The 1925 Frankford Yellow Jackets season was their second in the National Football League. The team improved on their previous output of 11–2–1, winning thirteen league games[1] to finish the season in sixth place.[2] The team's overall record, against league and non-league opponents in 1925 was 15–7. They set the unofficial record for most games played in a season during the years before the league went to a fixed-length schedule: they played 20 NFL games (plus at least 2 more against non-NFL opponents.) 3 of their players(Rae Crowther, Tex Hamer, and Bill Hoffman) played in 19 of the 20 games that counted, which is also a record that still stands.
Even counting playoff games, no NFL team played more than 20 games in a season until the 2021 NFL season when the Cincinnati Bengals and Los Angeles Rams each played 21 games including 17 regular-season games and 4 playoff games on their way to Super Bowl LVI.
Schedule
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| – | September 20, 1925 | at All-New Britain | W 6–0 |
| 1 | September 26, 1925 | Buffalo Bisons | W 27–7 |
| 2 | October 3, 1925 | Providence Steam Roller | W 7–0 |
| 3 | October 10, 1925 | Canton Bulldogs | W 12–7 |
| 4 | October 11, 1925 | at Detroit Panthers | L 3–0 |
| 5 | October 17, 1925 | New York Giants | W 5–3 |
| 6 | October 18, 1925 | at New York Giants | W 14–0 |
| 7 | October 24, 1925 | Dayton Triangles | W 3–0 |
| 8 | October 31, 1925 | Columbus Tigers | W 19–0 |
| 9 | November 1, 1925 | at Buffalo Bisons | W 12–3 |
| 10 | November 7, 1925 | Akron Pros | W 17–7 |
| 11 | November 8, 1925 | at Chicago Bears | L 19–0 |
| 12 | November 14, 1925 | Pottsville Maroons | W 20–0 |
| 13 | November 21, 1925 | Cleveland Bulldogs | L 14–0 |
| 14 | November 22, 1925 | Providence Steam Roller | L 20–7 |
| – | November 26, 1925 | All-New Britain | W 7–0 |
| 15 | November 28, 1925 | Green Bay Packers | W 13–7 |
| 16 | November 29, 1925 | at Pottsville Maroons | L 49–0 |
| 17 | December 5, 1925 | Chicago Bears Played at Shibe Park |
L 14–7 |
| 18 | December 12, 1925 | Cleveland Bulldogs | L 3–0 |
| 19 | December 13, 1925 | at Providence Steam Roller | W 14–6 |
| 20 | December 20, 1925 | at Cleveland Bulldogs | W 13–7 |
- Games in italics are against non-NFL teams
Standings
| NFL standings | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | STK | |||
| Chicago Cardinals * | 11 | 2 | 1 | .846 | 229 | 65 | W2 | ||
| Pottsville Maroons * | 10 | 2 | 0 | .833 | 270 | 45 | W5 | ||
| Detroit Panthers | 8 | 2 | 2 | .800 | 129 | 39 | W1 | ||
| New York Giants | 8 | 4 | 0 | .667 | 122 | 67 | W1 | ||
| Akron Pros | 4 | 2 | 2 | .667 | 65 | 51 | L2 | ||
| Frankford Yellow Jackets | 13 | 7 | 0 | .650 | 190 | 169 | W2 | ||
| Chicago Bears | 9 | 5 | 3 | .643 | 158 | 96 | W3 | ||
| Rock Island Independents | 5 | 3 | 3 | .625 | 99 | 58 | L1 | ||
| Green Bay Packers | 8 | 5 | 0 | .615 | 151 | 110 | W1 | ||
| Providence Steam Roller | 6 | 5 | 1 | .545 | 111 | 101 | L1 | ||
| Canton Bulldogs | 4 | 4 | 0 | .500 | 50 | 73 | L1 | ||
| Cleveland Bulldogs | 5 | 8 | 1 | .385 | 75 | 135 | L1 | ||
| Kansas City Cowboys | 2 | 5 | 1 | .286 | 65 | 97 | W1 | ||
| Hammond Pros | 1 | 4 | 0 | .200 | 23 | 87 | L3 | ||
| Buffalo Bisons | 1 | 6 | 2 | .143 | 33 | 113 | L4 | ||
| Rochester Jeffersons | 0 | 6 | 1 | .000 | 26 | 111 | L5 | ||
| Dayton Triangles | 0 | 7 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 84 | L7 | ||
| Duluth Kelleys | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 6 | 25 | L3 | ||
| Milwaukee Badgers | 0 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 7 | 191 | L6 | ||
| Columbus Tigers | 0 | 9 | 0 | .000 | 28 | 124 | L9 | ||
- Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.
* The Pottsville Maroons were suspended from the league in December, resulting in the Chicago Cardinals being named the NFL champions.
References
- ^ "1925 Frankford Yellow Jackets Rosters, Stats, Schedule". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
- ^ "Pro Football Archives 1925 Frankford Yellow Jackets".
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