1920 Chicago Tigers season

National Football League team season March 2026 November 2013 Chicago Tigers 1920 1–5–1 APFA(2–5–1 overall) T-11th APFA Rube Cook Guil Falcon Cubs Park none true none true The 1920 Chicago Tigers season was their sole season in the National Football League. The team finished 2–5–1,1920 Chicago Tigers tying them for eleventh in the league. Offseason The Chicago Tigers were formed in 1920.Quirk Fort 1997 412 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. At the meeting, they tentatively agreed on a salary cap and pledged not to sign college players or players already under contract with other teams. They also agreed on a name for the circuit: the American Professional Football Conference.PFRA Research 1980 3–4Siwoff Zimmber Marini 2010 352–353 They then invited other professional teams to a second meeting on September 17. At that meeting, held at Bulldogs owner Ralph Hay's Hupmobile showroom in Canton, representatives of the Rock Island Independents, the Muncie Flyers, the Decatur Staleys, the Racine Cardinals, the Massillon Tigers, the Chicago Cardinals, and the Hammond Pros agreed to join the league. Representatives of the Buffalo All-Americans and Rochester Jeffersons could not attend the meeting but sent letters to Hay asking to be included in the league.PFRA Research 1980 4 Team representatives changed the league's name slightly to the American Professional Football Association and elected officers, installing Jim Thorpe as president.https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1920/09/19/113313269.pdf Thorpe Made President The New York Times September 19, 1920 December 8, 2012https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=f8MWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OiEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3568,5105560&dq=gridders&hl=en https://archive.today/20120711044518/http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=f8MWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OiEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3568,5105560&dq=gridders&hl=en dead July 11, 2012 Organize Pro Gridders; Choose Thorpe, Prexy The Milwaukee Journal September 19, 1920 24 December 8, 2012 Under the new league structure, teams created their schedules dynamically as the season progressed, so there were no minimum or maximum number of games needed to be played.Peterson 1997 74Davis 2005 59 Also, representatives of each team voted to determine the winner of the APFA trophy.Price Mark April 25, 2011 http://www.ohio.com/news/searching-for-lost-trophy-1.204246 Searching for Lost Trophy Akron Beacon-Journal June 23, 2012 Schedule Game Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance Recap Sources 1 October 10 Chicago Cardinals T 0–0 0–0–1 Cubs Park 7,500+ Recap "Racine–Tigers Scoreless Tie," Hammond [IN] Times, Oct. 11, 1920, p. 6. 2 October 17 Detroit Heralds W 12–0 1–0–1 Cubs Park 5,000 Recap 3 October 24 Decatur Staleys L 0–10 1–1–1 Cubs Park 5,000 Recap 4 October 31 at Rock Island Independents L 7–20 1–2–1 Douglas Park Recap 5 November 7 Chicago Cardinals L 3–6 1–3–1 Cubs Park 7,000 Recap 6 November 14 at Canton Bulldogs L 0–21 1–4–1 Lakeside Park 8,000 Recap 7 November 25 Decatur Staleys L 0–6 1–5–1 Cubs Park 8,000 Recap "Sternaman's Two Scoring Boots Defeat Tigers: Staleys Best Chicagoans Second Time, 6–0, After Line-Plunging Fails to Yield Distance," Rock Island [IL] Argus, Nov. 26, 1920, p. 26. — November 28 Chicago Thorn-Tornadoes W 27–0 — Cubs Park Recap — Note: Non-APFA teams in italics. Thanksgiving Day: November 25. Game summaries Game 4: at Rock Island Independents Tigers 0 7 0 0 Independents 6 0 7 7 October 31, 1920, at Douglas Park, Rock Island, Illinois On Halloween, the Tigers played the Rock Island Independents. The