Memphis Tigers’ Record 1929-1933

Year	P	W	L	T	Pct
1929	12	12	0	0	1.000
1930	13	8	5	0	.615
1931	11	8	2	1	.800
1932	11	7	1	3	.875
1933	11	5	5	1	.500

Reference: [1]

Report

The Memphis Tigers played an independent schedule which included matches against NFL opposition

They beat undefeated NFL champions Green Bay Packers in 1929, by a score of 20-6, and also beat the Chicago Bears the following week. They also beat the Portsmouth Spartans, who would become the Detroit Lions, and the Brooklyn Dodgers, who left the NFL for the AFL in the 1940s.

In 1934 they would join the American Football League, playing in one of the Major League rivals to the NFL to use that name.

Matches between Tigers & NFL opposition

Date	H/A	Opposition	W/L	Score
23.11.1929	H	Chicago Bears	L	19-39
15.12.1929	H	Green Bay Packers	W	20-6
22.12.1929	H	Chicago Bears	W	16-6
19.10.1930	H	Portsmouth Spartans	W	20-6
23.11.1930	A	Chicago Cardinals	L	7-20
07.12.1930	H	Chicago Cardinals	L	0-6
13.12.1930	A	Brooklyn Dodgers	L	0-13
14.12.1930	H	Brooklyn Dodgers	W	13-0
13.12.1931	H	Proveidence Steamroller	L	6-12
20.12.1931	H	Chicago Cardinals	L	7-24
11.12.1931	H	Chicago Cardinals	–	cancelled
18.12.1931	H	Boston Braves	T	0-0
25.12.1931	H	Boston Braves	T	0-0

Reference: [1]

References

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Websites

[1] Bob Gill, The Coffin Corner, Pro Football Researchers Association (1991) Tigers Roar in Tennessee [Internet] Available from: http://www.profootballresearchers.org/archives/Website_Files/Coffin_Corner/13-03-425.pdf [Accessed 9 October 2018]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to John Wills, Jean-Paul O’Flynn, John Kane, John Cummins, John Morahan & John Doody

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Last Updated: 20 October 2019

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