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Temporada de 1920 da NFL
Temporada regular
Duração 26 de setembro - 19 de dezembro de 1920
Campeão Akron Pros
Temporadas da National Football League
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Fotos dos times da APFA de 1920
Akron Pros
Canton Bulldogs
Chicago Cardinals
Dayton Triangles
Decatur Staleys

A Temporada 1920 da National Football League (na época chamada de American Professional Football Association, ou APFA) foi a temporada inaugural da liga fundada em Canton, Ohio em 20 de agosto do mesmo ano por 4 clubes profissionais de futebol americano do estado de Ohio: Akron Pros, Canton Bulldogs, Cleveland Tigers, e Dayton Triangles que disputavam a Ohio League.

Em 17 de setembro em um novo encontro em Canton, Ohio foram integrados mais times à liga: Hammond Pros e Muncie Flyers, ambos do estado de Indiana; o Rochester Jeffersons da New York Pro Football League; o Rock Island Independents, o Decatur Staleys, e o Racine Cardinals de Illinois.

Mais outros times entraram na liga, o Buffalo All-Americans da New York Pro Football League; Chicago Tigers, Columbus Panhandles, e Detroit Heralds.

Jim Thorpe foi eleito o primeiro presidente da liga, ele também era jogador do Canton Bulldogs.

Temporada em que o Akron Pros sagrou-se campeão, muito por causa das atuações de Benny Kale.

