| 1927 Providence Steam Roller (NFL) | 
| 5th place • 8-5-1 .615 | 
| Head Coach: Jimmy Conzelman | 
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 9/18/1927 | H | New London Submarine Base | 18-0 | W | Providence, RI | Providence Cycledrome | ||
| Sun | 9/25/1927 | H | New York Giants | 0-8 | L | Providence, RI | Providence Cycledrome | 7500 | |
| Sun | 10/2/1927 | H | Buffalo Bisons | 5-0 | W | Providence, RI | Providence Cycledrome | 3500 | |
| Sun | 10/9/1927 | H | Chicago Bears | - | Providence, RI | Providence Cycledrome | |||
| Sun | 10/16/1927 | H | Pottsville Maroons | 3-6 | L | Providence, RI | Providence Cycledrome | 6000 | |
| Sun | 10/23/1927 | H | Dayton Triangles | 7-0 | W | Providence, RI | Providence Cycledrome | ||
| Sat | 10/29/1927 | A | Frankford Yellow Jackets | 20-7 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Frankford Stadium | 5000 | |
| Sun | 10/30/1927 | H | Frankford Yellow Jackets | 14-0 | W | Providence, RI | Providence Cycledrome | 9000 | |
| Sun | 11/6/1927 | A | Chicago Bears | 0-0 | T | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 8000 | |
| Tue | 11/8/1927 | A | New York Giants | 0-25 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 38000 | |
| Sun | 11/13/1927 | H | Duluth Eskimos | 13-7 | W | Providence, RI | Providence Cycledrome | 7000 | |
| Sun | 11/20/1927 | H | Cleveland Bulldogs | 0-22 | L | Providence, RI | Providence Cycledrome | 12000 | |
| Thu | 11/24/1927 | A | Pottsville Maroons | 0-6 | L | Minersville, PA | Minersville Park | 4000 | |
| Sun | 11/27/1927 | H | New York Yankees | 14-7 | W | Providence, RI | Providence Cycledrome | 10000 | |
| Sat | 12/3/1927 | N | New York Yankees | 9-0 | W | Syracuse, NY | Archbold Stadium | 5000 | |
| Sun | 12/4/1927 | H | Pottsville Maroons | 20-0 | W | Providence, RI | Providence Cycledrome | 1500 | |
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 10/9/1927 | Chicago Bears | Canceled | 
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS | 
| Jimmy Conzelman | 1 | WB-S-HB-RDH-TB-LDH | 6-0 | 175 | 29 | Washington-St. Louis | 14 | 6 | 
| Bill Cronin | 9 | TB-LDH-HB-RDH-FB-LB-WB-S | 5-10 | 182 | 26 | Boston College | 9 | 3 | 
| Jack Cronin | 5 | TB-LDH-HB-RDH-WB-S-FB-LB | 5-11 | 178 | 24 | Boston College | 12 | 3 | 
| Dinger Doane | 8 | FB-LB-TB-LDH | 5-10 | 190 | 34 | Tufts | 5 | 2 | 
| Jack Fleischmann | 31 | LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG | 5-6 | 184 | 26 | Purdue | 14 | 12 | 
| Mike Gulian | ROT-RDT | 6-0 | 205 | 27 | Brown | 2 | 1 | |
| Al Hadden | 3 | FB-LB-TB-LDH-HB-RDH-WB-S | 5-8 | 186 | 28 | Washington & Jefferson | 9 | 7 | 
| Joe Kozlowsky | 22 | ROT-RDT-LOT-LDT-ROG-RDG | 5-10 | 201 | 26 | Boston College | 12 | 8 | 
| Jim Laird | 30 | ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG | 6-0 | 194 | 30 | Colgate | 14 | 12 | 
| Bulger Lowe | 14 | ROE-RDE-LOE-LDE | 5-11 | 180 | 32 | Lafayette; Fordham | 11 | 6 | 
| Eddie Lynch | 10 | LOE-LDE-ROE-RDE | 6-0 | 191 | 31 | Catholic | 12 | 10 | 
| Dave Mishel | 8 | HB-RDH-TB-LDH-WB-S | 5-9 | 182 | 22 | Brown | 4 | 3 | 
| Grattan O'Connell | ROE-RDE-LOE-LDE | 5-11 | 185 | 25 | Boston College | 2 | 2 | |
| Curly Oden | 2 | WB-S-HB-RDH-TB-LDH-FB-LB | 5-6 | 162 | 28 | Brown | 13 | 11 | 
| Al Pierotti | 42 | C-MG-ROG-RDG-ROT-RDT | 5-10 | 199 | 32 | Washington & Lee | 14 | 11 | 
| Bill Pritchard | 7 | FB-LB-HB-RDH | 5-10 | 185 | 26 | Penn State | 11 | 9 | 
| Orland Smith | 32 | ROT-RDT-LOT-LDT-LOG-LDG | 5-11 | 203 | 22 | Brown | 13 | 9 | 
| Gus Sonnenberg | 23 | LOT-LDT-ROT-RDT | 5-6 | 196 | 29 | Dartmouth; Detroit Mercy | 13 | 11 | 
| Jack Spellman | 20 | ROE-RDE-LOE-LDE-LOT-LDT-ROT-RDT | 5-10 | 201 | 28 | Brown | 14 | 10 | 
| Jim Stifler | ROE-RDE | 5-10 | 175 | 26 | Brown | 1 | 1 | |
| Bull Wesley | 40 | C-MG | 6-1 | 190 | 26 | Alabama | 9 | 4 | 
| George Wilson | 88 | TB-LDH-HB-RDH-FB-LB | 5-10 | 200 | 26 | Washington | 14 | 12 | 
| Lloyd Young | FB-LB | 6-1 | 190 | 24 | Macalester; North Dakota | 1 | 0 | |
| Sam Young | ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG | 192 | Macalester; North Dakota | 1 | 1 | |||
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 7 | 38 | 40 | 20 | 105 | 
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 20 | 16 | 31 | 88 | 
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Conzelman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| George Wilson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Gus Sonnenberg | 0 | 7 | 10 | 70.0 | 3 | 11 | 27.3 | 0 | 16 | 
| Curly Oden | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bill Pritchard | 1 | 3 | 4 | 75.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Bill Cronin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jack Cronin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Eddie Lynch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 14 | 10 | 14 | 71.4 | 3 | 11 | 27.3 | 1 | 105 | 
| Opponents Totals | 13 | 5 | 13 | 38.5 | 1 | 1 | 88 | 
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gus Sonnenberg | 3 | 11 | 27.3 | 32 | 1/ | 1/ | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ | |
| Team Totals | 3 | 32 | 1/ | 1/ | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ | |||
| Opponents Totals | 1 | 0/ | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | 
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Wilson | 4 | ||||
| Jimmy Conzelman | 1 | ||||
| Bill Cronin | 1 | ||||
| Curly Oden | 1 | ||||
| Bill Pritchard | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 8 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 5 | 
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Wilson | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 4 | 
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Conzelman | 3 | ||||||||
| Eddie Lynch | 1 | ||||||||
| Team Totals | 4 | ||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 4 | 
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 | 
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Cronin | 1 | |||||
| Curly Oden | 1 | |||||
| Team Totals | 2 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 | 
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 | 
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 | 
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