The Indians were sold to Art Ranney and Frank Nied, two businessmen, to help achieve a better record and crowd.

They opened their regular season with a win over the Wheeling Stogies, en route to an 8–0–3 record.

The Decatur Staleys and the Buffalo All-Americans laid claim to the title because of the number of wins each team had.

In 2005, Pollard became the only player from the 1920 Akron Pros to be elected into the Professional Football Hall of Fame.

[1] The Indians lost money because of the constant poor performance; the team did not win an Ohio League Championship since 1914.

[5] 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, 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.

[6] Team representatives changed the league's name slightly to the American Professional Football Association and elected officers, installing Jim Thorpe as president.

[17] The table below was compiled using the information from the Pro Football Archives and The Coffin Corner, both of which used contemporary newspapers.

Running back Frank McCormick rushed for two touchdowns to give Akron a 14–0 lead in the second quarter.

Nash grabbed the ball from the Tigers' punter, Stan Cofall on the 8-yard line and ran in for the score.

[37] With an extra point from Charlie Copley, the Pros defeated the Tigers 7–0 to keep their undefeated season alive.

Pollard dislocated his right shoulder, and Tuffy Conn for the Tigers injured his right leg in the fourth quarter.

[38] October 31, 1920, at Lakeside Park, Canton, Ohio "With four games under their belt", the Pros were starting to gain attention around the league.

[39] In the first quarter, after an exchange in punts and a long pass which resulted in 13-yards, Charlie Copley of the Pros kicked a 38-yard field goal.

On a Bulldog possession at midfield, Gilroy attempted to pass the ball, but it was tipped by the Pros' Copley and Bob Nash.

Pollard also rushed for a 17-yard touchdown and Copley made one extra point and missed another one to beat the Triangles 13–0.

November 25, 1920, at League Park In a Thanksgiving Day battle touted as the World's Championship of Professional Football, Akron met the Canton Bulldogs for the second time of the 1920 season.

The game could have been classified as a World Championship because of both teams' records, but the APFA had widened its battlefield with Buffalo and Decatur still with a high winning percentage.

[15] Before the start of the game, Nash was sold to the All-Americans for $300 and 5% of the Akron-Buffalo gate, making the first deal in APFA history.

[18] December 12, 1920, at Cubs Park, Chicago The stage was set for a de facto championship battle between the Pros and the Decatur Staleys.

In anticipation of additional public interest, Staleys' coach George Halas moved the Decatur home game to the much larger Cubs Park in Chicago and hired Paddy Driscoll from the Cardinals to play on his team in order to help defeat the Pros, which was against league rules at the time.

[44][45] Twelve thousand fans, which was the largest recorded crowd of the season,[15] showed up to watch the game.

[47] The final score ended in a 0–0 tie;[46] however, the Chicago Defender reported that the refereeing was biased towards Decatur.

In October 1921, most of the team was invited to the Elks Club of Akron, which was labeled as "a grand homecoming celebration for the world's champions".

[61] Even though the Pros were given the trophy in 1920, the league lost track of the event, and for a long time published in its own record books that the 1920 championship was undecided.