1926 Pottsville Maroons season
| 1926 Pottsville Maroons season | |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Dick Rauch |
| Home field | Minersville Park |
| Results | |
| Record |
15–2–2 Overall 10–2–2 NFL |
| League place | 3rd NFL |
The 1926 Pottsville Maroons season was their second in the National Football League. The team matched their previous league record of 10–2,[1] They finished third in the league standings.[2]
The Maroons established an NFL record for most shutout wins or ties in a season, with 11 in "official" league games.
Schedule
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| – | September 19, 1926 | League Island Marines | W 64–0 |
| – | September 26, 1926 | Media A.A. | W 52–0 |
| 1 | October 3, 1926 | Columbus Tigers | W 3–0 |
| 2 | October 10, 1926 | Dayton Triangles | W 24–6 |
| 3 | October 16, 1926 | at Brooklyn Lions | W 21–0 |
| 4 | October 17, 1926 | Brooklyn Lions | W 14–0 |
| 5 | October 24, 1926 | at Providence Steam Roller | L 14–0 |
| – | October 29, 1926 | New York Giants Played in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. |
W 3–0 |
| 6 | October 31, 1926 | Buffalo Rangers | W 14–0 |
| – | November 2, 1926 | Shamokin Blue Comets | W 48–0 |
| 7 | November 7, 1926 | Akron Indians | W 34–0 |
| 8 | November 11, 1926 | Los Angeles Buccaneers | W 10–0 |
| 9 | November 14, 1926 | Duluth Eskimos | W 13–0 |
| 10 | November 21, 1926 | Hammond Pros | W 7–0 |
| 11 | November 25, 1926 | Providence Steam Roller | W 8–0 |
| 12 | November 28, 1926 | Buffalo Rangers | T 0–0 |
| – | December 4, 1926 | at Bethlehem Bears | W 27–0 |
| – | December 5, 1926 | Gilberton Catamounts | W 6–0 |
| 13 | December 12, 1926 | at Chicago Bears | L 9–7 |
| 14 | December 18, 1926 | at Frankford Yellow Jackets | T 0–0 |
Standings
| NFL standings | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | STK | |||
| Frankford Yellow Jackets | 14 | 1 | 2 | .933 | 236 | 49 | W6 | ||
| Chicago Bears | 12 | 1 | 3 | .923 | 216 | 63 | L1 | ||
| Pottsville Maroons | 10 | 2 | 2 | .833 | 155 | 29 | T1 | ||
| Kansas City Cowboys | 8 | 3 | 0 | .727 | 76 | 53 | W7 | ||
| Green Bay Packers | 7 | 3 | 3 | .700 | 151 | 61 | T1 | ||
| New York Giants | 8 | 4 | 1 | .667 | 151 | 61 | W3 | ||
| Los Angeles Buccaneers | 6 | 3 | 1 | .667 | 67 | 57 | L1 | ||
| Duluth Eskimos | 6 | 5 | 3 | .545 | 113 | 81 | L1 | ||
| Buffalo Rangers | 4 | 4 | 2 | .500 | 53 | 62 | T1 | ||
| Chicago Cardinals | 5 | 6 | 1 | .455 | 74 | 98 | L1 | ||
| Providence Steam Roller | 5 | 7 | 1 | .417 | 89 | 103 | L1 | ||
| Detroit Panthers | 4 | 6 | 2 | .400 | 107 | 60 | L3 | ||
| Hartford Blues | 3 | 7 | 0 | .300 | 57 | 99 | L1 | ||
| Brooklyn Lions | 3 | 8 | 0 | .273 | 60 | 150 | L3 | ||
| Milwaukee Badgers | 2 | 7 | 0 | .222 | 41 | 66 | L5 | ||
| Dayton Triangles | 1 | 4 | 1 | .200 | 15 | 82 | L2 | ||
| Akron Indians | 1 | 4 | 3 | .200 | 23 | 89 | T1 | ||
| Racine Tornadoes | 1 | 4 | 0 | .200 | 8 | 92 | T4 | ||
| Columbus Tigers | 1 | 6 | 0 | .143 | 26 | 93 | L5 | ||
| Canton Bulldogs | 1 | 9 | 3 | .100 | 46 | 161 | L1 | ||
| Hammond Pros | 0 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 3 | 56 | L4 | ||
| Louisville Colonels | 0 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 108 | L4 | ||
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.
References
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