The 1926 Colonels suffered a 47–0 whitewashing at the hands of the Detroit Panthers and a 34–0 clocking by the Chicago Bears, with their 0 to 108 point differential effectively making the club the worst team in NFL history.
The 1926 Louisville Colonels was one of the worst teams in NFL history, going 0–4 and failing to score a single point.
On the first play from scrimmage, with just 25 seconds off the clock, the Panthers scored on a scoop-and-score fumble recovery.
[1] "From the time of the first score until the exhibition concluded, the visitors saw their line riddled, their ends circled, and the defense torn to shreds," one local journalist noted.
"[1] The Colonels gained only one first down in the game against Detroit, this coming with a long pass completion at the end of the second period.