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NFL Kansas City Cowboys

Frank Fleming
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October 31st, 2023
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KANSAS CITY COWBOYS

  • First Game Played October 5, 1923

  • Last Game Played December 12, 1926

HISTORICAL MOMENTS:

1886

The Kansas City Cowboys became the Western most team in the National League when they joined on a trial basis. The Cowboys had no connection to a previous team in Kansas City that had played in the Union Association a few years earlier. The Cowboys struggled from the start. losing their first five games. On the mound Kansas City was led by Stump Wiedman and Jim Whitney who each had a dozen wins, put also topped 30 losses. The hitting was not much better as Charley Bassett was the top hitter with a .260 average, while Player-Manager Dave Rowe led the team with three runs. The Cowboys would go on to finish the season in seventh place with a record of 30-91, just a few games of the last place Washington Nationals another first year club. The Kansas City Cowboys would fold after one season. Other than a Federal League team, Kansas City would not return to the Majors until 1955 when the Athletics of the American League relocated from Philadelphia.

1924:

In its fifth season, the National Football League looked to expand its territory and put its first team west of the Mississippi in Kansas City. Using the name Kansas City Blues like its minor league baseball team, the Blues played few games at home using Muehlebach Field and won even fewer under Coach LeRoy Andrews. The Blues first game would come on October 5th a 3-0 loss to the Milwaukee Badgers. After losing their next two games in Wisconsin the Blues made their home debut by earning their first win a 23-7 victory over the Rock Island Independents. The Blues would split their four home games, later earning a 7-3 win over the Badgers on November 11th. It would be the only two wins the Blues would record as they finished their first season with a record of 2-7.

1925:

For their second season the newly rebranded Kansas City Cowboys would play all their games on the road, starting the season with a 3-0 win over the Duluth Kelleys. However, they would not win another game until the final game of the season, a 17-0 upset of the Cleveland Bulldogs in a game that Clarkin Field in Hartford, Connecticut. In between the Cowboys lassoed just one tie in six games, finishing the season with a record of 2-5-1.

1926:

Despite starting the season with shutout losses to Detroit Panthers and Duluth Eskimos, the Kansas City Cowboys showed significant improvement in their third season, as they would lose just one of their last nine games, ending the season with a seven game winning streak. The Cowboys would finish the year in fourth place with a record of 8-3. However, there would not be another season in Kansas City as the cost of traveling to and from Kansas City was too cost prohibitive in the NFL’s fledgling formative years. The Cowboys final game would come on December 12th with a 12-7 win over the Duluth Eskimos at Muehlebach Field. Most of the players from the Kansas City Cowboys would go on to play with the Cleveland Bulldogs who were returning to the NFL after a year hiatus. Kansas City would get another team also called the Blues, which split time between St. Louis and Kansas City in 1934 in the short lived second edition of American Football League. In 1963 it would get a permanent team when the AFL’s Dallas Texans coming off a championship but unable to outdraw the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys became the

STADIUM

Muehlebach Field

1924-1926

PLAYERS

Joe Guyon

1924-1925

Steve Owen

1924-1925

LeRoy Andrews

1924-1926

Milt Rehnquist

1924-1926

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Frank Fleming
Frank Fleming founded the Sports Ecyclopedia in 2001 & is a passionate Devils fan.