1994 Fort Worth Cavalry season

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1994 Fort Worth Cavalry season
OwnerWoody Kern
General manager Michael Trigg
Head coach Michael Trigg
Home field Tarrant County Convention Center
Results
Record5-7
Conference place4th
Playoff finishLost Quarterfinals 14-34 vs. Orlando Predators

The 1994 Fort Worth Cavalry season was the first and only season for the Arena Football League franchise.

Contents

Pre-season

WeekDayDateOpponentResultsLocationAttendance
Final ScoreRecord
1FridayMay 6 Tampa Bay Storm L 30-50 [1] --- Myriad Convention Center
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma [2] 		8,816 [3]
2FridayMay 13 Arizona Rattlers [4] L – [5] --- Tarrant County Convention Center

Regular season

WeekDayDateOpponentResultsLocationAttendance
Final ScoreRecord
1Bye
2MondayMay 23 Milwaukee Mustangs W 65-28 [6] 1-0 Tarrant County Convention Center 2,852 [7]
3MondayMay 30 Massachusetts Marauders L 28-38 [8] 1-1Tarrant County Convention Center3,360 [9]
4SaturdayJune 4at Tampa Bay Storm L 45-58 [3]

[10]

1-2 Thunderdome 14,995 [3]

[10]

5FridayJune 10at Charlotte Rage W 54-30 [11] 2-2 Charlotte Coliseum 9,631
6MondayJune 20 Albany Firebirds L 41-45 [12] 2-3Tarrant County Convention Center3,465 [12]
7FridayJune 24at Milwaukee Mustangs W 50-44 [13]

[14]

3-3 Bradley Center 13,703 [13]

[14]

8MondayJuly 4 Charlotte Rage W 42-20 [15]

[16]

4-3Tarrant County Convention Center3,126 [15]

[16]

9SaturdayJuly 9at Albany Firebirds L 64-65 (OT) [16] 4-4 Knickerbocker Arena 11,201 [16]
10MondayJuly 18 Tampa Bay Storm L 43-53 [17] 4-5Tarrant County Convention Center3,107 [17]
11SaturdayJuly 23at Las Vegas Sting L 34-47 [18] 4-6 MGM Grand Garden Arena 5,414
12FridayJuly 29 Las Vegas Sting L 32-35 [19] 4-7Tarrant County Convention Center5,647 [19]
13FridayAugust 5at Miami Hooters W 58-27 [20] 5-7 Miami Arena 8,872 [21]

Standings

1994 Arena Football League standings
TeamOverallConferenceScoring
WLPCTWLPCTPFPAPF (Avg.)PA (Avg.)STK
American Conference
xy-Albany Firebirds 102.83351.83364250753.542.25W 2
x-Arizona Rattlers 84.66751.83352544143.7536.75W 1
x-Massachusetts Marauders 84.66761.85758650448.8342W 1
x-Las Vegas Sting 57.41725.2863724843140.3L 1
Cleveland Thunderbolts 210.16715.16744554837.0845.67L 2
Milwaukee Mustangs 012.00006.00038660932.1650.75L 12
National Conference
xyz-Orlando Predators 111.91741.80057934148.2528.42L 1
x-Tampa Bay Storm 75.58342.66756156446.7547W 1
x-Charlotte Rage 57.41724.33344250336.8342.42L 1
x-Fort Worth Cavalry 57.41732.60055649036.6641.92W 1
Miami Hooters 57.41715.16738849132.340.92W 1

z – clinched homefield advantage

y – clinched division title

x – clinched playoff spot

Playoffs

Playoffs

RoundDayDateOpponentResultsLocationAttendance
Final ScoreRecord
1FridayAugust 19at Orlando Predators L 14-34 [22] --- Orlando Arena 14,047
1994 Fort Worth Cavalry roster
Quarterbacks

