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1929 NFL season

Sports season

Field	Value
year	1929
NFLchampion	Green Bay Packers
regular_season	September 22 – December 15, 1929

The 1929 NFL Season was the tenth regular season of the National Football League. The league increased back to 12 teams with the addition of the Staten Island Stapletons, Orange Tornadoes and Minneapolis Red Jackets and the re-entry of the Buffalo Bisons. The Pottsville Maroons became the Boston Bulldogs, the New York Yankees folded, and the Detroit Wolverines merged into the New York Giants, with the Giants the surviving partner.

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 for the first time in franchise history after finishing the season with the best record.

Teams

The league increased back to 12 teams in 1929.

*First season in NFL **	Rejoined the NFL **	Last active season ^	Only season in the NFL post-rejoin ѻ

Team	Head coach	Stadium(s)
Boston Bulldogs ^	Dick Rauch	Braves Field (3 games), Minersville Park (one game), Mitchell Field (one game)
Buffalo Bisons **ѻ	Al Jolley	Bison Stadium
Chicago Bears	George Halas	Wrigley Field
Chicago Cardinals	Dewey Scanlon	Comiskey Park
Dayton Triangles	Faye Abbott	Triangle Park
Frankford Yellow Jackets	Bull Behman	Frankford Stadium
Green Bay Packers	Curly Lambeau	City Stadium
Minneapolis Red Jackets **	Herb Joesting	Nicollet Park
New York Giants	LeRoy Andrews	Polo Grounds
Orange Tornadoes *	Jack Depler	Knights of Columbus Stadium
Providence Steam Roller	Jimmy Conzelman	Cycledrome
Staten Island Stapletons *	Doug Wycoff	Thompson Stadium

Rule changes

The NFL added the Field Judge as the fourth game official.

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 Associated Press 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."

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 was blocked, 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.

The NFL introduced a scheduled championship game four years later, in 1933: a playoff game for the championship was played the previous season in 1932, but this counted in the final standings, and was also played indoors on a modified field.

Standings

References

Strickler, George. (February 20, 1965). "Sixth N.F.L. official to watch scramblers, clock". Chicago Tribune.
(November 24, 1929). "Packers play N.Y. Giants for national grid title". Milwaukee Journal.
(November 23, 1929). "Packers Play N.Y. Giants For Pro Grid Flag Today". Capital Times.
Darrow, Edward M.. (November 25, 1929). "Packers crush N.Y. Giants, 20 to 6". Milwaukee Sentinel.
Gannon, A.D.. (November 25, 1929). "Packers hand N.Y. Giants decisive defeat, 20 to 6". Milwaukee Journal.
McGlynn, Stoney. (December 9, 1929). "Bays defeat Bears, capture title". Milwaukee Sentinel.

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