1926 Providence Steam Roller (NFL) |
| 11th place • 5-7-1 .417 |
| Head Coach: Jim Laird |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 9/12/1926 | H | New Haven Williams | 24-0 | W | Providence, RI | Providence Cycledrome | 4000 | |
| Sun | 9/26/1926 | H | Brooklyn Lions | 13-0 | W | Providence, RI | Providence Cycledrome | 7000 | |
| Sun | 10/3/1926 | H | New York Giants | 6-7 | L | Providence, RI | Providence Cycledrome | 7500 | |
| Sun | 10/10/1926 | H | Columbus Tigers | 19-0 | W | Providence, RI | Providence Cycledrome | ||
| Sun | 10/17/1926 | A | Hartford Blues | - | East Hartford, CT | East Hartford Velodrome | |||
| Sun | 10/24/1926 | H | Pottsville Maroons | 14-0 | W | Providence, RI | Providence Cycledrome | 4000 | |
| Sat | 10/30/1926 | A | Frankford Yellow Jackets | 7-6 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Frankford Stadium | 8000 | |
| Sun | 10/31/1926 | H | Frankford Yellow Jackets | 3-6 | L | Providence, RI | Providence Cycledrome | ||
| Sun | 11/7/1926 | H | Los Angeles Buccaneers | 6-7 | L | Providence, RI | Providence Cycledrome | 11000 | |
| Thu | 11/11/1926 | H | Canton Bulldogs | 21-2 | W | Providence, RI | Providence Cycledrome | 4000 | |
| Sun | 11/14/1926 | H | Kansas City Cowboys | 0-22 | L | Providence, RI | Providence Cycledrome | ||
| Sun | 11/21/1926 | A | New York Giants | 0-21 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 10000 | |
| Thu | 11/25/1926 | A | Pottsville Maroons | 0-8 | L | Minersville, PA | Minersville Park | ||
| Sun | 11/28/1926 | H | Duluth Eskimos | 0-0 | T | Providence, RI | Providence Cycledrome | ||
| Sun | 12/5/1926 | H | Hartford Blues | - | Providence, RI | Providence Cycledrome | |||
| Sat | 12/11/1926 | A | Frankford Yellow Jackets | 0-24 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Frankford Stadium | 4500 | |
| Sun | 12/12/1926 | H | Frankford Yellow Jackets | - | Providence, RI | Providence Cycledrome | |||
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 10/17/1926 | Hartford Blues | Canceled |
| 12/5/1926 | Hartford Blues | Canceled |
| 12/12/1926 | Frankford Yellow Jackets | Canceled |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Joe Braney | 22 | LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG-LOT-LDT | 6-0 | 188 | 34 | Syracuse; Fordham | 7 | 4 |
| Jack Donahue | 19 | LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG-ROT-RDT-LOT-LDT | 6-2 | 230 | 22 | Boston College | 13 | 9 |
| Dolph Eckstein | 9 | C-MG | 5-10 | 180 | 24 | Brown | 13 | 12 |
| Carl Etelman | 14 | BB-RDH | 5-8 | 160 | 26 | Tufts | 2 | 1 |
| Dutch Forst | 8 | FB-LB | 5-8 | 195 | 35 | Villanova | 2 | 2 |
| Frank Garvey | 16 | LOE-LDE-ROE-RDE | 6-1 | 175 | 25 | Holy Cross | 10 | 7 |
| Archie Golembeski | 23 | ROE-RDE-LOE-LDE | 5-10 | 182 | 26 | Holy Cross | 9 | 7 |
| Mike Gulian | 18 | ROT-RDT | 6-0 | 205 | 26 | Brown | 13 | 12 |
| Vern Hagenbuckle | 3 | LOE-LDE-ROE-RDE | 5-8 | 185 | 25 | Dartmouth | 2 | 2 |
| Swede Hummel | 33 | BB-RDH | 195 | 25 | Lombard | 3 | 3 | |
| Jack Keefer | 5 | WB-LDH-BB-RDH | 5-9 | 172 | 26 | Michigan; Brown | 10 | 5 |
| Lou Koplow | 24 | LOT-LDT | 6-3 | 235 | 22 | Boston University | 1 | 1 |
| Joe Kozlowsky | 7 | LOT-LDT-ROE-RDE-ROT-RDT | 5-10 | 201 | 25 | Boston College | 10 | 8 |
| Jim Laird | 10 | FB-LB | 6-0 | 194 | 29 | Colgate | 9 | 6 |
