1922 NFL season

1922 NFL season
Regular season
DurationOctober 1 – December 10, 1922
ChampionsCanton Bulldogs
1922 NFL season is located in USA Midwest and Northeast
Pros
Pros
All-Americans
All-Americans
Bulldogs
Bulldogs
Cardinals
Cardinals
Bears
Bears
Panhandles
Panhandles
Triangles
Triangles
Crimson Giants
Crimson Giants
Packers
Packers
Brecks
Brecks
Badgers
Badgers
Marines
Marines
Legion
Legion
Jeffersons
Jeffersons
Independents
Independents
Maroons
Maroons
Traveling teams Pros Indians
Traveling teams
Pros
Indians

The 1922 NFL season was the third regular season of what was now called the National Football League (NFL); the league changed its name from American Professional Football Association (APFA) on June 24, 1922.

The NFL fielded 18 teams during the season, including new league teams such as the Milwaukee Badgers, the Oorang Indians, the Racine Legion, and the Toledo Maroons. Technically, it was also Green Bay's first full season in the league, after their membership was suspended because the team had fielded college players in 1921.

The team representatives filed for a new franchise before the 1922 season under the name of the Green Bay Athletic club, and were registered in the league under the name Green Bay Blues. They returned to the original name a year later; most teams around the league continued to call them the Packers.[1] Meanwhile, the Chicago Staleys changed their name to the Chicago Bears, and the Racine Cardinals changed their name to the Chicago Cardinals.

The Muncie Flyers, Cleveland Indians, Brickley's New York Giants, Cincinnati Celts, Tonawanda Kardex, Washington Senators, and Detroit Tigers dropped out of the league. A 19th team, the Youngstown Patricians, was scheduled to join the league, and had its schedule laid out, but folded before playing in the league. A 20th, the Philadelphia Union Quakers, also was set to join (but presumably not as far along as the Youngstown plans), but did not, due partly to the fact that the Quakers were merely a front for the existing Buffalo All-Americans to play extra games on Saturday. After a four-year hiatus, the Quakers instead joined the American Football League (1926).

The Canton Bulldogs were named the 1922 NFL Champions after ending the season with a 10–0–2 record.

The league's teams salary cap was $1,200 per game,[2] while the new teams expansion fee was $500.[3]

Teams

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Eighteen teams competed in the NFL during the 1922 season, down from 21 clubs during the previous season.

First season in NFL * Team folded this season ^
Team Head coach(es) Stadium(s)
Akron Pros Untz Brewer Akron League Park
Buffalo All-Americans Tommy Hughitt Canisius Field and Buffalo Baseball Park
Canton Bulldogs Guy Chamberlin Lakeside Park
Chicago Bears George Halas Cubs Park
Chicago Cardinals Paddy Driscoll Comiskey Park
Columbus Panhandles Herb Dell Neil Park
Dayton Triangles Carl Storck Triangle Park
Evansville Crimson Giants ^ Frank Fausch Bosse Field
Green Bay (Blues) Packers Curly Lambeau Hagemeister Park
Hammond Pros Wally Hess Traveling team
Louisville Brecks Hubert Wiggs Eclipse Park
Milwaukee Badgers * Budge Garrett (6 games) and Jimmy Conzelman (3 games) Athletic Park
Minneapolis Marines Russell Tollefson Nicollet Park
Oorang Indians * Jim Thorpe Traveling team
Racine Legion * Babe Ruetz Horlick Field
Rochester Jeffersons Doc Alexander Rochester Baseball Park
Rock Island Independents Jimmy Conzelman Douglas Park
Toledo Maroons * Guil Falcon Swayne Field

Standings

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NFL standings
W L T PCT PF PA STK
Canton Bulldogs 10 0 2 1.000 184 15 W6
Chicago Bears 9 3 0 .750 123 44 L1
Chicago Cardinals 8 3 0 .727 96 50 W1
Toledo Maroons 5 2 2 .714 94 59 L2
Rock Island Independents 4 2 1 .667 154 27 L1
Racine Legion 6 4 1 .600 122 56 L1
Dayton Triangles 4 3 1 .571 80 62 W1
Green Bay Packers (Blues) 4 3 3 .571 70 54 W2
Buffalo All-Americans 5 4 1 .556 87 41 W2
Akron Pros 3 5 2 .375 146 95 L3
Milwaukee Badgers 2 4 3 .333 51 71 L3
Oorang Indians 3 6 0 .333 69 190 W2
Minneapolis Marines 1 3 0 .250 19 40 L1
Louisville Brecks 1 3 0 .250 13 140 W1
Evansville Crimson Giants 0 3 0 .000 6 88 L3
Rochester Jeffersons 0 4 1 .000 13 76 L4
Hammond Pros 0 5 1 .000 0 69 L2
Columbus Panhandles 0 8 0 .000 24 174 L8

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

References

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  1. ^ "The Taylorville Scandal" (PDF).
  2. ^ "A Few More Loose Ends 1922" (PDF). The Professional Football Researchers Association.
  3. ^ "Ditto1923" (PDF). The Professional Football Researchers Association.