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1926 Akron Indians
Franchise Index: Previous Season
Record: 1-4-3, Finished 16th in NFL
NFL Season Summary
Scored 23 points (2.9/g), 18th of 22 in the NFL.
Allowed 89 points (11.1/g), 14th.
Differential of -66 points (-8.2/g), 16th.
Expected W-L: 0.3-7.7.
Coached by Al Nesser (0-1-1) and Frank Nied (1-3-2)
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1926 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| TB | Obie Newman | 26 | 1 | 5 | ||
| FB | Carl Cramer | 29 | 6 | 8 | ||
| BB | Fritz Pollard | 32 | 6 | 4 | ||
| BB | Rube Ursella | 36 | 6 | 5 | ||
| WB | Hal Griggs | 26 | Rook | 5 | ||
| LE | Red Daum | 28 | 4 | 8 | ||
| LT | Knute Caldwell | 56 | 1 | 7 | ||
| LG | Red Seidelson | 25 | 1 | 7 | ||
| C | George Berry | 26 | 4 | 6 | ||
| RG | Nat McCombs | 22 | Rook | 6 | ||
| RT | Alvro Casey | 23 | Rook | 4 | ||
| RE | Frank Bissell | 24 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Dunc Annan | 31 | 6 | 2 | ||
| P | Dunc Annan | 31 | 6 | 2 | ||
| PR | Dunc Annan | 31 | 6 | 2 | ||
| KR | Dunc Annan | 31 | 6 | 2 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunc Annan | 31 | TB-WB-FB-BB-T | 4 | 2 | 178 | 5-10 | Brown,Chicago | 8/10/1895 | 6 | |
| Marty Beck | 26 | B | 1 | 0 | 175 | 5-9 | none | 1/2/1900 | 5 | |
| George Berry | 26 | G-T-C | 8 | 6 | 203 | 5-11 | none | 2/18/1900 | 4 | |
| Frank Bissell | 24 | E | 8 | 8 | 180 | 6-1 | Fordham | 8/15/1902 | 1 | |
| Knute Caldwell | 56 | T | 7 | 7 | 210 | 6-1 | Wabash | 0/0/0 | 1 | |
| Alvro Casey | 23 | T | 4 | 4 | 215 | 6-0 | Haskell Indian,Northeast Oklahoma | 3/29/1903 | Rook | |
| Ralph Chase | 24 | T | 4 | 3 | 219 | 6-3 | Pittsburgh | 12/19/1902 | Rook | |
| Carl Cramer | 29 | B | 8 | 8 | 184 | 5-11 | Hamline | 12/20/1897 | 6 | |
| Red Daum | 28 | E-B | 8 | 8 | 166 | 5-7 | Akron | 9/18/1898 | 4 | |
| Hal Griggs | 26 | WB-HB | 5 | 5 | 170 | 5-10 | Butler | 11/27/1900 | Rook | |
| Isham Hardy | 27 | G | 2 | 0 | 185 | 5-9 | William & Mary | 3/28/1899 | 3 | |
| Joe Little Twig | 56 | E-T | 1 | 0 | 183 | 5-11 | Carlisle Indian | 0/0/0 | 4 | |
| Nat McCombs | 22 | G-T | 8 | 6 | 226 | 5-11 | Haskell Indian | 12/18/1904 | Rook | |
| Joe Mills | 29 | C-E-TB-G-WB | 6 | 1 | 212 | 6-3 | Carnegie Mellon | 9/3/1897 | 4 | |
| Al Nesser | 33 | G-E-C | 3 | 3 | 195 | 6-0 | none | 6/6/1893 | 6 | |
| Obie Newman | 26 | E-TB-WB | 8 | 5 | 199 | 6-2 | Carnegie Mellon | 2/27/1900 | 1 | |
| Fritz Pollard | 32 | TB-BB-WB | 4 | 4 | 165 | 5-9 | Bates,Brown | 1/27/1894 | 6 | |
| George Rohleder | 28 | G-T-FB | 6 | 2 | 213 | 5-11 | Wittenberg | 3/10/1898 | 1 | |
| Red Seidelson | 25 | G-T | 7 | 7 | 202 | 6-1 | Pittsburgh | 8/13/1901 | 1 | |
| Rube Ursella | 36 | B | 8 | 5 | 172 | 5-9 | none | 1/11/1890 | 6 | |
| Dutch Wallace | 26 | G-C-T | 1 | 1 | 203 | 6-0 | none | 4/18/1900 | 3 | |
| Hal Wendler | 24 | BB | 7 | 3 | 175 | 5-10 | Ohio State | 1/20/1902 | Rook | |
| Team Total | 29.9 | 8 | 192.3 | 5-11.2 | 2.8 |