The Moline Universal Tractors, also known as the Moline Athletics, were an independent

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team that played in 1920. Although an independent, they played in two games that were recorded in the

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(NFL), against the

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Overall, the Universal Tractors played seven games during their only season of existence, and compiled a record of 2–5. In 2017, there was a throwback game to celebrate football history that had the Universal Tractors play the Rock Island Independents.

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