1920 Canton Bulldogs season
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The 1920
Canton Bulldogs
season was their inaugural season in the National Football League
. The team finished 7-4-2, giving them eighth place in the league.
1920 NFL season
The 1920 APFA season was the inaugural regular season of the National Football League which was called the American Professional Football Association in 1920 and 1921...
Canton Bulldogs
Canton Bulldogs
The Canton Bulldogs were a professional American football team, based in Canton, Ohio. They played in the Ohio League from 1903 to 1906 and 1911 to 1919, and its successor, the National Football League, from 1920 to 1923 and again from 1925 to 1926. The Bulldogs would go on to win the 1917, 1918...
season was their inaugural season in the National Football League
National Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
. The team finished 7-4-2, giving them eighth place in the league.
Schedule
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | October 3, 1920 | Pitcairn Quakers Pitcairn Quakers The Pitcairn Quakers were a professional football team from Pitcairn, Pennsylvania. The team played as an independent from 1904 until 1920 and featured the best players in the community as well as some famous college-level players. A few of those players, were college All-Americans. At one time the... |
W 48-0 |
| 2 | October 10, 1920 | Toledo Maroons Toledo Maroons The Toledo Maroons were a professional American football team based in Toledo, Ohio in the National Football League in 1922 and 1923. Prior to joining the NFL, the Maroons played in the unofficial "Ohio League" from 1902 until 1921.-Origins:... |
W 42-0 |
| 3 | October 17, 1920 | Cleveland Tigers | W 7-0 |
| 4 | October 24, 1920 | at Dayton Triangles Dayton Triangles The Dayton Triangles were an original franchise of the American Professional Football Association in 1920. The Triangles were based in Dayton, Ohio, and took their nickname from their home field, Triangle Park, which was located at the confluence of the Great Miami and Stillwater Rivers in north... |
W 7-0 |
| 5 | October 31, 1920 | Akron Pros Akron Pros The Akron Pros were a professional football team located played in Akron, Ohio from 1908–1926. The team originated in 1908 as a semi-pro team named the Akron Indians, however name was changed to the Pros in 1920 as the team set out to become a charter member of the American Professional... |
L 10-0 |
| 6 | November 7, 1920 | at Cleveland Tigers | W 18-0 |
| 7 | November 14, 1920 | Chicago Tigers Chicago Tigers The Chicago Tigers of the American Professional Football Association played only in the first year of the league and, because of this, have the distinction of being the first official NFL team to fold. They had a record of 2 wins, 5 losses and 1 tie... |
W 21-0 |
| 8 | November 21, 1920 | at Buffalo All-Americans Buffalo (NFL) Buffalo, New York had a turbulent, early-era National Football League team that operated under three different names and several different owners between the 1910s and 1920s... |
W 3-0 |
| 9 | November 25, 1920 | at Akron Pros Akron Pros The Akron Pros were a professional football team located played in Akron, Ohio from 1908–1926. The team originated in 1908 as a semi-pro team named the Akron Indians, however name was changed to the Pros in 1920 as the team set out to become a charter member of the American Professional... |
L 7-0 |
| 10 | December 4, 1920 | at Buffalo All-Americans Buffalo (NFL) Buffalo, New York had a turbulent, early-era National Football League team that operated under three different names and several different owners between the 1910s and 1920s... |
L 7-3 |
| 11 | December 5, 1920 | at Washington Glee Club | T 0-0 |
| 12 | December 11, 1920 | at Union Club of Phoenixville Union Club of Phoenixville The Union Club of Phoenixville was a professional football team based in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. The team was the result of a 1919 merger between the Phoenixville Union Club and the upstart Phoenix Athletic Club. From 1907 until 1919, the Union Club was considered one of the best football teams... |
L 13-7 |
| 13 | December 18, 1920 | at Richmond Athletics | W 39-0 |
- Games in italics are against non-NFL teams.