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The 1920 APFA season was the inaugural season of the American Professional Football Association, renamed the National Football League in 1922.An agreement to form a league was made by four independent teams from Ohio on August 20, 1920, at Ralph Hay's office in Canton, Ohio, with plans to invite owners of more teams for a second meeting on September 17, 1920. [1]
Early championships between 1920 and 1932 were awarded to the team with the best won-lost record, initially rather haphazardly, as some teams played more or fewer games than others, or scheduled games against non-league, amateur or collegiate teams; this led to the 1920 title being determined during a league meeting after the season, [3] the 1921 title being decided on a controversial ...
Played indoors on a reduced-size field in order to break a tie in the standings, it was the precursor to the championship game (though the losing team finished in third place in the final standings). For the seasons from 1920–1971, the NFL did not include tie games in the winning percentage; they were omitted from the calculation.
The league's other still-active charter member, the Arizona Cardinals, have recorded the most regular season losses (812), through the end of the 2024 season. [4] The Dallas Cowboys hold the highest regular season win–loss percentage (.573), with a 569–423–6 record through the end of the 2023 season. [5]
Beginning with the 1933 season, the NFL featured a championship game, played between the winners of its two divisions. In this era, if there was a tie for first place in the division at the end of the regular season, a one-game playoff was used to determine the team that would represent their division in the NFL Championship Game. This happened ...
FRANCHISES: The first season, 1920, the American Professional Football Association had 14 teams, including two Tigers (Cleveland and Chicago). The Akron Pros, Decatur Staleys (later the Chicago ...
2023: 2023: NFL NFC North 4th 7 10 0 .412 2024: 2024: NFL NFC North 4th 5 12 0 .294 Matt Eberflus (4–8) Thomas Brown (1–4) Totals W L T Pct 10 1 2 .846 Decatur Staleys regular season record (1920) 9 1 1 .864 Chicago Staleys regular season record (1921) 779 644 39 .546 Chicago Bears regular season record (1922–present) 798 646 42 .551
The 1920 Akron Pros were named the first APFA (NFL) champions. The National Football League champions, prior to the merger between the National Football League (NFL) and American Football League (AFL) in 1970, were determined by two different systems. The National Football League was established on September 17, 1920, as the American Professional Football Association (APFA). The APFA changed ...