Muncie Flyers The Muncie Flyers from Muncie , Indiana played in the National Football League ( then called the American Professional Football Association ) from 1920 - 1921 . History . Origins . The origins of the team show that it evolved from the Congerville ( Muncie ) Athletic Club , which dates back to at least 1905 . Local newspapers provided spotty coverage of the team . An occasional reference was made to a game being scheduled and sometimes the game results with a brief game account was in the Monday paper . In 1910 , the Congerville Athletic Club finished with a near - perfect 10 - 0 - 1 record , outscoring their opponents 145 - 0 . All of the home games were played against other local Muncie teams , while the road games were played in nearby Hartford City , Dunkirk and Alexandria . In 1916 the Congerville Athletic Club team and the Congerville Flyers team merged and Muncie was represented by the Congerville Flyers . The Flyers . The Congerville Muncie Flyers evolved from a team called the Congerville Thirds This team was later renamed the Congerville Flyers . The 1915 edition of the Flyers proved to be a respectable team , finishing with a 5 - 3 - 3 record . Their star player was local player , Cooney Checkeye . Playing all its games on the road , the 1916 Flyers had a disappointing year , finishing with a 2 - 6 - 1 record . Also representing Congerville in 1915 and 1916 was the Congerville Eagles . This lightweight team was closely associated with the Flyers , sometimes lending the heavyweight team a player or two when they were short due to injuries . World War I . The Congerville Flyers played briefly in 1917 , but they did not field a team in 1918 due to the United States involvement in World War I and the influenza epidemic . In September 1917 , Earl Ball announced that he had organized a team . Scheduled to be on this team were famous college players : Dick Abrel of Purdue and Al Feeney of Notre Dame . Also scheduled to play was Christian Chambers formerly of the Fort Wayne Friars . The team was to be led by local hero , Cooney Checkaye . Ball invited 10 more players to come to practice the next morning . However , a week later on September 9 , 1917 , Ball announced that he had released all the players that he had signed and that he would not be fielding a team due to the war . Local press was convinced that had Muncie fielded this team , it would have no doubt been strong contenders for the state championship . In 1918 Muncie did not field a team . The NFL era . With the war ended , football came back to life in eastern Indiana . The Flyers played some strong teams , including the Wabash Athletic Association , Fort Wayne War Vets and Cincinnati Celts . The 1919 team finished with an 4 - 1 - 1 record . In 1920 , the Flyers were one of the original 14 teams in the American Professional Football Association , which later became the National Football League . In the second ever NFL game the Rock Island Independents destroyed the Muncie Flyers 45 - 0 . The following week the Decatur Staleys cancelled their game with the Flyers . Muncie found it difficult to schedule another game . While the team was idle , most of its players signed on to play with other local teams . The Flyers did have a game scheduled against the Dayton Triangles on November 7 , 1920 , but that game was rained out . The Flyers came back in late November and early December and won 3 non - APFA games , finishing with an 3 - 1 - 0 overall ( 0 - 1 - 0 APFA ) record . Coming back to the APFA in 1921 , the Flyers opened the season by crushing the non - APFA Elwood Legion , then lost league games against the Evansville Crimson Giants , and a loss at home against the Cincinnati Celts . Scheduled to play again on November 13 , 1921 against the Green Bay Packers , that game was cancelled , leaving the Flyers with a 1 - 2 - 0 overall ( 0 - 2 - 0 APFA ) record . The Flyers mark in APFA football was an unimpressive 0 - 3 - 0 . But during 1920 and 1921 , the Flyers posted a 4 - 0 - 0 mark against non - APFA teams . Including 1919 , the Flyers posted a 8 - 1 - 1 record against non - APFA teams . Post - NFL . After leaving the APFA , the Muncie Flyers reverted back to their original name of the Congerville Flyers . Due to weak fan support , the Flyers played almost all their games on the road from in 1922 , 1923 and 1924 . The Flyers did play one home game in 1924 , that was against the Notre Dame Reserves of Brownson Hall . The Flyers lost 47 - 0 . Some speculate that the team they played was not really reserves from Notre Dame , but the strong South Bend Arrows . During those 3 years , the road - bound Flyers finished with a respectable 10 - 8 - 3 record . In 1925 , the Flyers could not find a home field in Muncie , so they based their team out of neighboring Jonesboro . The team was referred to as the Jonesboro Flyers in 1925 and played 9 of 11 games in Jonesboro and finished with a 6 - 2 - 3 record .