The All-Time Football Records of the Long Island Indians

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Football Records of the Long Island Indians

Long Island Indians 

Semi-Pro: 

1938 (Ind.) (0-2-0)
Home Field- Freeport Municipal Stadium..Owner: George Weiss
9/18  canc.      Connecticut Yankees   [rain]
9/25  L  0-15    Cedarhurst Giants (Ind.), at Freeport Memorial Sta.  (exhib.)
10/2  L  0-14    Bay Ridge Phantoms (H)
10/9  no game?   Rutherford Packers (AA) prob. cancelled
LI Indians disband.


Minor League:

Bill Shea, owner and president of the Long Island Indians football club. From the Nassau Daily Review-Star, September 12, 1941.

Owner & president, L.I. Indians football team. Shea Stadium (1964-2008) will be named for him.

1940 (APFA 4-5-1) [Chicago Bears Farm team] (9-5-1)
Home field-Dexter Park, Woodhaven...Owner: Bill Shea
8/24  L  0-19    Eastern College All-Stars [scrimmage] at NYMA Field, Cornwall-on-Hudson
8/27  L  6-13    Eastern College All-Stars [scrimmage]
8/29  T  7-7     Eastern College All-Stars [scrimmage]
8/31  W 21-14    Eastern College All-Stars [double scrimmage•L 0-14 in regulation game time, then played 2 more hours] 
9/8   W 28-2  at Valley Stream Red Riders (Ind.) (night)  4,500
9/12  W 10-0     Paterson Panthers (H)  5,500
9/15  W 33-0  at Hempstead Alumni (NFC) [Indian's farm team] (night)  1,200
9/19  W  3-0     Jersey City Giants (H) (night)  6,000
9/26  L 21-44    Newark Bears (H)   9/27?
10/6  L 14-17 at Newark Bears  5,200
10/13 L  0-7  at Jersey City Giants  6,257
10/20 L  0-28    Wilmington Clippers (H)  2,100-2,500
10/27 W  6-3  at Wilmington Clippers
11/3  L 14-17 at Paterson Panthers
11/10 W 20-7     Providence Steam Rollers (H)  4,500
11/17 W 13-8  at Cedarhurst Wolverines (Ind.) benefit (exhib.)  4,000
11/24 W (for.)   Providence Steam Roller (H)  [FORFEIT]
11/24 W 34-20 at Mt. Vernon Cards
Playoff for 4th place and last playoff spot:
12/1  T  0-0  at Newark Bears
Playoff for 4th place and last playoff spot:
12/5  L on flip  Newark Bears, at Freeport Stadium [game snowed out, flip coin for win]

1941 (APFA 8-2-0 first place in reg. season, 1-1 in post-season ) (10-4-1) total 17 games? 
Working arrangements with Green Bay Packers & Washington Redskins
Indians “farm” team: Hempstead Alumni (Nassau Football Conference)
Home field-Firemen's Memorial Field, Valley Stream 
8/20  scrim.     Eastern College All-Stars [scrimmage]
8/22  scrim.     Eastern College All-Stars [scrimmage] at NYMA Field, Cornwall-on-Hudson
8/23  scrim.     Eastern College All-Stars [scrimmage]
8/26  scrim      Eastern College All=Stars [scrimmage]
8/28  scrim.     Eastern College All-Stars [scrimmage]
8/30  L  0-30    Eastern College All-Stars [practice game] at Wilson Field, Middletown, N.Y.
9/14  L  0-23 at Paterson Panthers  8,000
9/21  W 13-6  at Wilmington Clippers  5,200
9/28  W 10-0     Newark Bears (H)  5,200
10/3  postponed  Paterson Panthers (H) (night) 
10/5  W 21-0  at Hartford Blues (Ind.) (exhib.)
10/7  W  6-3     Paterson Panthers (H) (night)  4,500
10/12 L  3-6  at Jersey City Giants, Roosevelt Stadium (night)  10,028
10/19 no team at Providence Steam Rollers [franchise given to NY Yankees]
10/19 W 47-0     New York Yankees (H)  6,000
10/26 W 13-0  at Newark Bears
11/2  W 13-7     Wilmington Clippers (H)  7,209
11/9  T 17-17 at Hartford Blues (Ind.) (exhib.)
11/16 W 37-0     New York Yankees (H)  5,800
11/23 L  3-6     Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL) (H)  (exhib.)  8,129
11/30 W 34-0     Jersey City Giants (H)  9,000
12/7  W 28-0     Hempstead Alumni (Ind.) (exhib.)
  APFA Playoff:
12/14 W  7-6  at Jersey City Giants
  American Association Championship:
12/21 L 13-21 at Wilmington Clippers  6,500

1946 APFL (5-5-0) 2nd, Eastern Div.; [NFL Boston Yanks farm team] (~5-6-0)
Home field-Firemen's Memorial Field, Valley Stream
9/14  W 14-0  at Bethlehem Bulldogs, at Phillipsburg,NJ (exhib.)  5,100
9/17  L  0-27 at Boston Yanks (NFL), at Manning Bowl, Lynn, Mass. (exhib.) 9,000
9/22  W 21-0     Long Island Anthonians (H) (exhib.) 5,100
9/29  W  7-3     Newark Bombers (H)  3,500
10/6  L  7-24 at Jersey City Giants (night)  13,000-15,000
10/13 W 19-13    Paterson Panthers (H)  4,300
10/20 W 16-7  at Newark Bombers  1,000
10/27 L 10-14    Jersey City Giants (H)  7,800
11/3  L  3-6  at Scranton Miners
11/10 W 14-3  at Paterson Panthers  4,400
11/17 L 14-21    Bethlehem Bulldogs (H)  1,000
11/24 L  0-20    Akron Bears (H)
12/1  W 14-13 at Wilmington Clippers>

1947 APFL (0-3-0) [Boston Yanks Farm team] (1-3-0)
9/13     Intersquad game: North Shore 21-South Shore 9 (H) (night)  6,000
9/21  L  0-7  at Paterson Panthers  7,000-8,500
9/27  W 34-0  at Hartford Blues (n)  1,000  9/28? 9/29?
10/1  L 14-34 at Bethlehem Bulldogs, Liberty Stadium  6,500
10/5  L  7-31 at Bloomfield Cardinals  4,500/5,000
10/12 canc.      Paterson Panthers (H)
10/15 canc.   at Wilkes-Barre Barons
10/19 canc.   at Jersey City Giants
10/26 canc.      Newark Bombers (H)
team folded mid season, replaced by Richmond Rebels

Semi-Pro: 

1948 (Ind.) ( - - )
Home field-Firemen's Memorial Field, Valley Stream
9/20  L  0-55 at Paterson Panthers (APFL) Passaic School Stadium  6,218 [16,000?]
10/24 L  0-92 at Charlotte Clippers  4,000

Not listed are the Lyndenhurst Indians, popularly known as the “Lindians”.