Football

The??Toronto Rifles??were a minor-league professional??American football??team that played in the Continental Football League between 1964 and 1967. The team's home fields were??Maple Leaf Stadium??(1965)??and??Varsity Stadium??from 1966 to 1967. The team was owned by Montreal businessman Johnny Newman.

The??Jersey Giants??were a minor league??American football??team based in??Jersey City, New Jersey. They played in the Atlantic Coast Football League in 1962 and 1963. Their home field was Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City, New Jersey.??

The Jersey Jays were a minor league American football team based in Jersey City, New Jersey. They began play in 1969 as a member of the Continental Football League, and were a farm team of Cleveland's pro team. The Jays played their home games in Newark Schools Stadium. In 1970, they joined the...

The Ohio Cannon played in the 1999 season of the short-lived Regional Football League. The team played it's home games at the Glass Bowl. Former college football star Major Harris was the team's quarterback. They finished with three wins and four losses but still...

The California Redwoods were established in 2009 as charter members of the United Football League. They split home games between San Francisco and San Jose, before relocating to California's capital and becoming the Sacramento Mountain Lions. The team and league folded in 2012.

The Detroit Fury was the city's second foray into the Arena Football League. They played from 2001 to 2004. Their home field was the Palace of Auburn Hills. The city's first Arena Football League Team was the Detroit??Drive.

The Mustangs was the nickname of two different teams based in Milwaukee to have played in??the Arena Football league. The first Mustangs played from 1994 to 2001. They folded after losing their lease at the Bradley Center, their home arena. The second Mustangs played...

The Buffalo Destroyers played in the Arena Football League beginning in 1999. In 2004, the team relocated to Columbus and played four seasons there before folding.

Austin's first professional sports team, the Wranglers played in the Arena Football League from 2004 to 2007. The spent 2008 in af2 before folding.

The??Toledo Spitfire was women???s professional football team that played in the National Women???s Football Association (NWFA). The league's first season was 2001. The Spitfire joined the NWFA for the 2003 season as an expansion team. The team later moved to Ann Arbor and became...

The London Monarchs were charter members of the World League of American Football in 1991. They captured the World Bowl title in their first season and played until 1998.

The Cologne Centurions played in the World League of American Football (WLAF), from 2003 until the league folded in 2007. OS10162

The Brooklyn Dodgers football team was a charter member of the??All-America Football Conference (AAFC) starting in 1946. Following the 1948, season, the Dodgers were merged with the crosstown football Yankees to become the Brooklyn-New York Yankees, leaving the league with seven teams. At the...

The Corpus Christi Sharks joined af2, a minor league run by the Arena Football League (AFL), in 2007. Their homefield was the American Bank Center. Their head coach was San Antonio native, and AFL veteran Michael Trigg. The team folded in 2009.

The Las Vegas Locomotives, or Locos for short, were charter members of the United Football League (UFL) and began play in 2009. They won the 2009 and 2010 championship games and also appeared in the 2011 contest. The team folded, along with the rest...

North Coast football fans are celebrating the team's first playoff appearance since 2002, first playoff win since 1994, and first road playoff win since 1968. The only thing that makes it better is that it was all accomplished by beating their arch rivals from...

The Marshals first took the (indoor) field in Waco, Texas in 2004 as members of the National Indoor Football League (NIFL). Financial issues with team's owners caused the league to take over the Marshals, selling them at the end of their first season to...

The Xtreme??were members of the original XFL in 2001 season, that league's only season. The team finished?? with 7 wins and 3 losses while averaging 22,000 fans at the cavernous Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. They won the league's championship called the Million Dollar Game....

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In 1920, the Dayton Triangles were founding members of the American Professional Football Association (APFA). The team played in the very first game between two league teams when they met the Columbus Panhandles on October 3, 1920 in Dayton's Triangle Park. They played their...

In 1920, the Dayton Triangles were founding members of the American Professional Football Association (APFA). The team played in the very first game between two league teams when they met the Columbus Panhandles on October 3, 1920 in Dayton's Triangle Park. They played their...

The Dallas Texans played in the Arena Football League from 1990 to 1993. After failing to meet league financial obligations, they folded. Indoor football returned to the area in 2002 in the form of the Desperados, who played until 2008. The Dallas Texans was also...

The Hamburg Sea Devils played in the World League of American Football from 2005 to 2007 at Hamburg's Volksparkstadion.  OS16257

The Montreal Machine played in the World League of American Football (WLAF) in 1991 and 1992. When the league decided to focus on Europe, all of the North American teams, including the Machine were folded. OS16256

The Amsterdam Admirals were a professional football team based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, playing in the World League of American Football from 1995 to 2007. OS16182

The Cologne Centurions played in the league formerly known as World League of American Football (WLAF), from 2003 until the league folded in 2007. OS16117

The Garden State Bowl was an annual post-season college football bowl game played in East Rutherford, New Jersey, from 1978 until 1981. Freezing temperatures each year at the game, together with a lack of successful local college teams, contributed to the bowl game's demise.  OS15945

The Portsmouth Spartans were established in 1928 and played in Southern Ohio for six seasons. IN 1934 they were purchased for $8,000 by a Detroit radio executive who moved the team to Michigan. They were renamed the Lions and became one of the most successful...

The Charleston Rockets?? played their first season in the original United Football League in 1964, In 1965, they became charter members of the????Continental Football League (CFL). The team played a total of five seasons and ceased operations in January 1969.

When the Portland Storm folded at the conclusion of the 1974 World Football League (WFL) season, the prospects for pro football in Bridgetown looked bleak. However, Portland returned to the league the following season with a new team, the Thunder, and a new owner....