1923 NFL season
| Regular season | |
|---|---|
| Duration | September 30 – December 16, 1923 |
| Champions | Canton Bulldogs |
The 1923 NFL season was the fourth regular season of the National Football League. For the first time, all of the clubs that were considered to be part of the NFL fielded teams. The new teams that entered the league included the Duluth Kelleys, the St. Louis All Stars (which only lasted one season), and a new Cleveland Indians team. The Evansville Crimson Giants folded from the league.
The Canton Bulldogs repeated as NFL Champions after ending the season with an 11–0–1 record.
Standings
| NFL standings | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | STK | |||
| Canton Bulldogs | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 246 | 19 | W5 | ||
| Chicago Bears | 9 | 2 | 1 | .818 | 123 | 35 | W1 | ||
| Green Bay Packers | 7 | 2 | 1 | .778 | 85 | 34 | W5 | ||
| Milwaukee Badgers | 7 | 2 | 3 | .778 | 100 | 49 | W1 | ||
| Cleveland Indians | 3 | 1 | 3 | .750 | 52 | 49 | L1 | ||
| Chicago Cardinals | 8 | 4 | 0 | .667 | 161 | 56 | L1 | ||
| Duluth Kelleys | 4 | 3 | 0 | .571 | 35 | 33 | L3 | ||
| Buffalo All-Americans | 5 | 4 | 3 | .556 | 94 | 43 | L1 | ||
| Columbus Tigers | 5 | 4 | 1 | .556 | 119 | 35 | L1 | ||
| Toledo Maroons | 3 | 3 | 2 | .500 | 35 | 66 | L1 | ||
| Racine Legion | 4 | 4 | 2 | .500 | 86 | 76 | W1 | ||
| Rock Island Independents | 2 | 3 | 3 | .400 | 84 | 62 | L1 | ||
| Minneapolis Marines | 2 | 5 | 2 | .286 | 48 | 81 | L1 | ||
| St. Louis All-Stars | 1 | 4 | 2 | .200 | 25 | 74 | L1 | ||
| Hammond Pros | 1 | 5 | 1 | .167 | 14 | 59 | L4 | ||
| Akron Pros | 1 | 6 | 0 | .143 | 25 | 74 | W1 | ||
| Dayton Triangles | 1 | 6 | 1 | .143 | 16 | 95 | L2 | ||
| Oorang Indians | 1 | 10 | 0 | .091 | 50 | 257 | W1 | ||
| Louisville Brecks | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 90 | L3 | ||
| Rochester Jeffersons | 0 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 6 | 141 | L4 | ||
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.
Coaches
- Akron Indians: [[]]
- Buffalo Bisons: [[]]
- Chicago Bears: George Halas
- Chicago Cardinals: Arnie Horween
- Columbus Tigers: [[]]
- Dayton Triangles: [[]]
- Duluth Eskimos: [[]]
- Frankford Yellow Jackets: [[]]
- Green Bay Packers: Curly Lambeau
- Hammond Pros: [[]]
- Louisville Brecks: [[]]
- Milwaukee Badgers: [[]]
- Minneapolis Marines: [[]]
- Oorang Indians: [[]]
- St. Louis All-Stars: [[]]
- Toledo Maroons: [[]]
Coaches
- Akron Pros: Wayne Brenkert
- Buffalo Bisons: Walt Koppisch
- Canton Bulldogs: Guy Chamberlin
- Chicago Bears: George Halas
- Chicago Cardinals: Arnie Horween
- Cleveland Bulldogs: Guy Chamberlin
- Columbus Tigers: Red Weaver
- Dayton Triangles: Carl Storck
- Duluth Eskimos: Dewey Scanlon
- Frankford Yellow Jackets: Punk Berryman
- Green Bay Packers: Curly Lambeau
- Hammond Pros: Wally Hess
- Kansas City Cowboys: Roy Andrews
- Kenosha Maroons: Bo Hanley and Earl Potteiger
- Milwaukee Badgers: Hal Erickson
- Minneapolis Marines: Joe Brandy
- Oorang Indians: Jim Thorpe
- Pottsville Maroons: Dick Rauch
- Providence Steam Roller: Archie Golembeski
- Racine Legion: Babe Ruetz
- Rochester Jeffersons: Tex Grigg
- Rock Island Independents: Rube Ursella
- St. Louis All-Stars: Ollie Kraehe
- Toledo Maroons: Guil Falcon
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)