Semana 1
26 de setembro de 1920
Time visitante Pontos Time da casa Pontos Local da competição
St. Paul Ideals (0-1-0) 0 Rock Island Independents (1-0-0) 48 Douglas Park
Semana 2
3 de outubro de 1920
Wheeling Stogies (0-1-0) 0 Akron Pros (1-0-0) 43 Akron League Park
West Buffalo (0-1-0) 6 Buffalo All-Americans (1-0-0) 32 Canisius Field
Pitcairn Quakers (0-1-0) 0 Canton Bulldogs (1-0-0) 48 Lakeside Park
Columbus Panhandles (0-1-0) 0 Dayton Triangles (1-0-0) 14 Triangle Park
Moline Universal Tractors (0-1-0) 0 Decatur Staleys (1-0-0) 20 Staley Field
Muncie Flyers (0-1-0) 0 Rock Island Independents (2-0-0) 45 Douglas Park
All-Buffalo (0-1-0) 0 Rochester Jeffersons (1-0-0) 10 Rochester Baseball Park
Semana 3
10 de outubro 1920
Columbus Panhandles (0-2-0) 0 Akron Pros (2-0-0) 37 Akron League Park
All-Buffalo (0-2-0) 0 Buffalo All-Americans (2-0-0) 51 Canisius Field
Toledo Maroons (0-1-0) 0 Canton Bulldogs (2-0-0) 42 Lakeside Park
Chicago Cardinals (0-0-1) 0 Chicago Tigers (0-0-1) 0 Cubs Park
Cleveland Tigers (0-0-1) 0 Dayton Triangles (1-0-1) 0 Triangle Park
Kewanee Walworths (0-1-0) 7 Decatur Staleys (2-0-0) 25 Staley Field
Cleveland Panthers (0-1-0) 14 Detroit Heralds (1-0-0) 40 Mack Park
Hammond Pros (0-1-0) 0 Rock Island Independents (3-0-0) 26 Douglas Park
Fort Porter (0-1-0) 0 Rochester Jeffersons (2-0-0) 66 Rochester Baseball Park
Semana 4
17 de outubro de 1920
Cincinnati Celts (0-1-0) 0 Akron Pros (3-0-0) 13 Akron League Park
McKeesport Olympics (0-1-0) 7 Buffalo All-Americans (3-0-0) 28 Canisius Field
Cleveland Tigers (0-1-1) 0 Canton Bulldogs (3-0-0) 7 Lakeside Park
Moline Universal Tractors (0-2-0) 3 Chicago Cardinals (1-0-1) 33 St. Rita's Field
Detroit Heralds (1-1-0) 0 Chicago Tigers (1-0-1) 12 Cubs Park
Columbus Panhandles (0-3-0) 0 Fort Wayne Friars (1-0-0) 14 Fort Wayne League Park
Hammond Pros (0-2-0) 0 Dayton Triangles (2-0-1) 44 Triangle Park
Decatur Staleys (3-0-0) 7 Rock Island Independents (3-1-0) 0 Douglas Park
Utica Knights of Columbus (0-0-1) 0 Rochester Jeffersons (2-0-1) 0 Rochester Baseball Park
Semana 5
24 de outubro de 1920
Cleveland Tigers (0-2-1) 0 Akron Pros (4-0-0) 7 Akron League Park
Toledo Maroons (0-2-0) 0 Buffalo All-Americans (4-0-0) 38 Canisius Field
Canton Bulldogs (3-0-1) 20 Dayton Triangles (2-0-2) 20 Triangle Park
Chicago Cardinals (1-1-1) 0 Rock Island Independents (4-1-0) 7 Douglas Park
Decatur Staleys (4-0-0) 10 Chicago Tigers (1-1-1) 0 Cubs Park
Columbus Panhandles (0-4-0) 0 Detroit Heralds (2-1-0) 6 Mack Park
Syracuse Stars (0-1-0) 7 Rochester Jeffersons (3-0-1) 21 Rochester Baseball Park
Semana 6
31 de outubro de 1920
Akron Pros (5-0-0) 10 Canton Bulldogs (3-1-1) 0 Lakeside Park
Rochester Jeffersons (3-1-1) 6 Buffalo All-Americans (5-0-0) 17 Canisius Field
Detroit Heralds (2-2-0) 0 Chicago Cardinals (2-1-1) 21 Cubs Park
Chicago Tigers (1-2-1) 7 Rock Island Independents (5-1-0) 20 Douglas Park
Columbus Panhandles (0-5-0) 0 Cleveland Tigers (1-2-1) 7 Dunn Field
Cincinnati Celts (0-2-0) 7 Dayton Triangles (3-0-2) 23 Triangle Park
Decatur Staleys (5-0-0) 29 Rockford A.C. (0-1-0) 0 Kishwaukee Park
Hammond Pros (1-2-0) 14 Logan Square (0-1-0) 9 Logan Square Park
Semana 7
7 de novembro de 1920
All-Tonawanda Lumberjacks (0-1-0) 0 Buffalo All-Americans (6-0-0) 35 Canisius Field
Canton Bulldogs (4-1-1) 18 Cleveland Tigers (1-3-1) 0 Dunn Field
Chicago Cardinals (3-1-1) 6 Chicago Tigers (1-3-1) 3 Cubs Park
Columbus Panhandles (1-5-0) 10 Zanesville Mark Grays (0-1-0) 0 Zanesville, Ohio
Decatur Staleys (5-0-1) 0 Rock Island Independents (5-1-1) 0 Douglas Park
Hammond Pros (2-2-0) 14 Pullman Thorns (0-1-0) 13 Chicago, Illinois
Utica Knights of Columbus (0-1-1) 7 Rochester Jeffersons (4-1-1) 27 Rochester Baseball Park
Semana 8
11 de novembro 1920
Decatur Staleys (6-0-1) 20 Champaign Legion (0-1-0) 0 Champaign, Illinois
Rock Island Independents (5-1-2) 7 Thorn Tornadoes (0-0-1) 7 Monmouth, Illinois
14 de novembro de 1920
