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1929 National Football League season
Regular season
Duration September 22, 1929 - December 15, 1929
Champions Green Bay Packers
National Football League seasons
 < 1928 1930 > 

The 1929 NFL season was the 10th regular season of the National Football League. The league increased back to 12 teams with the addition of Orange Tornadoes and Minneapolis Red Jackets and the re-entry of the Buffalo Bisons. The Pottsville Maroons became the Boston Bulldogs and the Detroit Wolverines folded.

On November 3, the Chicago Cardinals at Providence Steam Roller match became the first NFL game to be played at night under floodlights. Meanwhile, the Green Bay Packers were named the NFL champions after finishing the season with the best record.

Championship race[]

Neither the Green Bay Packers nor the New York Giants lost a game during the first nine weeks of the season. When they met at New York's Polo Grounds on November 24, 1929, the Packers were 9-0-0 and Giants were 8-0-1. "Whether New York or Green Bay, Wis., will hoist the 1929 National Professional Football league pennant to the top of the flagstaff will probably be determined here Sunday when the New York Giants and the Green Bay Packers, both undefeated teams, meet," an AP report noted, adding "Although both the Packers and the Giants play other games before the end of the season, past performances indicated that tomorrow's game will be the crucial contest for the league's standings." [1]. Verne Lewellen's pass to Herdis McCrary, and Bo Molenda's extra point, gave Green Bay a 7-0 lead in the first quarter. A pass from Benny Friedman to Tony Plansky gave the Giants a chance to tie in the third quarter, but the point after failed, and New York trailed 7-6. Green Bay added two touchdowns in the last quarter to win the game, 20-6 to take a one-game lead. Neither team lost their remaining games; the Packers finished at 12-0-1, the Giants at 13-1-1, giving coach Curly Lambeau and the Packers their first league title.

Final standings[]

W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PCT= Winning Percentage

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972

Team W L T PCT
Green Bay Packers 12 0 1 1.000
New York Giants 13 1 1 .929
Frankford Yellow Jackets 10 4 5 .714
Chicago Cardinals 6 6 1 .500
Boston Bulldogs 4 4 0 .500
Staten Island Stapletons 3 4 3 .429
Providence Steam Roller 4 6 2 .400
Orange Tornadoes 3 5 4 .375
Chicago Bears 4 9 2 .308
Buffalo Bisons 1 7 1 .125
Minneapolis Red Jackets 1 9 0 .100
Dayton Triangles 0 6 0 .000

References[]

  1. "Packers Play N. Y. Giants For Pro Grid Flag Today," The Capital Times (Madison, Wis.), pB-1, Nov. 23, 1929
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