1922 National Football League season
Regular season
DurationOctober 1 – December 10, 1922
ChampionsCanton Bulldogs
1922 NFL season is located in USA Midwest and Northeast
Pros
Pros
All-Americans
All-Americans
Bulldogs
Bulldogs
Cardinals
Cardinals
Bears
Bears
Panhandles
Panhandles
Triangles
Triangles
Crimson Giants
Crimson Giants
Packers
Packers
Brecks
Brecks
Badgers
Badgers
Marines
Marines
Legion
Legion
Jeffersons
Jeffersons
Independents
Independents
Maroons
Maroons
Traveling teams Pros   Indians
Traveling teams
Pros
Indians
NFL teams

The 1922 NFL season was the third regular season of what was now called the National Football League (NFL); the league changed its name from American Professional Football Association (APFA) on June 24, 1922.

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. Technically, it was also Green Bay's first full season in the league, after their membership was suspended because the team had fielded college players in 1921.

The team representatives filed for a new franchise before the 1922 season under the name of the Green Bay Athletic club, and were registered in the league under the name Green Bay Blues. They returned to the original name a year later; most teams around the league continued to call them the Packers.[1] 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).

The Canton Bulldogs were named the 1922 NFL Champions after ending the season with a 10–0–2 record.

The league's teams salary cap was $1,200 per game,[2] while the new teams expansion fee was $500.[3]

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 ProsUntz BrewerAkron League Park
Buffalo All-AmericansTommy HughittCanisius Field and Buffalo Baseball Park
Canton BulldogsGuy ChamberlinLakeside Park
Chicago BearsGeorge HalasCubs Park
Chicago CardinalsPaddy DriscollComiskey Park
Columbus PanhandlesHerb DellNeil Park
Dayton TrianglesCarl StorckTriangle Park
Evansville Crimson Giants ^Frank FauschBosse Field
Green Bay (Blues) PackersCurly LambeauHagemeister Park
Hammond ProsWally HessTraveling team
Louisville BrecksHubert WiggsEclipse Park
Milwaukee Badgers *Budge Garrett (6 games) and Jimmy Conzelman (3 games)Athletic Park
Minneapolis MarinesRussell TollefsonNicollet Park
Oorang Indians *Jim ThorpeTraveling team
Racine Legion *Babe RuetzHorlick Field
Rochester JeffersonsDoc AlexanderRochester Baseball Park
Rock Island IndependentsJimmy ConzelmanDouglas Park
Toledo Maroons *Guil FalconSwayne Field

Standings

NFL standings
W L T PCT PF PA STK
Canton Bulldogs 10021.00018415W6
Chicago Bears 930.75012344L1
Chicago Cardinals 830.7279650W1
Toledo Maroons 522.7149459L2
Rock Island Independents 421.66715427L1
Racine Legion 641.60012256L1
Dayton Triangles 431.5718062W1
Green Bay Packers (Blues) 433.5717054W2
Buffalo All-Americans 541.5568741W2
Akron Pros 352.37514695L3
Milwaukee Badgers 243.3335171L3
Oorang Indians 360.33369190W2
Minneapolis Marines 130.2501940L1
Louisville Brecks 130.25013140W1
Evansville Crimson Giants 030.000688L3
Rochester Jeffersons 041.0001376L4
Hammond Pros 051.000069L2
Columbus Panhandles 080.00024174L8

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

References

  1. "The Taylorville Scandal" (PDF).
  2. "A Few More Loose Ends 1922" (PDF). The Professional Football Researchers Association.
  3. "Ditto1923" (PDF). The Professional Football Researchers Association.
  • 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)
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