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In 1993, Young left the Texans to take a job as the linebackers coach with the Denver Broncos. [11] Kramer hired former Drive and Firebirds assistant, Jerry Trice to be the team's new head coach. [12] The Texans finished the season a disappointing 3–9, but still qualified for the playoffs, losing in the first round.
The Arena Football League (AFL) was a professional arena football league in the United States. It was founded in 1986, but played its first official games in the 1987 season, making it the third longest-running professional football league in North America after the Canadian Football League (CFL) and the National Football League (NFL) until the AFL closed in 2019.
The last game in AFL history was the AFL All-Star Game, held in Houston's Astrodome on January 17, 1970. The Western All-Stars, led by Chargers quarterback John Hadl, defeated the Eastern All-Stars, 26–3. Buffalo rookie running back O. J. Simpson carried the ball for the last play in AFL history.
A new era of Wrangler's football began on October 22, 2007 with the signing of AFL Hall of Famer Ben Bennett as head coach of the Wranglers. In addition to an impressive resume as quarterback in college and the arena league, Bennett had coached the Florida Firecats to an ArenaCup title in 2004, and had accumulated a 56-33 record with the ...
Fans hope Elko — a former Texas A&M defensive coordinator who went 16-9 in his two seasons as a head coach at Duke — can boost the program into CFP contention. Or at least beat Texas. 11.
The 1962 Dallas Texans season was the third and final season of Lamar Hunt's American Football League (AFL) franchise before its relocation to Kansas City from Dallas.. The Texans won their first AFL championship (and only title in Dallas) when they defeated their intrastate rivals, the two-time defending champion Houston Oilers, 20–17 in double overtime—a game which now stands as the ...
After one season in the NAL, the team announced on July 18, 2023, via their Facebook page, that they will join the relaunched Arena Football League (AFL) in 2024. [6] On August 22, 2023, the team changed their name to the West Texas Desert Hawks. [7] [8] They were officially announced as the second team to join the AFL on August 31. [9]
Brown, who won a national championship at Texas in 2005, returned to North Carolina in November 2018 for a second stint as the Tar Heels football coach. Mack Brown’s Hall of Fame coaching career ...