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Like other coal towns in eastern Pennsylvania, Pottsville had been fielding football teams from at least the 1910s. [3] The team that became the Maroons was established in 1920 as the Pottsville Eleven, and had a roster mostly made up of firemen from the Yorkville Hose Company. The team was initially unaffiliated with any league, playing on the ...
The Maroons' trophy (carved out of anthracite coal), made in 1925 and is now in the Pro Football Hall of Fame after being donated by surviving team members in 1964. [1]The 1925 National Football League (NFL) Championship, awarded to the Chicago Cardinals, has long been the subject of controversy, centering on the suspension of the Pottsville Maroons by NFL commissioner Joseph Carr, which ...
The 1925 Pottsville Maroons season was their inaugural season in the National Football League.The team finished a 10–2 league record and a 13–2 overall record. [1] The team initially won the 1925 NFL championship, however a controversial suspension cost them the title, forcing the team to finish in second place.
Officially, the Chicago Cardinals are listed as the 1925 NFL champions because they finished with the best record; however, many Pottsville fans at the time claimed that the Maroons were the legitimate champions. The Maroons and the Cardinals were the top contenders for the title, with Pottsville winning a late-season meeting between them, 21–7.
The 1926 Pottsville Maroons season was their second in the National Football League. The team matched their previous league record of 10–2, [1] They finished third in the league standings. [2] The Maroons established an NFL record for most shutout wins or ties in a season, with 11 in "official" league games.
The team only won four games in 1924. Around the midpoint mark of their 1925 season they became strictly a traveling team, because every football fan in the region joined the Maroons' fanbase when the team joined the NFL. The team then joined the short lived Eastern League of Professional Football during its one season in 1926.
The 1924 Pottsville Maroons season was their 5th season in existence. The team played in the Anthracite League would go on to post a 12-1-1 record and claim the League Championship. The team would play in the National Football League the following year.
It is most notable as the home field for the Pottsville Maroons football team from 1920 to 1928, including during their run in the National Football League from 1925 to 1928. It also served as a high school stadium, and had a capacity of only 5,000, which was relatively low for other NFL stadiums at the time.