1920 Chicago Cardinals season
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1920 Chicago Cardinals season
| 1920 Chicago Cardinals season | |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Paddy Driscoll |
| Home field | Normal Park |
| Results | |
| Record | 7–2–2 overall 6–2–1 in APFA standings 3–2–1 against APFA teams |
| Division Place | 4th APFA |
| Playoff finish | No playoffs until 1933 |
| Timeline | |
| Previous season | Next season |
| N/A | 1921 |
The 1920 Chicago Cardinals season was their inaugural season in the National Football League. The team finished 6-2-1,[1] earning fourth in the league. Their final games of the season against the Chicago Stayms Foresters was played after the NFL season was officially over and didn't count towards the standings.
Schedule
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | October 10, 1920 | at Chicago Tigers | T 0-0 |
| 2 | October 17, 1920 | Moline Universal Tractors | W 33-3 |
| 3 | October 24, 1920 | at Rock Island Independents | L 7-0 |
| 4 | October 31, 1920 | Detroit Heralds | W 21-0 |
| 5 | November 7, 1920 | at Chicago Tigers | W 6-3 |
| 6 | November 14, 1920 | Cincinnati Celts | W 20-0 |
| 7 | November 21, 1920 | Lansing Oldsmobile | W 14-0 |
| 8 | November 28, 1920 | Decatur Staleys | W 7-6 |
| 9 | December 5, 1920 | Decatur Staleys | L 10-0 |
| 10 | December 19, 1920 | at Chicago Stayms Foresters | T 14-14 |
| 11 | January 9, 1921 | Chicago Stayms Foresters | W 6-0 |
- Games in italics are against non-NFL teams.
Standings
| 1920 APFA standings | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | STK | |||
| Akron Pros [a] | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 151 | 7 | T2 | ||
| Decatur Staleys | 10 | 1 | 2 | .909 | 164 | 21 | T1 | ||
| Buffalo All-Americans | 9 | 1 | 1 | .900 | 258 | 32 | T1 | ||
| Chicago Cardinals | 6 | 2 | 1 | .750 | 101 | 29 | L1 | ||
| Rock Island Independents | 6 | 2 | 2 | .750 | 201 | 49 | W1 | ||
| Dayton Triangles | 5 | 2 | 2 | .714 | 150 | 54 | L1 | ||
| Rochester Jeffersons | 6 | 3 | 2 | .667 | 156 | 57 | T1 | ||
| Canton Bulldogs | 7 | 4 | 2 | .636 | 208 | 57 | W1 | ||
| Detroit Heralds | 2 | 3 | 3 | .400 | 53 | 82 | T2 | ||
| Cleveland Tigers | 2 | 4 | 2 | .333 | 28 | 46 | L1 | ||
| Chicago Tigers | 2 | 5 | 1 | .286 | 49 | 63 | W1 | ||
| Hammond Pros | 2 | 5 | 0 | .286 | 41 | 154 | L3 | ||
| Columbus Panhandles | 2 | 6 | 2 | .250 | 41 | 121 | W1 | ||
| Muncie Flyers | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 45 | L1 | ||
- Notes
- a The Akron Pros were named the NFL Champions at the end of the season.
References
| Akron | Buffalo | Canton | Chicago Cardinals | Chicago Tigers | Cleveland |
| Columbus | Dayton | Decatur | Detroit | Hammond | Muncie |
| Rochester | Rock Island | ||||
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