Who Were The Syracuse Stars?

The Syracuse Stars was an independent professional football team in 1920. The team played five total games, four of which were on the road. The first game the Stars played was Exposition Park in Rochester, New York against the Rochester Scalpers. The Stars defeated the Scalpers 27-0. The following week they went to Johnson City, New York to play Johnson Endicott-Johnson A.A.. The Stars won that game 14-0 to start 2-0 on the season. Two weeks later the Syracuse Stars headed to Rochester, New York to play the Rochester Jeffersons of the APFA (later to be the NFL). The game was played at Rochester Baseball Park. The Stars would open up with a touchdown pass to take a 7-0 lead. In the second quarter, Jim Laird of the Jeffersons scored a rushing touchdown. The Jeffersons would follow that up with a passing touchdown later in the quarter from Hal Clark to Jim Laird. In the third quarter, Bob Argus would score a rushing touchdown for the Jeffersons to take a 21-7 lead. The game would end it that score resulting in the first loss for the Stars. The following week, the Stars stayed in Syracuse to play All-Syracuse but ultimately lost 0-7 in the game. The last game the Syracuse Stars ever played was in New Haven, Connecticut to play the New Haven Williams. The Stars lost 7-14 at Weiss Park. The Syracuse Stars would never play again.