1923 Hammond Pros season
| 1923 Hammond Pros season | |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Wally Hess |
| Results | |
| Record | 1–5–1 |
| League place | 15th NFL |
The 1923 Hammond Pros season was their fourth in the league. The team improved on their previous output of 0–5–1, winning one game.[1] They finished fifteenth in the league.
Schedule
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | September 30 | at Canton Bulldogs | L 0–17 | 0–1 |
| 2 | October 7 | Dayton Triangles | W 7–0 | 1–1 |
| 3 | October 14 | at St. Louis All-Stars | T 0–0 | 1–1–1 |
| 4 | October 21 | at Duluth Kelleys | L 0–3 | 1–2–1 |
| 5 | November 11 | at Chicago Cardinals | L 0–6 | 1–3–1 |
| 6 | November 25 | at Chicago Bears | L 7–14 | 1–4–1 |
| 7 | November 29 | at Green Bay Packers | L 0–19 | 1–5–1 |
The Pros' second game of the season was the only one they ever played in their home city of Hammond; most of their "home" games were played at Cubs Park in Chicago. The game, played at A. Murray Turner Field (mostly used for baseball with a capacity of only a few thousand), produced Hammond's only win of the 1923 season, 7–0 over the Dayton Triangles. The game's only score came in the fourth quarter when left end "Inky" Williams scooped up a fumble at the Dayton ten-yard-line and returned it for a touchdown; future Pro Football Hall of Famer Fritz Pollard kicked the extra point. (It would also be the last regular-season NFL game played in Indiana for over 60 years, until the Indianapolis Colts moved from Baltimore in 1984.)
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.