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The Panhandles may have played in the first game with two APFA opponents.

However due to not having the games start at a standardized time, and the failure of the NFL of recording the start times, historians can not determine for sure which two team played in the first league match-up.

What is known for a fact is that the first contests between teams listed as APFA members occurred on October 3, 1920.

On that date, the Panhandles were defeated by the Dayton Triangles, 14-0, at Triangle Park, and the Rock Island Independents beat the Muncie Flyers, 45-0, in Rock Island.

Frank Bacon of the Panhandles is credited with the first punt return for a touchdown.