Cincinnati Reds (NFL): Difference between revisions

Browse history interactively

← Previous edit Next edit →

Content deleted Content added

VisualWikitext

Revision as of 14:04, 2 February 2010 edit Pennsylvania Penguin (talk \| contribs) Autopatrolled, Extended confirmed users, Pending changes reviewers 16,315 edits No edit summary ← Previous edit		Revision as of 21:07, 3 February 2024 edit undo Quickturkey11 (talk \| contribs) Extended confirmed users 7,999 edits spelling Next edit →
(44 intermediate revisions by 31 users not shown)
Line 1: {{short description\|Defunct National Football League team}} {{Infobox Pre-modern NFL team \| name = Cincinnati Reds \| bgcolor = ~~Red~~#C8102E \| fontcolor = White \| helmet = Line 13 ⟶ 14: \| league =[[National Football League]] \| conference = \| division = [[Eastern and Western Divisions (NFL) 1933–69\|Western Division]] ~~\| division =~~ \| colors = Red, white <br> {{color box\|#C8102E\|border=silver}}{{color box\|white\|border=silver}} ~~\| colors = Red, White~~ \| history = '''Cincinnati Reds (~~1933-34~~1933–1934)'''▼ ~~{{color box\|red}} {{color box\|white}}~~ ▲\| history = '''Cincinnati Reds (1933-34)''' \| nickname = \| coach = [[Al Jolley]] & [[Mike Palm (American football)\|Mike Palm]] (1933) <br> [[Algy Clark]] (1934) Line 29: \| website = }} The '''Cincinnati Reds''' were a [[National Football League]] team that played the [[1933 NFL season\|1933 season]] and the first eight games of the [[1934 NFL season\|1934 season]]. The ~~team~~football ~~was~~Reds ~~suspended~~played ~~for~~most ~~failure~~of totheir ~~pay~~home ~~league dues.~~games ~~The~~at [[~~St. Louis~~Crosley ~~Gunners~~Field]],. Other home games were played at anDayton's ~~independent~~Triangle ~~team~~Park, ~~replaced~~Portsmouth's ~~the~~Universal ~~Reds~~Stadium onand ~~the~~Xavier ~~schedule~~University's ~~for~~[[Corcoran ~~the~~Stadium]] ~~last~~in ~~three~~a ~~games~~rare ofnight game against the ~~1934~~[[Chicago ~~season~~Cardinals]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Cincinnati Football Reds\|url=http://www.cincysportshistory.com/Football/Reds.htm\|work=Cincy Sports History\|accessdate=June 13, 2011\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929103408/http://www.cincysportshistory.com/Football/Reds.htm\|archivedate=September 29, 2007\|url-status=dead}}</ref> The team was eventually suspended for failure to pay league dues during the 1934 season and the [[St. Louis Gunners]], an independent team, replaced the Reds on the schedule for the last three games. The Reds hold the dubious distinction of having the two lowest officially recognized season scoring totals in NFL history. In 1933 they scored 38 points in 10 games, tying the 1942 [[Detroit Lions]] for second on that list. In 1934 the Reds and [[St. Louis Gunners\|Gunners]] combined for only 37 points in 11 games<ref>[http://www.nfl.com/history/randf/records/team/scoring NFL Records<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> with the Reds, themselves, scoring only 10 points in 8 games before their suspension.<ref>[http://www.nfl.com/history/standings/1934 NFL Historical Standings<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The franchise was shut out in twelve of its eighteen games. By comparison, the 75 points scored by the Reds and Gunners in 21 games over two seasons only exceed by two the 73 points scored by the [[Chicago Bears]] in the [[1940 NFL Championship Game]] and by three the 72 points scored by the [[Washington Redskins]] on November 27, 1966, the record for points scored by a team in a Regular Season game.▼ ▲The Reds hold the dubious distinction of having the two lowest officially recognized season scoring totals in NFL history. In 1933 they scored 38 points in 10 games, tying the 1942 [[Detroit Lions]] for second on that list. In 1934 the Reds and [[St. Louis Gunners\|Gunners]] combined for only 37 points in 11 games<ref>[http://~~www~~static.nfl.com/~~history~~static/~~randf~~content/~~records~~public/~~team~~image/~~scoring~~history/pdfs/Records/All_Time_Records_Team_2011.pdf NFL ~~Records<!--~~Record ~~Bot~~And ~~generated~~Fact ~~title~~Book – Team Records section] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020014348/http://static.nfl.com/static/content/public/image/history/pdfs/Records/All_Time_Records_Team_2011.pdf \|date=2013-10->]20 }} Page 3</ref> with the Reds, themselves, scoring only 10 points in 8 games before their suspension.