929 Frankford Yellow Jackets season was their sixth in the National Football League. The team failed to improve on their previous league output of 11–3–2, winning only ten games, losing four, and tying five.[1] They finished third in the league standings.[2]

1929 Frankford Yellow Jackets season
Head coachBull Behman
Home fieldFrankford Stadium
Results
Record13–4–5 Overall
10–4–5 NFL
League place3rd NFL

Schedule
Week Date Opponent Result
– September 22 at Atlantic City Tornadoes W 6–0
1 September 28 Dayton Triangles W 14–7
2 October 5 Buffalo Bisons W 19–0
3 October 6 at Buffalo Bisons W 13–0
4 October 13 at Green Bay Packers L 2–14
5 October 19 Orange Tornadoes T 6–6
6 October 20 at New York Giants L 0–32
7 October 26 Staten Island Stapletons T 6–6
8 October 27 at Staten Island Stapletons W 3–0
9 November 2 Chicago Cardinals W 8–0
10 November 9 Providence Steam Roller W 7–0
11 November 10 at Providence Steam Roller W 7–6
12 November 16 Chicago Bears W 20–14
13 November 17 at Orange Tornadoes T 0–0
14 November 23 Minneapolis Red Jackets W 24–0
– November 24 Clifton Heights Orange & Black W 17–0
15 November 28 Green Bay Packers T 0–0
16 December 1 at Chicago Bears T 0–0
17 December 7 New York Giants L 0–12
18 December 8 at New York Giants L 0–31
19 December 14 Orange Tornadoes W 10–0
– December 15 at Lebanon Battery H W 26–0
Note: Non-NFL opponents are in italics.

Standings
NFL standings
W L T PCT PF PA STK
Green Bay Packers 12 0 1 1.000 198 22 W2
New York Giants 13 1 1 .929 312 86 W4
Frankford Yellow Jackets 10 4 5 .714 129 128 W1
Chicago Cardinals 6 6 1 .500 154 83 W1
Boston Bulldogs 4 4 0 .500 98 73 L1
Staten Island Stapletons 3 4 3 .429 89 65 L2
Providence Steam Roller 4 6 2 .400 107 117 L1
Orange Tornadoes 3 5 4 .375 35 80 L1
Chicago Bears 4 9 2 .308 119 227 L1
Buffalo Bisons 1 7 1 .125 48 142 W1
Minneapolis Red Jackets 1 9 0 .100 48 185 L7
Dayton Triangles 0 6 0 .000 7 136 L6

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

References
  1. "NFL.com Standing by year" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 25, 2013. Retrieved October 21, 2011.
  2. Pro Football Archives 1929 Frankford Yellow Jackets season
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