1924 Rock Island Independents season
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The 1924
Rock Island Independents
season was their fifth in the league
. The team improved on their previous output
of 2-3-3, winning five games. They finished fifth in the league.
1924 NFL season
The 1924 NFL season was the 5th regular season of the National Football League. The league had 18 teams play during the season, including the new clubs Frankford Yellow Jackets, Kansas City Blues, and Kenosha Maroons. The Louisville Brecks, Oorang Indians, St...
Rock Island Independents
Rock Island Independents
The Rock Island Independents were a professional American football team based in Rock Island, Illinois. One of the first professional football teams, they were founded in 1907 as an independent club. They later played in what is now the National Football League from 1920 to 1925. They joined the...
season was their fifth in the league
National Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
. The team improved on their previous output
1923 Rock Island Independents season
The 1923 Rock Island Independents season was their fourth in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 4-2-1, winning only two games. They finished twelfth in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:...
of 2-3-3, winning five games. They finished fifth in the league.
Schedule
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | September 28, 1924 | Chicago Bears Chicago Bears The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League... |
T 0-0 |
| 2 | October 5, 1924 | Racine Legion | W 9-0 |
| 3 | October 12, 1924 | Hammond Pros Hammond Pros The Hammond Pros from Hammond, Indiana played in the National Football League from 1920 to 1926 as a traveling team.-History:The Pros were established by Paul Parduhn and Dr. Alva Young who was a boxing promoter, owner of a racing stable and a doctor and trainer for a semi-pro football team... |
W 26-0 |
| 4 | October 19, 1924 | Dayton Triangles Dayton Triangles The Dayton Triangles were an original franchise of the American Professional Football Association in 1920. The Triangles were based in Dayton, Ohio, and took their nickname from their home field, Triangle Park, which was located at the confluence of the Great Miami and Stillwater Rivers in north... |
W 20-0 |
| 5 | October 26, 1924 | at Kansas City Blues Kansas City (NFL) Kansas City, Missouri had a National Football League team prior to the Chiefs that operated under two different names: The Blues in 1924 and the Cowboys from 1925-1926. The Blues competed as a traveling team, playing all of their NFL games in other cities' stadia in their only year under that name... |
L 23-7 |
| 6 | November 2, 1924 | Chicago Bears Chicago Bears The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League... |
T 3-3 |
| 7 | November 9, 1924 | at Racine Legion | W 6-3 |
| 8 | November 16, 1924 | Kansas City Blues Kansas City (NFL) Kansas City, Missouri had a National Football League team prior to the Chiefs that operated under two different names: The Blues in 1924 and the Cowboys from 1925-1926. The Blues competed as a traveling team, playing all of their NFL games in other cities' stadia in their only year under that name... |
W 17-0 |
| 9 | November 23, 1924 | Duluth Kelleys | L 9-0 |
Standings
| NFL | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | STK | |
| Cleveland Bulldogs 1924 Cleveland Bulldogs season The 1924 Cleveland Bulldogs season was their inaugural season in the league. The team finished 7-1-1, the best record in the league, making them 1924 NFL Champions.-Schedule:... |
7 | 1 | 1 | .875 | 229 | 60 | W-2 |
| Chicago Bears 1924 Chicago Bears season The 1924 Chicago Bears season was their fifth regular season completed in the National Football League. The club posted a 6-1-4 league record under head coach George Halas earning them a second place finish in the team standings, the fourth time in the last five years... |
6 | 1 | 4 | .857 | 136 | 55 | W-3 |
| Frankford Yellow Jackets 1924 Frankford Yellow Jackets season The 1924 Frankford Yellow Jackets season was their inaugural season in the National Football League. The team finished 11-2-1 in league play and 17-3-1 overall, enough to finish in third in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:... |
11 | 2 | 1 | .846 | 326 | 109 | W-8 |
| Duluth Kelleys 1924 Duluth Kelleys season The 1924 Duluth Kelleys season was their second in the league. The team improved on their previous output of 4-3, winning five games. They finished fourth in the league standings.-Schedule:* Games in italics are non-league games-Standings:... |
5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 56 | 16 | W-1 |
| Rock Island Independents | 5 | 2 | 2 | .714 | 88 | 38 | L-1 |
| Green Bay Packers 1924 Green Bay Packers season The 1924 Green Bay Packers season was their fourth season in the National Football League. The club posted a 7-4 league record under player/coach Curly Lambeau earning them a sixth place finish in the standings.-Schedule:... |
7 | 4 | 0 | .636 | 108 | 38 | L-1 |
| Racine Legion 1924 Racine Legion season The 1924 Racine Legion season was their third in the league and last season as the Legion. The team improved on their previous output of 4-4-2, losing only three games. They finished seventh in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:... |
4 | 3 | 3 | .571 | 69 | 47 | W-1 |
| Chicago Cardinals 1924 Chicago Cardinals season The 1924 Chicago Cardinals season was their fifth in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 8-4, winning only five games. They finished eighth in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:... |
5 | 4 | 1 | .556 | 90 | 67 | L-1 |
| Buffalo Bisons 1924 Buffalo Bisons (NFL) season The 1924 Buffalo Bisons season was their fifth in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 5-4-3, losing five games. They finished ninth in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:... |
6 | 5 | 0 | .545 | 120 | 140 | L-3 |
| Hammond Pros 1924 Hammond Pros season The 1924 Hammond Pros season was their fifth in the league. The team improved on their previous output of 1-5-1, winning two games. They finished tenth in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:... |
2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 18 | 45 | W-2 |
| Columbus Tigers 1924 Columbus Tigers season The 1924 Columbus Tigers season was their fifth in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 5-4-1, winning only four games. They finished tenth in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:... |
4 | 4 | 0 | .500 | 91 | 68 | L-1 |
| Milwaukee Badgers 1924 Milwaukee Badgers season The 1924 Milwaukee Badgers season was their third in the National Football League. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 7-2-3, winning only five games. They finished twelfth in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:... |
5 | 8 | 0 | .385 | 142 | 188 | L-2 |
| Dayton Triangles 1924 Dayton Triangles season The 1924 Dayton Triangles season was their fifth in the league. The team improved on their previous output of 1-6-1. They finished thirteenth in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:... |
2 | 6 | 0 | .250 | 45 | 148 | L-6 |
| Akron Pros 1924 Akron Pros season The 1924 Akron Pros season was their fifth in the league. The team improved on their previous output of 1-6, winning two games. They tied for thirteenth place in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:... |
2 | 6 | 0 | .250 | 59 | 132 | W-1 |
| Kansas City Blues 1924 Kansas City Blues season The 1924 Kansas City Blues season was their inaugural season in the National Football League. The team finished 2-7, and finished fifteenth in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:... |
2 | 7 | 0 | .222 | 46 | 124 | L-2 |
| Minneapolis Marines 1924 Minneapolis Marines season The 1924 Minneapolis Marines season was their fourth in the league and final as the Marines. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 2-5-2, losing six games. They tied for sixteenth place in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:... |
0 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 14 | 108 | L-6 |
| Rochester Jeffersons 1924 Rochester Jeffersons season The 1924 Rochester Jeffersons season was their fifth in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 0-4, losing seven games. They tied for sixteenth place in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:... |
0 | 7 | 0 | .000 | 7 | 156 | L-7 |
| Kenosha Maroons 1924 Kenosha Maroons season The 1924 Kenosha Maroons season was their sole season in the league. The team finished 0-4-1, and tied for sixteenth place in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:... |
0 | 4 | 1 | .000 | 12 | 117 | L-2 |