The American Football Association entered the 1924 season - its fifth - in a continual state of flux. In hindsight these were the growing pains of a fledgling professional sports outfit but at the time it simply fueled the fire for the so-called "football purists" who considered the collegiate version to be the best, truest form of the sport. Regardless, the AFA fielded 18 clubs, with a pair of newcomers coming in to replace five clubs that had folded after the '23 season (Pittsburgh, Louisville, Racine, St. Louis and Canton). These new teams were the Kansas City Steers and the Philadelphia Hornets.
Kansas City was, as had become the norm for new teams, terrible and finished 1-8. But the Hornets were not exactly a new team, having been a successful "independent" club for years. They also signed several former Pittsburgh Pros to bolster their roster and ended up going 12-2-0, posting the most wins in the entire AFA. The Toledo Tigers, who also absorbed many former Pittsburgh Pros, posted a 9-0-0 mark and were named 1924 AFA Champions. Detroit, at 10-1, joined Philadelphia in crying foul. But the league office stood adamant. All of this simply raised the cry of "the AFA need a championship game" to new levels.
FINAL STANDINGS
Team | W | L | T | PF | PA |
Philadelphia Hornets | 12 | 2 | 0 | 445 | 136 |
Detroit Maroons | 10 | 1 | 0 | 115 | 38 |
Toledo Tigers | 9 | 0 | 0 | 266 | 73 |
Buffalo Nickels | 9 | 2 | 0 | 211 | 115 |
Youngstown Reapers | 7 | 1 | 1 | 113 | 36 |
Chicago Wildcats | 7 | 4 | 0 | 118 | 87 |
Duluth Navigators | 6 | 7 | 0 | 160 | 190 |
Cleveland Finches | 4 | 5 | 1 | 110 | 95 |
Fort Wayne Titans | 4 | 4 | 0 | 140 | 103 |
Milwaukee Hawks | 3 | 2 | 1 | 70 | 36 |
Gary Greys | 3 | 2 | 0 | 57 | 28 |
Evansville Lions | 2 | 8 | 0 | 39 | 87 |
Akron Triangles | 1 | 7 | 0 | 58 | 169 |
Kansas City Steers | 1 | 8 | 0 | 46 | 167 |
Minneapolis Lumberjacks | 0 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 103 |
Kenosha Chiefs | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 130 |
Rochester Robins | 0 | 7 | 0 | 22 | 203 |
Dayton Dusters | 0 | 8 | 0 | 31 | 224 |
WEEKLY RESULTS
Week | Day | Date | Visitor | Home | ||
1 | Sat | 27-Sep | Rochester Robins | 0 | Philadelphia Hornets | 44 |
1 | Sun | 28-Sep | Detroit Maroons | 17 | Milwaukee Hawks | 13 |
1 | Sun | 28-Sep | Gary Greys | 3 | Evansville Lions | 2 |
1 | Sun | 28-Sep | Duluth Navigators | 17 | Cleveland Finches | 15 |
1 | Sun | 28-Sep | Chicago Wildcats | 7 | Youngstown Reapers | 14 |
2 | Sat | 4-Oct | Kenosha Chiefs | 0 | Philadelphia Hornets | 53 |
2 | Sun | 5-Oct | Akron Triangles | 20 | Rochester Robins | 6 |
2 | Sun | 5-Oct | Fort Wayne Titans | 10 | Buffalo Nickels | 16 |
2 | Sun | 5-Oct | Philadelphia Hornets | 44 | Dayton Dusters | 6 |
2 | Sun | 5-Oct | Kansas City Steers | 20 | Duluth Navigators | 10 |
2 | Sun | 5-Oct | Evansville Lions | 0 | Youngstown Reapers | 12 |
2 | Sun | 5-Oct | Detroit Maroons | 7 | Cleveland Finches | 16 |
2 | Sun | 5-Oct | Chicago Wildcats | 10 | Toledo Tigers | 24 |
2 | Sun | 5-Oct | Milwaukee Hawks | 10 | Minneapolis Lumberjacks | 0 |
3 | Sat | 11-Oct | Toledo Tigers | 31 | Philadelphia Hornets | 21 |
3 | Sun | 12-Oct | Kenosha Chiefs | 0 | Duluth Navigators | 17 |
3 | Sun | 12-Oct | Akron Triangles | 0 | Toledo Tigers | 21 |
3 | Sun | 12-Oct | Dayton Dusters | 0 | Buffalo Nickels | 14 |
3 | Sun | 12-Oct | Fort Wayne Titans | 21 | Rochester Robins | 0 |
3 | Sun | 12-Oct | Gary Greys | 7 | Youngstown Reapers | 10 |
3 | Sun | 12-Oct | Minneapolis Lumberjacks | 7 | Cleveland Finches | 7 |
3 | Sun | 12-Oct | Evansville Lions | 0 | Chicago Wildcats | 14 |
3 | Sun | 12-Oct | Kansas City Steers | 0 | Detroit Maroons | 14 |
4 | Sat | 18-Oct | Fort Wayne Titans | 20 | Philadelphia Hornets | 27 |
