Charlotte Hornets (WFL)
Charlotte Hornets (WFL) The Charlotte Hornets were a football team ... Philbin, as well as John Elliott. The WFL needed New York in order to have ... After leading at halftime, 29-3, the WFL Gotham team lost in the dark by ... Bell performed in front of the largest WFL attended game, with 64,179 on hand ... Sharks, Southern California Sun, Portland Storm, and Houston Texans. Coincidentally, the team's winning ...
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Former professional sports teams in Houston, Texas
Former professional sports teams in Houston, Texas Former teams American Football Oilers (now ... Tennessee Thunderbears - AFL Terror - AFL Gamblers - USFL Texans - WFL - The team relocated to Shreveport, Louisiana Soccer ...
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Shreveport Steamer
... surprise September 18 1974 by inheriting the Houston Texans of the World Football League. Rumours had ... 188,000 inherited the equally debt-ridden Texans. In the mid-1970s, the WFL attempted to establish a second major professional ... with the National Football League. The 1974 Houston Texans have no connection whatsoever with ...
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World Football League
World Football League WFL logo The World Football League was an ... onto a worldwide stage, the farthest the WFL reached was placing a team - the Hawaiians ... Davidson was the driving force behind the WFL. He had helped start the marginally successful ... surviving teams into it. What the fledgling WFL did succeed in was raising the bar ... contract, which meant that even if the WFL didn't survive its first season, ...
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Pro Football Hall of Fame
... Baltimore Colts [1955-1967] Elvin Bethea 2003 Houston Oilers [1968-1983] Charles Bidwill 1967 Chicago ... 1981 Chicago Bears [1949–1958]; Baltimore Colts [1950]; Houston Oilers [1960-1966]; Oakland Raiders [1967-1975 ... 1979 Chicago Bears [1965–1973] Earl Campbell 1991 Houston Oilers [1978-1984] Tony Canadeo 1974 Green ... Dave Casper 2002 Oakland Raiders [1974-1980]; Houston Oilers [1980-1983]; Minnesota Vikings [1983]; Los ... Miami Dolphins [1968-1974, 1979]; Memphis Southmen (WFL) [1975]; New York Giants [1976-1978] ...
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Professional American football championship games
... AFL, 1960-1969); the World Football League (WFL, 1974); and the United States Football League ... 31, New York Giants 16 1960 (AFL) - Houston Oilers 24, Los Angeles Chargers 16 1960 ... 17, Green Bay Packers 13 1961 (AFL) - Houston Oilers 10, San Diego Chargers 3 1961 ... New York Giants 0 1962 (AFL) - Dallas Texans 20, Houston Oilers 17 (double OT) 1962 (NFL) - ...
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John Matuszak
... the 1974 season.) Matuszak, drafted by the Houston Oilers of the NFL, was the first ... contract with the Oilers, John joined the Houston Texans of the World Football League, but never ... Oilers, displeased that he tried joining the WFL, traded him to the Kansas City Chiefs ...
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Category:Defunct American football teams
... AAFC) Buffalo Bills (AAFC) C Charlotte Hornets (WFL) Charlotte Rage Chicago Blitz Chicago Bruisers Chicago ... Rockers Cleveland Thunderbolts Connecticut Coyotes D Dallas Texans (Arena) Denver Dynamite Denver Gold Detroit Fury ... Fort Worth Cavalry G Glasgow Lions H Houston Gamblers Houston Thunderbears I Indiana Firebirds J Jacksonville Bulls ...
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San Francisco 49ers
... would join the Oakland Raiders upon the WFL's dissolution.) The 49ers dropped back down ... 1979 Cotton Bowl. Playing the University of Houston in an ice storm, and with a ... North South West Buffalo Bills Baltimore Ravens Houston Texans Denver Broncos Miami Dolphins Cincinnati Bengals Indianapolis ...
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Birmingham Barracudas
... the college level with the University of Houston and at the professional level with the WFL, the USFL and the NFL. The Barracudas ... the Barracudas lost to the San Antonio Texans, 52-9, in the Southern Divisional Semi ...
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