Who Were The Wheeling Stogies Football Team?

The Wheeling Stogies, otherwise known as the Wheeling Collegians played three football games as an independent club in 1920. In their first game they went to League Park to play the Akron Pros. The Pros won 43-0 and this would be a sign on how good Akron would be. They ended up as APFA champions with a 9-0-3 record in 1920. They then faced the Bradley Eagles at Bradley Field in McKees Rocks, PA. The game ended in a zero-zero tie. In their final ever game they faced another APFA team in the Rock Island Independents. The Independents won the game 48-7 at Douglas Park with 2500 in attendance. Even though the Wheeling Stogies baseball team is remembered more the Stogies football team should not be forgotten.