4 | Sun | 19-Oct | Dayton Dusters | 0 | Youngstown Reapers | 6 |
4 | Sun | 19-Oct | Kansas City Steers | 0 | Evansville Lions | 17 |
4 | Sun | 19-Oct | Gary Greys | 30 | Kenosha Chiefs | 0 |
4 | Sun | 19-Oct | Rochester Robins | 6 | Buffalo Nickels | 23 |
4 | Sun | 19-Oct | Duluth Navigators | 6 | Detroit Maroons | 24 |
4 | Sun | 19-Oct | Cleveland Finches | 3 | Chicago Wildcats | 13 |
5 | Sun | 26-Oct | Kenosha Chiefs | 0 | Milwaukee Hawks | 14 |
5 | Sun | 26-Oct | Akron Triangles | 10 | Buffalo Nickels | 27 |
5 | Sun | 26-Oct | Fort Wayne Titans | 21 | Dayton Dusters | 9 |
5 | Sun | 26-Oct | Rochester Robins | 3 | Toledo Tigers | 30 |
5 | Sun | 26-Oct | Youngstown Reapers | 21 | Kansas City Steers | 0 |
5 | Sun | 26-Oct | Philadelphia Hornets | 27 | Chicago Wildcats | 7 |
5 | Sun | 26-Oct | Minneapolis Lumberjacks | 0 | Detroit Maroons | 13 |
5 | Sun | 26-Oct | Evansville Lions | 3 | Duluth Navigators | 6 |
5 | Sun | 26-Oct | Gary Greys | 7 | Cleveland Finches | 10 |
6 | Sat | 1-Nov | Akron Triangles | 6 | Philadelphia Hornets | 26 |
6 | Sun | 2-Nov | Milwaukee Hawks | 23 | Minneapolis Lumberjacks | 3 |
6 | Sun | 2-Nov | Philadelphia Hornets | 27 | Buffalo Nickels | 3 |
6 | Sun | 2-Nov | Akron Triangles | 0 | Fort Wayne Titans | 17 |
6 | Sun | 2-Nov | Gary Greys | 10 | Kansas City Steers | 6 |
6 | Sun | 2-Nov | Dayton Dusters | 0 | Toledo Tigers | 50 |
6 | Sun | 2-Nov | Youngstown Reapers | 7 | Chicago Wildcats | 12 |
6 | Sun | 2-Nov | Evansville Lions | 0 | Detroit Maroons | 9 |
6 | Sun | 2-Nov | Duluth Navigators | 10 | Cleveland Finches | 7 |
7 | Sat | 8-Nov | Kansas City Steers | 10 | Philadelphia Hornets | 54 |
7 | Sun | 9-Nov | Milwaukee Hawks | 0 | Detroit Maroons | 6 |
7 | Sun | 9-Nov | Kenosha Chiefs | 0 | Buffalo Nickels | 16 |
7 | Sun | 9-Nov | Toledo Tigers | 37 | Akron Triangles | 3 |
7 | Sun | 9-Nov | Dayton Dusters | 0 | Cleveland Finches | 27 |
7 | Sun | 9-Nov | Youngstown Reapers | 12 | Evansville Lions | 0 |
7 | Sun | 9-Nov | Fort Wayne Titans | 3 | Chicago Wildcats | 20 |
7 | Sun | 9-Nov | Minneapolis Lumberjacks | 9 | Duluth Navigators | 34 |
7 | Tue | 11-Nov | Duluth Navigators | 17 | Kansas City Steers | 10 |
8 | Sat | 15-Nov | Minneapolis Lumberjacks | 0 | Philadelphia Hornets | 16 |
8 | Sun | 16-Nov | Rochester Robins | 0 | Fort Wayne Titans | 34 |
8 | Sun | 16-Nov | Dayton Dusters | 3 | Buffalo Nickels | 21 |
8 | Sun | 16-Nov | Akron Triangles | 13 | Cleveland Finches | 15 |
8 | Sun | 16-Nov | Philadelphia Hornets | 9 | Toledo Tigers | 23 |
8 | Sun | 16-Nov | Detroit Maroons | 9 | Duluth Navigators | 0 |
8 | Sun | 16-Nov | Evansville Lions | 0 | Chicago Wildcats | 14 |
8 | Sun | 16-Nov | Kansas City Steers | 0 | Youngstown Reapers | 21 |
9 | Sat | 22-Nov | Buffalo Nickels | 31 | Rochester Robins | 7 |
9 | Sat | 22-Nov | Duluth Navigators | 7 | Philadelphia Hornets | 30 |
9 | Sun | 23-Nov | Milwaukee Hawks | 10 | Youngstown Reapers | 10 |
9 | Sun | 23-Nov | Fort Wayne Titans | 14 | Toledo Tigers | 31 |
9 | Sun | 23-Nov | Detroit Maroons | 6 | Chicago Wildcats | 0 |
9 | Sun | 23-Nov | Duluth Navigators | 20 | Buffalo Nickels | 30 |
9 | Sun | 23-Nov | Evansville Lions | 14 | Cleveland Finches | 10 |
10 | Thu | 27-Nov | Buffalo Nickels | 20 | Akron Triangles | 6 |
10 | Thu | 27-Nov | Dayton Dusters | 13 | Philadelphia Hornets | 41 |
10 | Thu | 27-Nov | Duluth Navigators | 13 | Toledo Tigers | 19 |
10 | Thu | 27-Nov | Detroit Maroons | 3 | Kansas City Steers | 0 |
10 | Thu | 27-Nov | Chicago Wildcats | 7 | Cleveland Finches | 0 |
10 | Sat | 29-Nov | Buffalo Nickels | 10 | Philadelphia Hornets | 26 |
10 | Sun | 30-Nov | Detroit Maroons | 7 | Evansville Lions | 3 |
10 | Sun | 30-Nov | Duluth Navigators | 3 | Chicago Wildcats | 14 |