Independents out-gained the Tigers in first downs, 14 to 3.Herrera Simon http://www.rockislandindependents.com/NFL_scores/1920/1920week6box.htm Chicago Tigers Prove no Match for Locals RockIslandIndependents.com December 6, 2012 The first score of the game was a 6-yard rushing touchdown by Independents' Fred Chicken; however, the extra point was missed, so the score was only 6–0.May 2020 The Tigers took the lead in the second quarter after Annan had a 2-yard rushing touchdown.May 2020 Chicken ended up having two rushing touchdowns, and Wyman had another rushing touchdown, as the Independents beat the Tigers 20–7. Game 6: at Canton Bulldogs Tigers 0 0 0 0 Bulldogs 0 14 7 0 November 14, 1920, at Lakeside Park, Canton Ohio The Tigers' next matchup was against the Canton Bulldogs. Hay cancelled his game against the Hammond Pros and decided to challenge the Tigers instead because he believed the Tigers were a better team.http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Articles/Forward_Into_Invisibility.pdf Forward Into Invisibility Professional Football Researchers Association December 8, 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20101218174026/http://profootballresearchers.org/Articles/Forward_Into_Invisibility.pdf December 18, 2010 The first scoring came in the second quarter, when the Bulldogs' Bob Higgins recovered a fumble and ran it back for a touchdown.May 2020 In the same quarter, Henry caught an interception and ran it back 50 yards for a touchdown.May 2020 Calac then ran for a one-yard touchdown in the third quarter to seal the 21–0 win.May 2020 Standings Roster 1920 Chicago Cardinalshttp://www.profootballarchives.com/1920apfachit.html 1920 Chicago Tigers (APFA) The Pro Football Archives Maher Sports Media December 6, 2012 23 0 0 – Milt Ghee – Dunc Annan TB – Johnny Barrett (American football) TB – Ralph Capron WB – Ben Derr TB – Alfred Eissler FB – Guil Falcon FB – Grover Malone WB – N/A – N/A – Sid Bennett OT – John Bosdett LOE – Garland Buckeye ROG – Paul Des Jardien C – Dick Falcon ROG – Emmett Keefe LOG – Oscar Knop ROE – Neil Mathews LOT – Jack Meagher LOE – Jock Mungavin LOE – Dick Pierce ROG – Lew Reeve LOT – Frank Rydzewski ROT – Walter Voight LOG – Pete Volz LOG – Sid Bennett DT – John Bosdett DE – Garland Buckeye DG – Dick Falcon DG – Emmett Keefe DG – Oscar Knop DE – Neil Mathews DT – Jack Meagher DE – Jock Mungavin DE – Dick Pierce DG – Lew Reeve DT – Frank Rydzewski DT – Walter Voight DG – Pete Volz DG – Alfred Eissler – Guil Falcon – Dunc Annan – Johnny Barrett (American football) – Ralph Capron – Ben Derr – Milt Ghee – Grover Malone – N/A – N/A – N/A References 30em Further reading Davis Jeff Papa Bear, The Life and Legacy of George Halas McGraw-Hill 2005 0-07-146054-3 https://archive.org/details/papabear00jeff Peterson Robert 1997 Pigskin: The Early Years of Pro Football Oxford University Press 0-19-507607-9 https://archive.org/details/pigskinearlyyear00pete_0 Quirk James Fort Rodney 1997 Pay Dirt: The Business of Professional Team Sports Princeton University Press 9780691015743 https://archive.org/details/paydirtbusinesso00quir PFRA Research 1980 http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Coffin_Corner/02-08-038.pdf Happy Birthday NFL? The Coffin Corner Professional Football Researchers Association 2 8 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120311103645/http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Coffin_Corner/02-08-038.pdf March 11, 2012 Siwoff Seymour Zimmber Jon Marini Matt 2010 The Official NFL Record and Fact Book 2010 National Football League 978-1-60320-833-8 Ziemba, Joe (1999). When Football Was Football: The Chicago Cardinals and the Birth of the NFL. Triumph Books. 1-57243-317-5. Category:Chicago Tigers seasons Chicago Tigers