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team that played four seasons. From 1920 to 1923.
1920
They 1920 season was their first season. They started the season with a 40–0 win over
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The win followed with 4 more wins until there was a 0–0 tie against the
Chicago Thorn Tornadoes
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They played their next game against the
Hammond Pros, an
APFA team. They won the game 7 to 6.
They played their first six games at
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, before they moved to
Gleason Park
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They finished the season with a 8-0-1 record.
1921
They opened the 1921 season with wins against the
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Chicago Staym-Foresters, and
Chicago Thorn-Tornadoes
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before losing their first ever game against
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They had three more wins before losing to the
APFA Chicago Cardinals.
They won the week prior against the
Hammond Pros, who they beat the year before.
The next week they lost their third game of the season to the
Chicago Morris Supremes
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1922
In 1922 they had a 6-2-1 record.
They had scheduled to play 4 games against
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opponents but only played two; they played two games against the
Hammond Pros, who they had played in prior years.
They won one of the games against the Pros, winning it 9-6 after losing 15-0 the prior game.
They played all but one of their games at
Gleason Park
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1923
1923 was their last season. They had a 2-2-2 record excluding the game against the
Waukegan Elks
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where no records were found.
They had scheduled 3 games against
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opponents but only played one; a 7–6 loss against the
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American football teams established in 1920
American football teams disestablished in 1923
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