page_title: 1920 Akron Pros season
section_title: Standings
hierarchical_section_title: 1920 Akron Pros season / Game summaries / Standings
caption_attribution_description: English: Rip King, Al Nesser, Charlie Copley, a woman identified only as Miss Thomas, Elgie Tobin and Russ Bailey celebrating the Akron Pros' 1920 championship season.
context_page_description: The 1920 Akron Pros season was the franchise's inaugural season with the American Professional Football Association and twelfth total season as a team. The Pros entered the season coming off a 5–5 record in 1919 as the Akron Indians in the Ohio League. The Indians were sold to Art Ranney and Frank Nied, two businessmen, to help achieve a better record and crowd. Several representatives from the Ohio League wanted to form a new professional league; thus, the APFA was created.
  Returning to the team for the 1920 season would be most of last year's team, including quarterback Fritz Pollard. The Pros also added end Bob Nash, who previously played for the Tigers, Al Garrett, and end Al Nesser of the famous Nesser brothers. They opened their regular season with a win over the Wheeling Stogies, en route to an 8–0–3 record. In week 11, the Pros traded Bob Nash—the first trade in APFA history. A meeting was held by the APFA to determine a winner, and the Pros' season concluded with the team winning the Brunswick-Balke Collender Cup for finishing first place in the APFA. The Decatur Staleys and the Buffalo All-Americans demanded the title because of the number of wins each team had.
context_section_description: Awarded the Brunswick-Balke Collender Cup and named APFA Champions.
  Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.
caption: Several Pros players celebrating their championship.
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