1928 Frankford Yellow Jackets season

1928 Frankford Yellow Jackets season
Head coach	Ed Weir
Home field	Frankford Stadium
Results
Record	16–3–2 Overall 11–3–2 NFL
League place	2nd NFL

The 1928 Frankford Yellow Jackets season was their fifth in the National Football League. The team improved on their previous league output of 6–9–3, winning eleven games.^[1] They finished second in the league standings.^[2]

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result
–	September 16, 1928	at Orange Tornadoes	W 12–0
1	September 23, 1928	at Green Bay Packers	W 19–9
2	September 29, 1928	Dayton Triangles	W 6–0
–	October 6, 1928	Marquette University	W 14–0
3	October 7, 1928	at Providence Steam Roller	W 10–6
4	October 13, 1928	New York Yankees	L 13–0
5	October 20, 1928	Dayton Triangles	W 13–9
–	October 21, 1928	at Staten Island Stapletons	W 14–13
–	October 27, 1928	Millville Big Blue	W 26–0
–	October 28, 1928	at Clifton Heights Panthers	W 20–6
6	November 3, 1928	Detroit Wolverines	W 25–7
7	November 4, 1928	at New York Giants	T 0–0
8	November 10, 1928	Pottsville Maroons	W 19–0
9	November 11, 1928	at Pottsville Maroons	W 24–0
10	November 17, 1928	Providence Steam Roller	T 6–6
11	November 18, 1928	at Providence Steam Roller	L 6–0
12	November 24, 1928	Chicago Cardinals	W 19–0
13	November 29, 1928	Green Bay Packers	W 2–0
14	December 2, 1928	at Chicago Bears	L 28–6
15	December 8, 1928	New York Giants	W 7–0
16	December 15, 1928	Chicago Bears	W 19–0
–	December 16, 1928	at Clifton Heights Panthers	W 52–3

Standings

NFL standings
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
Providence Steam Roller	8	1	2	.889	128	42	T1
Frankford Yellow Jackets	11	3	2	.786	175	84	L1
Detroit Wolverines	7	2	1	.778	189	76	W4
Green Bay Packers	6	4	3	.600	120	92	W1
Chicago Bears	7	5	1	.583	182	85	L2
New York Giants	4	7	2	.364	79	136	L5
New York Yankees	4	8	1	.333	103	179	W1
Pottsville Maroons	2	8	0	.200	74	134	L1
Chicago Cardinals	1	5	0	.167	7	107	L4
Dayton Triangles	0	7	0	.000	9	131	L7

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

References

Frankford Yellow Jackets

Defunct National Football League club 1924-1931
Formerly the Frankford Athletic Association (1899-1909, 1912-1923) and the Loyola Athletic Club (1909–1912)
Formed in 1899
Based in Frankford, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The Franchise

Championships

1926 NFL Championship

Stadia

Wistar Field Brown's Field Frankford Stadium

Temporary stadiums due to a fire at Frankford stadium in 1931:	Philadelphia Municipal Stadium (Sept. 26, Oct. 2) Baker Bowl (Oct. 10, Oct. 31)

Lore

Head Coaches

Seasons

Frankford Yellow Jackets seasons

1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931

1928 NFL season

Chicago Bears	Chicago Cardinals	Dayton Triangles	Detroit Wolverines
Frankford Yellow Jackets	Green Bay Packers	New York Giants	New York Yankees
Pottsville Maroons			Providence Steam Roller

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