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Rochester Jeffersons; Founded: 1898: Folded: 1928: Based in: Rochester, New York, United States: League: New York Pro Football League (1908–1919) National Football League (1920–1925) Team history: Rochester Jeffersons (1898–1925) Team colors: Red, white Nickname(s) the "Jeffs" Head coaches: Jack Forsyth (1919–1921) Joe Alexander (1922 ...
The 1920 Rochester Jeffersons season was the franchise's inaugural season in the American Professional Football Association (APFA) and thirteenth as an American football team. The Jeffersons entered 1920 coming off a six-win, two-loss, two-tie (6–2–2) record in the New York Pro Football League (NYPFL) where it lost the championship game to ...
The 1923 Rochester Jeffersons season was their fourth in the league. The team equaled their previous output of 0–4–1, going 0–4. [1] They tied for nineteenth place in the league. They allowed at least 50 points in back to back games in Weeks 1 and 2, the only NFL team to do so until the 2014 Chicago Bears did so in Weeks 8 and 10.
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But all is back to normal in Rochester after the Rockets punched their ticket for a ninth time for the final football weekend with a 42-14 win over Murphysboro in the Class 4A semifinals on Saturday.
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The team, one of the fourteen original teams in the National Football League, ceased operations after the 1925 season. Owner Leo Lyons, one of the founders of the NFL, ran out of money when the Jeffersons failed to draw sufficient crowds to attend their games. Because of a league-sanctioned suspension of operations, the team was still ...
Kaiden Stout had a strong game for the Rockets, running for 127 yards on 19 carries and a 9-yard TD run in OT. Tanner Beal scored three touchdowns for the Rockets, and three quarterbacks combined ...