1923 Hammond Pros season

The Hammond, Indiana team followed their winless 1922 season with another debacle, winning just one game — leaving them in 15th place in the 20-team league.

[3] The game's only score came in the fourth quarter when left end "Ink" Williams scooped up a fumble at the Dayton 25-yard-line and returned it for a touchdown.

[3] Future Pro Football Hall of Famer Fritz Pollard kicked the extra point to finish the day's scoring.

The Pros would have a fine opportunity to put together back-to-back wins the following week, during a trip to Missouri to play the short-lived St. Louis All-Stars, but Hammond's two black stars — Fritz Pollard and "Ink" Williams — would not be permitted to take the field.

[4] Playing in the rain in front of a pathetic crowd of 719 fans, the teams mucked out a 0–0 tie, in which the punting battle between Hammond's Wally Hess and Pete Casey of St. Louis was the main attaction.