1927 Providence Steam Roller season

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1927 Providence Steam Roller season
Head coachJimmy Conzelman
Results
Record8–5–1
League place5th in NFL
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The 1927 Providence Steam Roller season was their third in the league. The team improved on their previous season's output of 5–7–1, winning eight games.[1] They finished fifth in the league.

Schedule[]

Week Date Opponent Result
1 September 25 New York Giants L 0–8
2 October 2 Buffalo Bisons W 5–0
3 October 16 Pottsville Maroons L 3–6
4 October 23 Dayton Triangles W 7–0
5 October 29 at Frankford Yellow Jackets W 20–7
6 October 30 Frankford Yellow Jackets W 14–0
7 November 6 at Chicago Bears T 0–0
8 November 8 at New York Giants L 0–25
9 November 13 Duluth Eskimos W 13–7
10 November 20 Cleveland Bulldogs L 0–22
11 November 24 at Pottsville Maroons L 0–6
12 November 27 New York Yankees W 14–7
13 December 3 at New York Yankees W 9–0
14 December 4 Pottsville Maroons W 20–0

Standings[]

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.

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