Wide Receivers/Defensive Backs

Fullbacks/Linebackers

Offensive/Defensive linemen

55 Anthony Bifano

Wide Receivers/Linebackers

Kickers

Injury Reserve

Exempt List

  • Currently vacant

Rookies in italics
Roster updated May 23, 1994
16 Active, 0 Inactive

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References

  1. ↑ Strait, Dustin (May 7, 1994). "Storm bursts on Cavalry, 50-30". St. Petersburg Times . p. 3C. Retrieved October 15, 2012. The Tampa Bay Storm rolled to a 50-30 victory over the Fort Worth Cavalry Friday night in its first Arena League preseason game.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. ↑ Mills, Roger (May 6, 1994). "Storm looking to dish out more defense in '94 season". St. Petersburg Times . p. 5C. Retrieved October 16, 2012.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. 1 2 3 Munn, Scott (May 7, 1994). "Tampa Bay Storms Past Fort Worth in Great Indoors". NewsOK.com . Retrieved October 16, 2012.
  4. ↑ Munn, Scott (May 1, 1994). "Arena Ball Promoters Optimistic". NewsOK.com . Retrieved October 16, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Cavalry gets rattled in Arena home debut". Fort Worth Star-Telegram . May 14, 1994. p. 7. Retrieved October 16, 2012.
  6. ↑ Higgins, Brian (May 24, 1994). "Cavalry Crushes Mustangs; Milwaukee loses regular-season opener, 65-28". Milwaukee Sentinel . p. 1B. Retrieved October 17, 2012.[ permanent dead link ]
  7. ↑ "Cavalry searching for ways to fill empty seats with football fans". Fort Worth Star-Telegram . May 30, 1994. p. 11. Retrieved October 15, 2012. A mere 2,852 fans showed up at the Fort Worth-Tarrant County Convention Center last Monday when the Cavalry made its Arena Football League debut with a convincing 65-28 triumph against the Milwaukee Mustangs.
  8. ↑ "Another Mass. Victory; Marauders 2-0 in Arena League". Worcester Telegram & Gazette . May 31, 1994. Retrieved October 16, 2012.
  9. ↑ McAllister, Mike (May 31, 1994). "Cavalry's charge falls short, 38-28". The Dallas Morning News . Retrieved October 17, 2012. The Cavalry fell behind and saw their late comeback fall short in a 38-28 loss before 3,360 at Tarrant County Convention Center.
  10. 1 2 Mills, Roger (June 5, 1994). "Storm gets its first win". St. Petersburg Times . p. 1C. Retrieved October 17, 2012.[ permanent dead link ]
  11. ↑ "Cavalry wins at Charlotte, 54-30". The Dallas Morning News . June 11, 1994. Retrieved October 17, 2012.
  12. 1 2 "Firebirds receiver scorches Cavalry". Fort Worth Star-Telegram . June 21, 1994. p. 7. Retrieved October 16, 2012. Brown caught five touchdown passes, including the game-winner with seven seconds remaining, to stun a crowd of 3,465 fans at the Fort Worth-Tarrant County Convention Center.
  13. 1 2 Smith, Jerry C. (June 25, 1994). "Cavalry Charges Past Mustangs". Milwaukee Sentinel . p. B1. Retrieved October 17, 2012. The Milwaukee Mustangs showed their inexperience Friday night, squandering a 14-point lead to fall to the Fort Worth Cavalry, 50-44 before a crowd of 13,703 at the Bradley Center.[ permanent dead link ]
  14. 1 2 Murray, Ken (June 27, 1994). "Colts Camp Update". The Baltimore Sun . p. 9C. Retrieved October 17, 2012.[ permanent dead link ]
  15. 1 2 McAllister, Mike (July 5, 1994). "Cavalry defense stifles Charlotte in 42-20 win". The Dallas Morning News . Retrieved October 15, 2012. The Cavalry shut out Charlotte for most of the first half before pulling away for a 42-20 win in front of 3,126 at the Tarrant County Convention Center.
  16. 1 2 3 4 Boggie, Tom (July 10, 1994). "Wild finish as 'Birds win". The Daily Gazette . p. F1. Retrieved October 17, 2012.
  17. 1 2 McAllister, Mike (July 19, 1994). "Cavalry stopped by returns". The Dallas Morning News . Retrieved October 17, 2012. LaFrance's two 50-yard returns broke the back of Trigg's team before 3,107 fans at Tarrant County Convention Center.
  18. ↑ "Sports Briefly". Fort Worth Star-Telegram . July 24, 1994. p. 2. Retrieved October 16, 2012. Former Texas Tech and Dallas Texans standout Tyrone Thurman scored twice to help the Las Vegas Sting defeat the Fort Worth Cavalry, 47-37.
  19. 1 2 McAllister, Mike (July 30, 1994). "Cavalry playoff plans dim with 35-32 loss". The Dallas Morning News . Retrieved October 17, 2012. Instead, the Sting might have delivered the knockout punch to the Cavalry's Arena Football League playoff hopes with a 35-32 win before 5,647 at Tarrant County Convention Center.
  20. ↑ "Cavalry ends skid to earn playoff bid". Fort Worth Star-Telegram . August 6, 1994. p. 7. Retrieved October 15, 2012. From a four-game losing streak to an ArenaBowl title? That's what Fort Worth Cavalry coach Michael Trigg suggested might happen after his team's 58-27 victory last night against the Miami Hooters. The Cavalry clinched an Arena Football League playoff berth with the victory.
  21. ↑ "Miami Falls, 58-27, Sees Playoffs Bid Dim". The Miami Herald . August 6, 1994. p. 7D. Retrieved October 17, 2012.
  22. ↑ Boggie, Tom. "Firebirds realize better play needed to advance". The Daily Gazette . Schenectady, New York. p. E1. Retrieved October 16, 2012.
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