World Football League

The World Football League ( WFL ) was an American football professional league to compete with the National Football League ( NFL) in 1974 and 1975. Despite the name, the teams were located only in the United States, one in Hawaii. Most cities were selected in which the NFL was not present. To direct competition of NFL and college football, which fought out their games at the time almost exclusively on weekends to dodge, was played on weekdays.

The NFL, which has since the 1920s survived several competing leagues and partly accepted their teams had a turn Intercontinental Football League planned in Europe, which never took up the game mode. The idea was implemented, but as the World League of American Football / NFL Europe from 1991.

The WFL was able to undertake several well-known NFL players. So moved from the Oakland Raiders both quarterbacks in the WFL, Ken Stabler to the Birmingham Americans and Daryle Lamonica for the Southern California Sun. Since the WFL but except with TVS Television Network had no lucrative television contract ( the number of stations only began with collection of cable television in the early 1980 to ), there was next to the stadium revenue little television revenue, and also the level of awareness was limited due to lack of TV presence. Soon, the team neither player could still pay travel expenses. The first World Bowl was played out against the odds in 1974 - the name was taken from the 1991 WLAF again. During the season 1975, the game has ceased operations. Some of the players and coaches who had made ​​a name in the WFL, alternated in the NFL, such as the head coaches Lindy Infante, Marty Schottenheimer and Jim Fassel, and Danny White as a quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys.

1974 season

Quarterfinals

  • Hawaiians - Southern California Sun 32:14 ( in Anaheim on Wed November 20, 1974 )
  • Florida Blazers - Philadelphia Bell 18:3 in Orlando on Thu 21 November 1974

Semifinal

  • Birmingham Americans - The Hawaiians 22:19 in Birmingham on Wed November 27, 1974
  • Florida Blazers - Memphis in Memphis Southmen 18:15 on Fri November 29, 1974

World Bowl

Birmingham Americans 22 - Florida Blazers 21 ( in Birmingham on Thu 5th December 1974)

1975 season

  • Birmingham was declared champion in 1975, when the league play activities set

Team

  • Birmingham Americans 1974/Birmingham Vulcan 1975
  • Chicago Fire 1974/Chicago Winds 1975
  • Detroit Wheels 1974
  • Washington -Baltimore Ambassadors / Virginia Ambassadors / Florida Blazers 1974/San Antonio Wings 1975
  • ( Honolulu) The Hawaiians 1974-75
  • Houston Texans 1974/Shreveport Steamer 1974-75
  • Jacksonville Sharks 1974/Jacksonville Express 1975
  • Memphis Southmen Tried ( started as Toronto Northmen, consummated before the start of the season 1974-1975 in order to Memphis, Tennessee) 1974-1975 / Memphis Grizzlies 1975 ( Official name change to " Grizzlies " after the league stopped the Spielbestrieb. Thus in the NFL to change ).
  • Boston Bulls / New York Stars 1974/Charlotte Stars 1974/Charlotte Hornets 1974-75
  • Philadelphia Bell 1974-75
  • Portland Storm 1974/Portland Thunder 1975
  • Southern California Sun 1974-75

Stadiums

  • Legion Field, Birmingham ( 1974-75 )
  • Soldier Field, Chicago ( 1974-75 )
  • Rynearson Stadium, Detroit (1974 )
  • Florida Citrus Bowl, Orlando ( 1974)
  • Alamo Stadium, San Antonio ( 1975)
  • Honolulu Stadium ( 1974)
  • Aloha Stadium, Honolulu (1975 )
  • Astrodome, Houston (1974 )
  • State Fair Stadium, Shreveport ( 1974-75 )
  • Gator Bowl Stadium, Jacksonville ( 1974-75 )
  • Liberty Bowl Stadium, Memphis ( 1974-75 )
  • Downing Stadium, New York ( 1974)
  • American Legion Memorial Stadium, Charlotte ( 1974-75 )
  • JFK Stadium, Philadelphia ( 1974-75 )
  • Franklin Field, Philadelphia (1975 )
  • Civic Stadium, Portland ( 1974-75 )
  • Anaheim Stadium ( 1974-75 )
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