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"Pottsville Tumbles Four Horsemen by 9-7," Philadelphia Public Ledger and North American, December 23, 1925.
Credit: Courtesy of Rev. Michael J. Moran
Crowned champs of the NFL the week before, the Pottsville Maroons played an exhibition game against undefeated Notre Dame on December 23, 1925. The Maroons won the game, but lost their NFL crown for doing so, having encroached, ruled NFL commissioner Joe Carr, on the Frankford Yellow Jackets territorial rights.