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1928 Providence Steam Roller

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Record: 8-1-2, Finished 1st in NFL
NFL Season Summary

1928 NFL Champions

Scored 128 points (11.6/g), 3rd of 10 in the NFL.
 Allowed 42 points (3.8/g), 1st.
 Differential of 86 points (7.8/g), 2nd.
 Expected W-L: 10.3-0.7.

Coached by Jimmy Conzelman


League Champion

Starters

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),Hide Non-primary Starters
Pos Age Yrs GS Summary of Player Stats Drafted (tm/rnd/yr)
 Offensive Starters
TB Wildcat Wilson+ 27 1 11
FB Al Hadden 29 3 7
BB Curly Oden 29 3 9
WB Bill Cronin 27 1 1
LE Duke Hanny 31 5 10
LT Gus Sonnenberg 30 5 10
LG Milt Rehnquist 4 11
C Clyde Smith+ 24 3 11
RG Jack Fleischmann 27 3 6
RT Perry Jackson 25 Rook 7
RE Jack Spellman 29 3 10
 Special Teams Starters
K Jimmy Conzelman 30 8 3
K Jimmy Conzelman 30 8 3
K Jimmy Conzelman 30 8 3
K Jimmy Conzelman 30 8 3

Roster

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS Wt Ht College/Univ BirthDate Yrs AV Drafted (tm/rnd/yr)
Jimmy Conzelman 30 K 4 3 175 6-0 Washington (MO) 3/6/1898 8 0
Bill Cronin 27 WB 9 1 183 5-10 Boston Col. 4/18/1901 1 0
Jack Cronin 25 b 8 5 178 5-11 Boston Col. 5/3/1903 1 0
Jack Fleischmann 27 RG 11 6 184 5-6 Purdue 8/15/1901 3 0
Al Hadden 29 FB 9 7 186 5-9 Washington & Jefferson 11/8/1899 3 0
Duke Hanny 31 LE 11 10 199 6-0 Indiana 12/10/1897 5 0
Norm Harvey 32 t 9 4 196 6-0 Detroit Mercy 8/27/1896 3 0
Perry Jackson 25 RT 10 7 202 6-1 SW Oklahoma St. 8/31/1903 Rook 0
Jim Laird 31 8 0 194 6-0 Colgate 9/10/1897 8 0
Curly Oden 29 BB 11 9 163 5-6 Brown 5/10/1899 3 0
Milt Rehnquist LG 11 11 229 6-0 Bethany (KS) 0/0/0 4 0
Jim Simmons 26 b 8 4 186 6-0 SW Oklahoma St. 4/17/1902 1 0
Clyde Smith+ 24 C 11 11 184 5-10 Missouri 7/17/1904 3 0
Orland Smith 23 t 9 2 215 5-11 Brown 11/5/1905 1 0
Gus Sonnenberg 30 LT 11 10 196 5-6 Dartmouth,Detroit Mercy 3/6/1898 5 0
Jack Spellman 29 RE 11 10 201 5-10 Brown 6/14/1899 3 0
Pop Williams 22 fb 7 5 207 6-0 Connecticut 5/4/1906 Rook 0
Abe Wilson 29 rg 9 5 192 5-10 Washington 10/6/1899 1 0
Wildcat Wilson+ 27 TB 11 11 200 5-11 Washington 9/6/1901 1 0
Team Total 26.1 11 193.2 5-10.4 2.8