1922 NFL season
The 1922 NFL season was the third regular season of what was now called the National Football League (NFL); the league changed their name from American Professional Football Association (APFA) on June 24. 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. 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).
| Regular season | |
|---|---|
| Duration | October 1 – December 10, 1922 |
| Champions | Canton Bulldogs |
The Canton Bulldogs were named the 1922 NFL Champions after ending the season with a 10–0–2 record.
Teams
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 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
| 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 | 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
- NFL Record and Fact Book (ISBN 1-932994-36-X)
- NFL History 1921–1930 (Last accessed December 4, 2005)
- Total Football: The Official Encyclopedia of the National Football League (ISBN 0-06-270174-6)