1926 Louisville Colonels season

National Football League team season March 2026 August 2023 Louisville Colonels 1926 0–4 22nd NFL Lenny Sachs 1923 none true The 1926 Louisville Colonels season was their fourth and final season in the league and only season as the Colonels. Re-entering the NFL for the first time since the 1923 NFL season when they participated as the Louisville Brecks, the Colonels played four games and suffered shutout losses each time. The 1926 Colonels suffered a 47–0 whitewashing at the hands of the Detroit Panthers and a 34–0 clocking by the Chicago Bears, with their 0 to 108 point differential effectively making the club the worst team in NFL history. Regular season The 1926 Louisville Colonels was one of the worst teams in NFL history, going 0–4 and failing to score a single point. Their October 17 game with the Detroit Panthers, a 47–0 whitewashing, epitomized the season. On the first play from scrimmage, with just 25 seconds off the clock, the Panthers scored on a scoop-and-score fumble recovery."Colonels Easy for Panthers: Detroit Pros Meet Little Opposition in Gaining Victory, 47 to 0," Detroit Free Press, Oct. 18, 1926; pp. 14-15. "From the time of the first score until the exhibition concluded, the visitors saw their line riddled, their ends circled, and the defense torn to shreds," one local journalist noted. "So utterly helpless were the Colonels that the Panthers employed every play they knew and turned them into profit in the big parade that netted six touchdowns and a pair of field goals in the 60 minutes of jogging up and down the field." The Colonels gained only one first down in the game against Detroit, this coming with a long pass completion at the end of the second period. They never crossed the midfield stripe during the entire course of the game. Schedule Game Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance Recap Sources 1 October 3 at Canton Bulldogs L 0–13 0–1 Lakeside Park 3,000 Recap "Thorpe Leads Canton Team to 13–0 Win: Famous Indian Goes Over for Pair of Touchdowns," Pittsburgh Post, Oct. 4, 1926, p. 4. 2 October 17 at Detroit Panthers L 0–47 0–2 Navin Field Recap "Louisville Pros Defeated by Detroit," Louisville Courier-Journal, Oct. 18, 1926, p. 6. 3 November 7 at Chicago Bears L 0–34 0–3 Cubs Park 7,000 Recap 4 November 14 at Green Bay Packers L 0–14 0–4 City Stadium 1,300 Recap "Packers Step Over Louisville for 14–0 Victory: Straight Football Brings First Marker; Pass Counts for Score in 4th Quarter," Green Bay Press-Gazette, Nov. 15, 1926; pp. 16-17. Standings Roster Louisville Colonels 1926 roster Dan Bernoske, G Ed Berwick, C Ray Bush, E Harry Curzon, B Jim Eiden, T Bill Flannigan, T Al Gansberg, E Bill Glaver, B Gene Golsen, FB Tom Golsen, G Vee Green, T Glenn Greenwood, FB Steve Hanson, E Larry Jackson, C Gar Leaf, T Bill McCaw, G John McDonald, T Lou Metzger, FB Omensky, G Chuck Palmer, BB Ed Robinson, B Lenny Sachs, E John Scanlon, TB Walt Sechrist, G Gerry Sherry, FB George Slagle, G Pete Stinchcomb, B Pete Vainowski, G References Category:Louisville Brecks and Colonels (NFL) seasons Louisville Colonels Louisville Colonels Category:NFL winless seasons Category:1926 in Louisville, Kentucky