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As a result, the league dropped from 22 to 12 teams, and a majority of the remaining teams were centered around the East Coast instead of the Midwest, where the NFL had started. The New York Yankees were added from the American Football League (AFL I) and the Cleveland Bulldogs returned.
Cities that hosted NFL teams in the 1920s and 1930s. Cities that still have NFL teams from that era are in black, while other cities are in red. Only teams that played more than ten games in the NFL are included. In league meetings prior to the 1933 season, three new teams, the Pirates, the Cincinnati Reds, and the Eagles, were admitted to the NFL.
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 ...
The NFL draft, officially known as the "NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting", [1] [2] [3] is an annual event which serves as the league's most common source of player recruitment. [4] The draft order is determined based on the previous season's standings; the teams with the worst win–loss records receive the earliest picks.
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road; Cincinnati Reds: 96: 44 .686 — 51–19 45–25 New York Giants: 87: 53 .621 9 46–23 41–30 Chicago Cubs: 75: 65 .536 21 40–31 35–34 Pittsburgh Pirates: 71: 68 .511 24½ 39–31 32–37 Brooklyn Robins: 69: 71 .493 27 36–34 33–37 Boston Braves ...
The 1919 schedule consisted of 140 games for all teams in the American League and National League, each of which had eight teams. Each team was scheduled to play 20 games against the other seven teams of their respective league. This 140-game schedule format had been previously used in 1903. The 154-game schedule was re-instituted for the 1920 ...
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road; Chicago White Sox: 88: 52 .629 — 48–22 40–30 Cleveland Indians: 84: 55 .604 3½ 44–25 40–30 New York Yankees: 80: 59 .576 7½ 46–25 34–34 Detroit Tigers: 80: 60 .571 8 46–24 34–36 St. Louis Browns: 67: 72 .482 20½ 40–30 27–42 Boston ...