Football

Not to be confused with the city's current NFL team, these Houston Texans were charter members of the World Football League in 1974. Playing their home games in the Astrodome, they spent only half a season in Houston before moving to Shreveport, Louisiana where...

The Florida Tuskers were charter members of the United Football League and played in Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg as well as the Florida Citrus Bowl in Orlando in 2009, settling on the latter for 2010. In 2011, they moved to the Tidewater area...

More commonly known as the Playoff Bowl, this post season game determined the third place winner in the NFL. It was played between 1960 and 1969 in Miami's Orange Bowl and was named after NFL commissioner Bert Bell who passed away in 1959. The...

You wanna get this New England football tee? AWW YEAH!

The Fort Wayne Flash played in the National Women's Football Association in 2007 and 2008 before moving to the Women's Football Alliance in 2009. They folded before the 2010 season.

Cincinnati has notched its first playoff victory since the (first) Bush (like, Bush Senior) Administration! Time to party!

The Berlin Thunder played in the??World League of American Football (WLAF)??in 1999, right after the league changed its name to NFL Europe. They played until the league folded in 2007. They captured the World Bowl title in 2001, 2002, and 2004.

The first three pro football teams to call Dallas home played in the Cotton Bowl, starting with the 1952 Dallas Texans. The city's surviving gridiron squad, the Cowboys, moved into Texas Stadium in 1971 as they were becoming one of the most storied franchises...

He's not vintage Jacksonville yet, but he may be soon!??Being a head coach can be a grind--- figuratively and literally. Just ask Jacksonville's head man. Hey, Coach, that's not what we meant when we said, "the team needs to grind out some more yards."

The Cincinnati Commandos were an indoor football team that played in the Continental Indoor Football League (CIFL) in 2010 and 2011. Their home field was the??Cincinnati Gardens. In 2012 they moved to the United Indoor Football League (UIFL). They suspended operations in 2013.

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 sounds of cicadas will be buzzin' around Alabama's football team. ITC16381

The Scottish Claymores played in the World League of American Football (WLAF) from 1995 until 2004. Based in Edinburgh, they won a World Bowl title in 1996. OS16259

The Newark Bears were members of the Atlantic Coast Football League in 1963 and 1964. In 1965, they joined the Continental Football League. The following year, they moved to Central Florida to become the Orlando Panthers.  OS14904

The Palace of the Fans was the Reds home from 1902 until 1911. In 1912, the club moved into Redland Field (on the same site). That ballpark was renamed Crosley Field, in honor of the team's new owner, in 1934. It was the home...

The Las Vegas Sting played in the Arena Football league in 1994 and 1995. At first, their home field was the MGM Grand Arena. In 1995, they moved to UNLV's Thomas & Mack Center. In 1996, they packed their bags and headed to Orange...

The Las Vegas Sting played in the Arena Football league in 1994 and 1995. At first, their home field was the MGM Grand Arena. In 1995, they moved to UNLV's Thomas & Mack Center. In 1996, they packed their bags and headed to Orange...

The Utah Blaze played in the Arena Football League from 2006 to 2013. They played their home games in EnergySolutions Arena for their first two seasons, moved to the McKay Events Center on the campus of Utah Valley University in 2009 and then the...

The??Anaheim Piranhas were an Arena Football League team that played from 1996 to 1997. They were originally the Las Vegas Sting. They played their home games in what was then called Arrowhead Pond in Anaheim.

The Columbus Thunderbolts of the Arena Football League (AFL) were established in 1991 and played their home games in the Expo Center. Their coach was Earl Bruce. In 1992, they moved to Cleveland, folding after the 1994 season. Arena football returned to Northeast Ohio...

The Shreveport-Bossier Knights were members of the Regional Football League for that circuit's only season, 1999. Like their gridiron predecessors the Shreveport Steamer of the World Football League and the Shreveport Pirates of the Canadian Football League, the Knights played their home games at??Independence...

The Chicago Bruisers were one of four teams established for the inaugural season of the Arena Football League in 1987. Their homefield was the Rosemont Horizon. After three seasons the team folded.

The Brooklyn Dodgers were members of the NFL from 1930 to 1943, playing their home games at Ebbets Field. In 1944, they were renamed the Tigers, a name used by a team in the second American Football League in 1936. In 1945, they merged...

They were named for Fordham's football team, but who's to say that they couldn't be named for a microchip?

The Amsterdam Admirals played in the World League of American Football (WLAF) from 1995 until 2007. They won the World Bowl title in 2005, and were runners-up in 1995 and 2006, losing to Frankfort both times.  OS10160

The??Cincinnati Swarm??were a professional??arena football??franchise in??the Midwest Division of the National Conference of the second tier??af2.??In 2003, the Swarm went 7 and 9, good for second in the Midwest Division but failed to make the playoffs. Attendance lacked at??the Swarm's games and the team...