| Harold Lester | 23 | LOE-LDE-ROE-RDE-ROT-RDT | 5-6 | 160 | 26 | none | 8 | 5 |
| Waddy MacPhee | 1 | WB-LDH-BB-RDH-FB-LB | 5-8 | 160 | 27 | Princeton | 10 | 1 |
| Jim Manning | BB-RDH | 5-11 | 195 | 26 | Fordham | 1 | 1 | |
| Ed McCrillis | ROG-RDG | 6-0 | 205 | 22 | Brown | 2 | 0 | |
| Joe McGlone | TB-S | 5-7 | 150 | 30 | Harvard | 1 | 1 | |
| Ira McIntosh | WB-LDH-BB-RDH | 5-9 | 180 | 23 | Rhode Island | 2 | 0 | |
| Curly Oden | 2 | TB-S-WB-LDH | 5-6 | 162 | 27 | Brown | 13 | 12 |
| Seneca Samson | TB-S-WB-LDH | 5-8 | 160 | 27 | Brown | 2 | 1 | |
| Bob Scott | 4 | C-MG-LOG-LDG-LOT-LDT | 195 | 31 | none | 6 | 1 | |
| Frank Seyboth | BB-RDH | 5-9 | 180 | 22 | Vermont | 1 | 0 | |
| Lou Smyth | 10 | WB-LDH | 6-1 | 200 | 28 | Texas; Centre | 3 | 3 |
| Jack Spellman | 3 | LOT-LDT-BB-RDH-FB-LB | 5-10 | 201 | 27 | Brown | 11 | 8 |
| Jim Stifler | ROE-RDE-LOE-LDE-BB-RDH-ROG-RDG | 5-10 | 175 | 25 | Brown | 6 | 3 | |
| Fred Sweet | 21 | FB-LB-BB-RDH-WB-LDH-LOG-LDG | 5-10 | 165 | 25 | Brown | 9 | 4 |
| John Talbot | ROE-RDE-LOE-LDE | 6-2 | 182 | 26 | Brown | 2 | 0 | |
| Jack Triggs | FB-LB | 6-0 | 200 | 23 | Providence | 2 | 0 | |
| Cy Wentworth | 6 | WB-LDH-BB-RDH-FB-LB | 5-10 | 165 | 22 | New Hampshire | 8 | 7 |
| Bull Wesley | 33 | ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG-FB-LB | 6-1 | 190 | 25 | Alabama | 7 | 7 |
| Sam Young | 15 | ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG-LOE-LDE-LOT-LDT | 192 | Macalester; North Dakota | 12 | 10 | ||
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 10 | 27 | 38 | 14 | 89 |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 24 | 16 | 35 | 103 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curly Oden | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||||
| Jack Keefer | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | ||||
| Archie Golembeski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Cy Wentworth | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Frank Garvey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Fred Sweet | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 13 | 8 | 13 | 61.5 | 1 | 0 | 89 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 12 | 9 | 12 | 75.0 | 6 | 2 | 103 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cy Wentworth | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 30 | 0/ | 0/ | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ | |
| Team Totals | 1 | 30 | 0/ | 0/ | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ | |||
| Opponents Totals | 6 | 0/ | 3/ | 2/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curly Oden | 6 | ||||
| Jack Keefer | 2 | ||||
| Team Totals | 7 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 9 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Keefer | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Cy Wentworth | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archie Golembeski | 1 | ||||||||
| Curly Oden | 1 | ||||||||
| Team Totals | 2 | ||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curly Oden | 2 | |||||
| Team Totals | 2 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curly Oden | 1 | |||||
| Team Totals | 1 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||||
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