Louisville in the NFL
| Louisville Breckenridges / Colonels | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Founded | c. 1899 |
| Folded | 1924 (Brecks), 1926 (Colonels) |
| Stadium | Eclipse Park Traveling team Parkway Field |
| Headquartered | Louisville, Kentucky, United States (Brecks) Chicago, Illinois, United States (Colonels) |
| Colors | Unknown |
| Personnel | |
| Owner | Aaron Hertzman |
| Head coach | Austin Higgins (1921) Hubert Wiggs (1922) Jim Kendrick (1923) Lenny Sachs (1926) |
| Nickname | |
| Brecks | |
| Team history | |
Louisville Breckenridges Club (c. 1899–1906) | |
| League / conference affiliations | |
| Independent (1899–1920) National Football League (1921–1923, 1926) | |
Louisville, Kentucky had two professional American football teams in the National Football League: the Louisville Breckenridges (or Brecks for short) from 1921 to 1924 and the Louisville Colonels in 1926.
The NFL intended for the Brecks to be a traveling team, however the team played a series of "home" games. All Brecks home games were played at Eclipse Park, until the stadium caught fire and burned to the ground on November 20, 1922. Meanwhile, the Colonels played all of their games on the road. While the Colonels were really a traveling team out of Chicago they are usually accepted as a continuation of the Brecks franchise.