1929 NFL season

American football season November 2013 March 2026 1929 Green Bay Packers September 22 – December 15, 1929 The 1929 NFL Season was the tenth regular season of the National Football League. The league increased back to 12 teams with the addition of the Staten Island Stapletons, Orange Tornadoes and Minneapolis Red Jackets and the re-entry of the Buffalo Bisons. The Pottsville Maroons became the Boston Bulldogs, the New York Yankees folded, and the Detroit Wolverines merged into the New York Giants, with the Giants the surviving partner. On November 3, the Chicago Cardinals at Providence Steam Roller match became the first NFL game to be played at night under floodlights. Meanwhile, the Green Bay Packers were named the NFL champions for the first time in franchise history after finishing the season with the best record. Teams The league increased back to 12 teams in 1929. First season in NFL * Rejoined the NFL ** Last active season ^ Only season in the NFL post-rejoin ѻ Team Head coach Stadium(s)Boston Bulldogs ^ Dick Rauch Braves Field (3 games), Minersville Park (one game), Mitchell Field (one game)Buffalo Bisons **ѻ Al Jolley Bison StadiumChicago Bears George Halas Wrigley FieldChicago Cardinals Dewey Scanlon Comiskey ParkDayton Triangles Faye Abbott Triangle ParkFrankford Yellow Jackets Bull Behman Frankford StadiumGreen Bay Packers Curly Lambeau City StadiumMinneapolis Red Jackets ** Herb Joesting Nicollet ParkNew York Giants LeRoy Andrews Polo GroundsOrange Tornadoes * Jack Depler Knights of Columbus StadiumProvidence Steam Roller Jimmy Conzelman CycledromeStaten Island Stapletons * Doug Wycoff Thompson Stadium Rule changes The NFL added the Field Judge as the fourth game official.http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1965/02/20/page/69/article/sixth-n-f-l-official-to-watch-scramblers-clock Chicago Tribune Sixth N.F.L. official to watch scramblers, clock Strickler George February 20, 1965 1, sec. 2 Championship race Neither the Green Bay Packers nor the New York Giants lost a game during the first nine weeks of the season. When they met at New York's Polo Grounds on November 24, 1929, the Packers were 9–0–0 and Giants were 8–0–1.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-rMdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uSEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6723%2C1935468 Milwaukee Journal Packers play N.Y. Giants for national grid title November 24, 1929 6, part 2 "Whether New York or Green Bay, Wis., will hoist the 1929 National Professional Football league pennant to the top of the flagstaff will probably be determined here Sunday when the New York Giants and the Green Bay Packers, both undefeated teams, meet," an Associated Press report noted, adding "Although both the Packers and the Giants play other games before the end of the season, past performances indicated that tomorrow's game will be the crucial contest for the league's standings."Capital Times Packers Play N.Y. Giants For Pro Grid Flag Today Madison, Wisconsin November 23, 1929 B-1 Verne Lewellen's pass to Herdis McCrary, and Bo Molenda's extra point, gave Green Bay a 7–0 lead in the first quarter. A pass from Benny Friedman to Tony Plansky gave the Giants a chance to tie in the third quarter, but the point after was blocked, and New York trailed 7–6. Green Bay added two touchdowns in the last quarter to win the game, 20–6 to take a one-game lead.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_rsVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-w4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6921%2C4699028 Milwaukee Sentinel Packers crush N.Y. Giants, 20 to 6 Darrow Edward M. November 25, 1929 12 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-rMdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uSEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7146%2C2406513 Milwaukee Journal Packers hand N.Y. Giants decisive defeat, 20 to 6 Gannon A.D. November 25, 1929 2, part 2 Neither team lost their remaining games; the Packers finished at 12–0–1, the Giants at 13–1–1, giving coach Curly Lambeau and the Packers their first league title.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PmZQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FQ8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6909%2C1770841 Milwaukee Sentinel McGlynn Stoney Bays defeat Bears, capture title December 9, 1929 13 The NFL introduced a scheduled championship game four years later, in 1933: a playoff game for the championship was played the previous season in 1932, but this counted in the final standings, and was also played indoors on a modified field. Standings References 2 NFL Record and Fact Book (1-932994-36-X) NFL History 1921–1930 (Last accessed December 4, 2005) Total Football: The Official Encyclopedia of the National Football League (0-06-270174-6) Category:NFL seasons