<ref>[http://www.nfl.com/history/standings/1934 NFL Historical Standings<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The franchise was shut out in ~~twelve~~12 of its ~~eighteen~~18 games. By comparison, the 75 points scored by the Reds and Gunners in 21 games over two seasons only exceed ~~by two~~ the 73 points scored by the [[Chicago Bears]] in the [[1940 NFL Championship Game]] by two, and by three the 72 points scored by the [[Washington Redskins]] on November 27, 1966, the record for points scored by a team in a ~~Regular~~regular ~~Season~~season game. Further, the [[1950 NFL season\|1950]] [[Los Angeles Rams]] ''averaged'' 38.83 points ''per game'', the highest such average in NFL history. These records, however, only consider NFL seasons going back to 1932, the first year in which official statistical records were kept.<ref>[http://www.nfl.com/history/chronology/1931-1940 NFL History by Decade: 1931-1940]</ref> Several teams failed to score at least 10 points in seasons of varying length (up to 8 games in some cases) between 1920 and 1931.▼ ▲These records, however, only consider NFL seasons going back to 1932, the first year in which official statistical records were kept.<ref>[http://www.nfl.com/history/chronology/1931-1940 NFL History by Decade: ~~1931-1940~~1931–1940]</ref> Several teams failed to score at least 10 points in seasons of varying length (up to 8 games in some cases) between 1920 and 1931. Alvin J. Jolley was named the team's coach in the summer of 1933.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Former Manhattan Boy Is Cincinnati Reds Coach \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56572823/cincinnati-reds-nfl/ \|accessdate=August 2, 2020 \|work=The Manhattan Mercury \|date=August 1, 1933 \|location=Kansas, Manhattan \|page=2\|via = [[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> ==Season-by-season== {\| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" \|- !rowspan="2"\|[[List of NFL seasons\|Season]] ~~! Year !! W !! L !! T !! Finish!!Coach~~ !rowspan="2"\|Team !rowspan="2"\|[[List of leagues of American football\|League]] !rowspan="2"\|Division !colspan="4"\|[[Regular season (NFL)\|Regular season]] !rowspan=="2"\|References==▼ \|- !Finish ~~\| 1933 \|\| 3 \|\| 6 \|\| 1 \|\| 4th West\|\|[[Al Jolley]], [[Mike Palm (American football)\|Mike Palm]]~~ !W !L !T \|- \|align="center" colspan="12" style="background: #C8102E;"\|'''<span style="color:white">Cincinnati Reds</span>''' \|- !align="center"\|{{nfly\|1933}} \|align="center"\|[[~~es:~~1933 Cincinnati Reds (NFL) season\|1933]]▼ \|align="center"\|[[National Football League\|NFL]] \|align="center"\|Western \|align="center"\|4th \|align="center"\|3 \|align="center"\|6 \|align="center"\|1 \|align="center"\|<ref name=pfr>{{cite web\|title=Cincinnati Reds Team Encyclopedia\|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/red/\|website=[[Pro-Football-Reference.com\|Pro-Football-Reference]]\|publisher=Sports Reference\|accessdate=June 13, 2011}}</ref> \|- !align="center"\|{{nfly\|1934}} \|align="center"\|[[~~fr:~~1934 Cincinnati Reds (NFL) season\|1934]]▼ \|align="center"\|NFL \|align="center"\|Western \|align="center"\|6th \|align="center"\|0 \|align="center"\|8 \|align="center"\|0 \|align="center"\|<ref name=pfr /> \|- !align="center" rowSpan="2" colSpan="5"\|Totals !W !L !T !colspan="3"\| \|- \|align="center"\|3 \|align="center"\|14 \|align="center"\|1 \|align="center" colSpan="3"\|All-time regular season record \|- ~~\| 1934 \|\| 0 \|\| 8 \|\| 0 \|\| 6th West\|\| [[Algy Clark]]~~ \|} ==References== {{Defunct NFL teams}}▼ {{Reflist\|30em}}▼ ==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070929103408/http://www.cincysportshistory.com/Football/Reds.htm Cincinnati ~~Football~~ Reds] {{Cincinnati Reds (NFL) coach navbox}} ▲==References== ~~[[de:~~{{Cincinnati Reds ~~(Footballteam)]]~~seasons}}▼ ▲{{Reflist}} ▲{{Defunct NFL teams}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cincinnati Reds (Nfl)}} [[Category:~~Sports~~Cincinnati ~~clubs~~Reds ~~established~~(NFL)\| ~~in 1933~~]] [[Category:~~Sports~~American ~~clubs~~football ~~disestablished~~teams established in ~~1934~~1933]] [[Category:Sports clubs and teams disestablished in 1934]] [[Category:Defunct National Football League teams]] [[Category:~~Sports~~American football teams in Cincinnati~~, Ohio~~]] [[Category:Defunct American football teams in Ohio]] ▲[[de:Cincinnati Reds (Footballteam)]] ▲[[es:Cincinnati Reds (NFL)]] ▲[[fr:Cincinnati Reds (NFL)]]