Editing Providence Steamrollers (NFL) (section)

====1928 championship season====
[[File:Steam Roller 1928 World Champions pennant.jpg|thumb|1928 World Champions pennant.]]
Providence opened its [[1928 Providence Steam Roller season|1928 season]] against [[Red Grange]] and the [[New York Yankees (NFL)|New York Yankees]], Wilson's rival from the AFL. The Steam Rollers led the Yankees 20–7 at halftime and held that score throughout the second half. However, the team's next game resulted in a 10–6 loss to the Frankford Yellow Jackets. However, the team soon rebounded with a four-game winning streak over the Dayton Triangles (28–0), Yankees (12–6), [[Pottsville Maroons]] (13–6) and [[1928 Detroit Wolverines (NFL) season|Detroit Wolverines]] (7–0). The Steam Rollers faced the Yellow Jackets again at [[Frankford Stadium]] on November 17, which resulted in a scoreless tie. However a week later, at the Cycledrome, Providence finally avenged its only loss of the season with a 6–0 victory over the Yellow Jackets. The team would then post wins over the [[New York Giants]] (16–0) and Pottsville (7–0), before ending its season with a 7–7 tie, against the [[Green Bay Packers]]. Providence was named the 1928 NFL Champions. Prior to the 1932 season, the NFL team with the best winning percentage was named the NFL Champions. Despite the Yellow Jackets winning 3 more games than the Steam Rollers and posting an 11–3–2 record, Providence was awarded the title due to having a better winning percentage with an 8-1-2 season.<ref name="Roller" />

A "victory banquet" at the [[Providence Biltmore|Biltmore Hotel]] took place a week later. At the banquet, each player was rewarded with a gold watch. It was also at this event that Conzelman was given a trophy and named the team's "Most Valuable Player". Five of the Steam Rollers players gained All-NFL honors when the league issued its official honor roll on December 23. Wildcat Wilson and [[Clyde Smith (American football)|Clyde Smith]] were named to the first team, while [[Curly Oden]], [[Milt Rehnquist]], and [[Gus Sonnenberg]] were placed on the second team.<ref name="Roller" /><ref>{{cite journal | title=Steam Rolled | journal=Coffin Corner | publisher=Professional Football Researchers Association | volume=2 | issue=3 | year=1980 | pages=1–4 | url=http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Articles/Steamrollered.pdf | author=Carroll, Bob | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100929154916/http://profootballresearchers.org/Articles/Steamrollered.pdf | archivedate=2010-09-29 }}
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