After a six-game winning streak, the Triangles faced their first loss of the season to the future champions, the Akron Pros.
[1] The Triangles had several players added to their team for the 1920 season: Max Broadhurst, Doc Davis, Guy Early, Russ Hathaway, Chuck Helvie, Pesty Lentz, Norb Sacksteder, Ed Sauer, Fritz Slackford, and Tiny Turner.
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, the Chicago Cardinals, 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.
[6][7][8] Under the new league structure, teams created their schedules dynamically as the season progressed, so there were no minimum or maximum number of games needed to be played.
[29] The other Triangle score came in the middle of the fourth quarter when end Frank Bacon returned a punt for a 60-yard touchdown.
[citation needed] In the third quarter, the Triangles responded with a 3-yard rushing touchdown by Partlow, but Dayton missed the extra point to make the score 20–14.
[citation needed] Thorpe then came into the game, and kicked a 45-yard field goal to bring his team within three points.
[citation needed] The Triangles scored twice in the second quarter: a rushing touchdown from Abrell and a 35-yard field goal from Roudebush.
[citation needed] Frank Bacon had a 30-yard interception return for a touchdown in the third quarter, en route to the 23–7 victory for the Triangles.
[citation needed] November 14, 1920, at Douglas Park In week eight, the Triangles played against the Rock Island Independents.
[34] In the first quarter, Rube Ursella for the Independents fumbled a punt on the 40-yard line, and the Triangles gained possession.
[34] In the fourth quarter, Ed Novack and Arnold Wyman for the Independents left the game due to injury.
[citation needed] November 21, 1920, at League Park In week nine, the Triangles played against the Akron Pros.
[citation needed] The second half was scoreless, and the Triangles moved on to a 5–1–2 record with one game left in their season.