1927 Pottsville Maroons season

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1927 Pottsville Maroons season
Head coachDick Rauch
Home fieldMinersville Park
Results
Record7–8 Overall
5–8 NFL
League place8th NFL

The 1927 Pottsville Maroons season was their third in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous league output of 10–2–2, winning only five games.[1] They finished eighth in the league standings.[2]

Schedule[]

Week Date Opponent Result
– September 25 Shenandoah Red Jackets W 14–0
1 September 25 Buffalo Bisons W 22–0
2 October 2 at Chicago Cardinals L 19–7
3 October 9 New York Giants L 19–0
4 October 16 at Providence Steam Roller W 6–3
5 October 23 Duluth Eskimos L 27–0
6 October 30 at New York Giants L 16–0
7 November 5 at Frankford Yellow Jackets L 10–0
8 November 6 Frankford Yellow Jackets W 9–0
9 November 11 New York Yankees L 19–12
10 November 13 at Chicago Bears L 30–12
11 November 20 Duluth Eskimos W 6–0
12 November 24 Providence Steam Roller W 6–0
– November 27 Coaldale Big Green W 58–0
13 December 4 at Providence Steam Roller L 20–0

Standings[]

NFL standings
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 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.

References[]

  1. ^ 1927 Pottsville Maroons
  2. ^ Pro Football Archives 1927 Pottsville Maroons season
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