Other football leagues in 1919:    
OL
When the Ohio League owners moved to make a national league in 1920, Buffalo and Rochester from the NYPFL, and independent clubs from other states also joined. The new league was known as the American Professional Football Association (APFA), which later became the National Football League (NFL).
Division
Regionals
NY Pro Champ.
SYR 1
WAT 0
BUF 12
TON 7
BUF 23
SYR 0
ROC Bye
BUF 20
ROC 0
Champ
BUF
1919 NYPFL Champion Buffalo Prospects
z: best record, c: conference winner, y: division winner, w: wildcard, x: clinched playoff spot
The 1919 NYPFL playoffs are believed to have been the first professional football league to use a playoff format (as opposed to a single-game championship)

Division Championships

DateAwayScoreHome
???All-Tonawanda 7-12 Buffalo
???Watertown 0-1 All-Syracuse

Regional Finals

DateAwayScoreHome
???Buffalo 23-0 All-Syracuse

New York Pro Championship

DateAwayScoreHome
11/27Buffalo 0-0 Rochester
11/30Buffalo 20-0 Rochester

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