The BIZARRE Story of the 1922 NFL Season

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The BIZARRE Story of the 1922 NFL Season

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Scheduling in the NFL in the 1920s was bizarre. As an example, when the Chicago Bears lost a 1922 game on Thanksgiving to the Chicago Cardinals, owner George Halas decided to schedule a rematch for immediately afterwards... which the Bears also lost. This is the story behind the craziness of the 1922 season, and how scheduling used to work

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@timmcdonell9595 3 жыл бұрын

Halas did this to Buffalo in 1921 as well. Halas wasn't happy Buffalo finished in 1st place (beating Chicago earlier in the season), so he called Buffalo to play again, but it was to be an exhibition game and Buffalo had already lent many of their players to go plat with another team to make extra money. Chicago won the "rematch" and then convinced the league that the game should count in the standings and said since they split the two games, that the "later" game should count more; the league agreed and Chicago was awarded the title. Look up the "Staley Swindle".

@BallparkHunter 11 ай бұрын

Staley swindled Buffalo for the 1921 championship, but the league should have created set standings to avoid such confusion. The league didn't learn its lesson and had another championship controversy in 1925.

@tedkijeski339 2 жыл бұрын

There's an ironic coda to this story. Forty years later, following the 1963 season, the AFL champion San Diego Chargers challenged that year's NFL champion to what would have been, essentially the first Super Bowl. The NFL team said no. And which team was that? George Halas's Chicago Bears.

@texasyojimbo 3 жыл бұрын

So basically it was like playing Madden against my little brother. Except with the high probability of brain injury.

@kennethhall289 2 жыл бұрын

Did the Cardinals coach tell the Media “The Bears are who we thought they were” afterwards?

@c71score 4 жыл бұрын

Hope this one is popular, would love some more early NFL history videos.

@melodywilkes1982 4 жыл бұрын

very interesting my man, thanks for the insight on a part of nfl history many don't know much about

@chadwickwhite6107 3 жыл бұрын

Well EVERY LEAGUE has growing pains when it first starts out.

@TigerWoodsLibido 2 жыл бұрын

I will always maintain that the Dayton Triangles are the Indianapolis Colts today.

@rongamble8930 2 жыл бұрын

I agree with this statement or utterance.

@mgb4692 3 жыл бұрын

In 1931, Curly Lambeau up and called off a game against Portsmouth (now the Lions), preserving the Packers championship. That was the impetus for the championship game, as well as set schedules in which each team would play the same number of games

@tygrkhat4087 3 жыл бұрын

After the 1932 season, which ended in a non-scheduled but official championship game, Halas and George Preson Marshall of the WFT pushed through rules and organizational changes that tamed the chaos of the league and gave more power to the league office. No doubt what Curly did in 1931 was on their minds, they probably disdained what he did and were envious that they didn't think of it first.

@mrmoose6619 3 жыл бұрын

...and then there are the 1921 Buffalo All-Americans and 1925 Pottsville Maroons

@tygrkhat4087 3 жыл бұрын

@@mrmoose6619 Ah yes, the infamous "Staley Swindle" and the Maroons being denied an NFL title.

@mrmoose6619 3 жыл бұрын

@@tygrkhat4087 Early days of the NFL were a much different beast. I remember being in Pottsville and they still stick to their claims of hosting the 1925 NFL Champions. Interesting town if you ever get to the area.

@oneblankspace4919 Жыл бұрын

There was a tiebreaker game after the 1932 Season. The Bears finished at 6-1-4 and the Spartans at 6-1-2 (Packers were 10-3-1), and ties did not count in the standings. Since the circus was in town, they played on the mud at Chicago Stadium on an 80-yard field. Crossing midfield was a 20-yard penalty, so they still had to go 100 yards for the touchdown. Bears won, 9-0, and the 1933 season saw divisions and a scheduled championship game.

@VianoMusicAcademy Жыл бұрын

Congrats on 1,000 videos!

@dentonyoung4314 2 жыл бұрын

That was... odd. And interesting. And funny that they got shut out AGAIN and lost by an even higher score!

@Kaiden-9226 3 жыл бұрын

Your videos are awesome you need more subs

@thesmootsays69 3 жыл бұрын

obsessed with the refs looking like ghosts

@andrewschultz6608 Жыл бұрын

My goodness just looking at the team names from 1922 is pretty amazing.

@tonecot8932 7 ай бұрын

Pottsville PA is inown for two things: An NFL champion (contested) and Yuengling beer.

@Rockhound6165 3 жыл бұрын

What isn't mentioned is that the Cards and Bears played 3 games in 10 days. They played each other on 11/30 and 12/10 as well as games against other teams on 12/3.

@fallandbounce 2 жыл бұрын

Between 11/5/29 and 11/10/29, the defending NFL Champion Providence Steamroller played four games. During that stretch they played the first ever night game in league history.

@thatsmrtguy4935 2 жыл бұрын

Imagine if today when a team got a Thursday game, they still played on Sunday

@mrmoose6619 Жыл бұрын

The undefeated 1948 Browns did that. November 21 @ New York (Bronx), November 25 @ Los Angeles, November 28 @ San Francisco.

@Rockhound6165 Жыл бұрын

@@mrmoose6619 Los Angeles? Dons I'm guessing?

@mrmoose6619 Жыл бұрын

@@Rockhound6165 Yes indeed. The New York Yankees and the 49ers are the other squads.