Pro Football
Maroons owner Dr. John Striegel hired Rauch, because he was a protégé of the strict discipline philosophy instituted by Penn State coach, Hugo Bezdek. During Rauch's first season with the Maroons, the team won the Anthracite League championship. The very next season the Maroon joined the NFL, and in just their first year in league, the franchise won the NFL championship before having it stripped away from them by the league in a controversial move.
The next season Rauch's Maroon completed a 10-2-1 record and captured third place in the NFL standings. However after a 5-8 record in 1927, Rauch left the team to coach the New York Yankees. Following a 4-8 record with the Yankees during the 1928 season, Rauch returned to the Maroons franchise which had just been sold to a group of New Englanders who move the franchise to Boston and renamed the team the Boston Bulldogs.
The 1929 season was Rauch's last season coaching in the NFL. After a 4-4 record, the Maroons-Bulldogs franchise folded.
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