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Record: 11-1-1, Finished 1st in NFL
NFL Season Summary
1927 NFL Champions
Scored 197 points (15.2/g), 2nd of 12 in the NFL.
Allowed 20 points (1.5/g), 1st.
Differential of 177 points (13.6/g), 1st.
Expected W-L: 12.9-0.1.
Coached by Earl Potteiger (11-1-1)
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1927 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
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| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Sun | September 25 | W | 1-0 | @ | Providence Steam Roller | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Sun | October 2 | T | 1-0-1 | @ | Cleveland Bulldogs | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Sun | October 9 | W | 2-0-1 | @ | Pottsville Maroons | 19 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Sun | October 16 | L | 2-1-1 | Cleveland Bulldogs | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Sat | October 22 | W | 3-1-1 | @ | Frankford Yellow Jackets | 13 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 6 | Sun | October 23 | W | 4-1-1 | Frankford Yellow Jackets | 27 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Sun | October 30 | W | 5-1-1 | Pottsville Maroons | 16 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Sun | November 6 | W | 6-1-1 | Duluth Eskimos | 21 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Tue | November 8 | W | 7-1-1 | Providence Steam Roller | 25 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | Sun | November 20 | W | 8-1-1 | Chicago Cardinals | 28 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 11 | Sun | November 27 | W | 9-1-1 | Chicago Bears | 13 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 12 | Sun | December 4 | W | 10-1-1 | New York Yankees | 14 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 13 | Sun | December 11 | W | 11-1-1 | @ | New York Yankees | 13 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 197 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Team Defense | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Lg Rank Offense | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack McBride | 26 | FB | 12 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 57 | ||||||||
| Hinkey Haines | 29 | TB | 13 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 36 | ||||||||
| Mule Wilson | 24 | WB | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 36 | ||||||||
| Phil White | 27 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Doug Wycoff | 24 | BB | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 19 | ||||||||
| Jack Hagerty | 24 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18 | |||||||||
| Doc Alexander | 29 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 27.6 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 191 | ||||||
| Opp Total | 13 | 20 |