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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 ...
4–1–1 .800 258 32 T1 Chicago Cardinals: 6 2 2 .750 3–2–2 .600 101 29 T1 Rock Island Independents: 6 2 2 .750 4–2–1 .667 201 49 W1 Dayton Triangles: 5 2 2 .714 4–2–2 .667 150 54 L1 Rochester Jeffersons: 6 3 2 .667 0–1–0 .000 156 57 T1 Canton Bulldogs: 7 4 2 .636 4–3–1 .571 208 57 W1 Detroit Heralds: 2 3 3 .400 1–3–0 ...
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 ...
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 ...
This wording established the precedent for the 1920 season of awarding the title by a vote of the league's managers, rather than who finished at the top of the standings. [4] The minutes also state that "any team winning the cup three times should be adjudged the owner [of the trophy]".
Dunn Field, the home stadium of the 1920 Cleveland Tigers. The Cleveland Tigers finished 5–2–2 in their 1919 season in the Ohio League. [1] After the 1919 season, representatives of four Ohio League teams—the Canton Bulldogs, the Tigers, the Dayton Triangles, and the Akron Pros—called a meeting on August 20, 1920, to discuss the formation of a new league.
The team played its home games at Chicago's Wrigley Field (then called Cubs Park) and was the first NFL team to do so. The Tigers were never formally members of the APFA. However, since the team played seven games against APFA teams in 1920, resulting in a 1–5–1 league record, they are generally included in the league standings.
The Chicago Tigers were formed in 1920. [2] After the 1919 season, representatives of four Ohio League, a loose organization of professional football teams, teams—the Canton Bulldogs, the Cleveland Tigers, the Dayton Triangles, and the Akron Pros—called a meeting on August 20, 1920, to discuss the formation of a new league.