1919 Akron Indians season
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The 1919 Akron Indians season was their twelfth season in existence. The team played in the Ohio League
and would go on to post a 5-5 record. The team would go on to become a charter member of the National Football League
the very next season.
Ohio League
The Ohio League was an informal and loose association of American football clubs active between 1903 and 1919 that competed for the Ohio Independent Championship . As the name implied, its teams were based in Ohio...
and would go on to post a 5-5 record. The team would go on to become a charter member of 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 very next season.
Schedule
| Game | Date | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | October 15, 1919 | Toledo Athletic Club | W 47-0 |
| 2 | October 12, 1919 | Columbus Panhandles | W 13-0 |
| 3 | October 19, 1919 | 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 47-0 |
| 4 | October 26, 1919 | Massillon Tigers Massillon Tigers The Massillon Tigers were an early professional football team from Massillon, Ohio. Playing in the "Ohio League", the team was a rival to the pre-National Football League version of the Canton Bulldogs. The Tigers won Ohio League championships in 1903, 1904, 1905, and 1906, then merged to become... |
L 9-6 |
| 5 | November 2, 1919 | at 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... |
L 19-7 |
| 6 | November 9, 1919 | Massillon Tigers Massillon Tigers The Massillon Tigers were an early professional football team from Massillon, Ohio. Playing in the "Ohio League", the team was a rival to the pre-National Football League version of the Canton Bulldogs. The Tigers won Ohio League championships in 1903, 1904, 1905, and 1906, then merged to become... |
L 13-6 |
| 7 | November 16, 1919 | Bellaire Athletics | W 19-3 |
| 8 | November 23, 1919 | 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... |
L 14-0 |
| 9 | November 27, 1919 | at Pine Village Athletic Club | W 12-0 |
| 10 | November 30, 1919 | Rock Island Independents Rock Island Independents The Rock Island Independents were a professional American football team based in Rock Island, Illinois. One of the first professional football teams, they were founded in 1907 as an independent club. They later played in what is now the National Football League from 1920 to 1925. They joined the... |
L 17-0 |