Akron Pros (5-0-1) 7 Cleveland Tigers (1-3-2) 7 Dunn Field
Columbus Panhandles (1-6-0) 7 Buffalo All-Americans (7-0-0) 43 Canisius Field
Chicago Tigers (1-4-1) 0 Canton Bulldogs (5-1-1) 21 Lakeside Park
Cincinnati Celts (0-3-0) 0 Chicago Cardinals (4-1-1) 21 Chicago, Illinois
Dayton Triangles (4-0-2) 21 Rock Island Independents (5-2-2) 0 Douglas Park
Decatur Staleys (7-0-1) 3 Minneapolis Marines (0-1-0) 0 Nicollet Park
Detroit Heralds (2-2-1) 0 Fort Wayne Friars (1-0-1) 0 Fort Wayne League Park
Hammond Pros (2-3-0) 6 Gary Elks (1-0-0) 7 Gleason Field
All-Tonawanda Lumberjacks (1-1-0) 6 Rochester Jeffersons (4-2-1) 0 Rochester Baseball Park
Semana 9
21 de novembro de 1920
Dayton Triangles (4-1-2) 0 Akron Pros (6-0-1) 13 Akron League Park
Canton Bulldogs (6-1-1) 3 Buffalo All-Americans (7-1-0) 0 Canisius Field
Lansing Oldsmobile (0-1-0) 0 Chicago Cardinals (5-1-1) 14 Chicago, Illinois
Toledo Maroons (0-3-0) 0 Cleveland Tigers (2-3-2) 14 Dunn Field
Columbus Panhandles (1-6-1) 0 Zanesville Mark Grays (0-1-1) 0 Zanesville, Ohio
Hammond Pros (2-4-0) 7 Decatur Staleys (8-0-1) 28 Staley Field
Rochester Scalpers (0-1-0) 0 Rochester Jeffersons (5-2-1) 16 Rochester Baseball Park
Semana 10
25 de novembro de 1920
Canton Bulldogs (6-2-1) 0 Akron Pros (7-0-1) 7 Akron League Park
Decatur Staleys (9-0-1) 6 Chicago Tigers (1-5-1) 0 Chicago Cub Park
Columbus Panhandles (1-6-2) 0 Elyria Athletics (0-0-1) 0 Lorain, Ohio
Detroit Heralds (2-3-1) 0 Dayton Triangles (5-1-2) 28 Triangle Park
Hammond Pros (2-5-0) 0 Chicago Boosters (1-0-0) 27 DePaul Field
All-Tonawanda Lumberjacks (2-1-0) 14 Rochester Jeffersons (5-3-1) 3 Rochester Baseball Park
28 de novembro de 1920
Akron Pros (8-0-1) 14 Dayton Triangles (5-2-2) 0 Triangle Park
Cleveland Tigers (2-4-2) 0 Buffalo All-Americans (8-1-0) 7 Buffalo Baseball Park
Decatur Staleys (9-1-1) 6 Chicago Cardinals (6-1-1) 7 Normal Park
Thorn Tornadoes (0-1-1) 0 Chicago Tigers (2-5-1) 27 Cubs Park
Lansing Oldsmobile (0-1-1) 0 Detroit Heralds (2-3-2) 0 Mack Park
Rochester Scalpers (0-2-0) 6 Rochester Jeffersons (6-3-1) 7 Rochester Baseball Park
Wash. & Jeff. All-Stars (0-1-0) 7 Rock Island Independents (6-2-2) 48 Douglas Park
Semana 11
4 de dezembro de 1920
Canton Bulldogs (6-3-1) 3 Buffalo All-Americans (9-1-0) 7 New York Polo Grounds
5 de dezembro de 1920
Akron Pros (8-0-2) 0 Buffalo All-Americans (9-1-1) 0 Buffalo Baseball Park
Canton Bulldogs (6-3-2) 0 Washington Glee Club 0 New Haven, Connecticut
Chicago Cardinals (6-2-1) 0 Decatur Staleys (10-1-1) 10 Cubs Park
Columbus Wagner Pirates (0-1) 0 Columbus Panhandles (2-6-2) 24 Neil Park
Detroit Maroons (0-0-1) 7 Detroit Heralds (2-3-3) 7 Mack Park
Rochester Scalpers (0-2-1) 0 Rochester Jeffersons (6-3-2) 0 Exposition Park
Semana 12
11 de dezembro de 1920
Canton Bulldogs (6-4-2) 7 Union AA of Phoenixville (1-0-0) 13 Phillies Park
12 de dezembro de 1920
Akron Pros (8-0-3) 0 Decatur Staleys (10-1-2) 0 Cubs Park
Semana 13
18 de dezembro de 1920
Canton Bulldogs (7-4-2) 39 Richmond Athletics (0-1-0) 0 Boulevard Field
19 de dezembro de 1920
Chicago Cardinals (6-2-2) 14 Chicago Stayms (0-0-1) 14 Pyott Field

Resultados Finais

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W = Vitórias, L = Derrotas, T = Empates, PCT = Percentagem de vitórias, PF = Pontos a favor, PA = Pontos contra

Nota: Jogos empatados não são considerados nos resultados até a temporada de 1972.

Equipe W L T PCT PF PA
Akron Pros 8 0 3 1.000 151 7
Decatur Staleys 10 1 2 .909 164 21
Buffalo All-Americans 9 1 1 .900 258 32
Chicago Cardinals 6 2 2 .750 115 43
Rock Island Independents 6 2 2 .750 201 49
Dayton Triangles 5 2 2 .714 150 54
Rochester Jeffersons 6 3 2 .667 156 57
Canton Bulldogs 7 4 2 .636 208 57
Detroit Heralds 2 3 3 .400 53 82
Cleveland Tigers 2 4 2 .333 28 46
Chicago Tigers 2 5 1 .286 49 63
Hammond Pros 2 5 0 .286 41 154
Columbus Panhandles 2 6 2 .250 41 121
Muncie Flyers 0 1 0 .000 0 45

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