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*Indicates overtime victory.
King Kong Bowl
(September 30 at State Fair Stadium)
San Jose Tigers32 vs. Shreveport Steamer 6
The league grow to nine teams and had plans to divide to Eastern and Western divisions, but after Tulsa Mustangs folded the remaining teams has gone from two divisions format to one, with the top four teams making the playoffs. [12] [16]
Team | W | L | T | Pct. | PF | PA |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alabama Vulcans | 13 | 5 | 0 | .722 | 406 | 220 |
San Antonio Charros | 10 | 4 | 0 | .714 | 405 | 301 |
Carolina Chargers | 12 | 5 | 0 | .705 | 457 | 277 |
Jacksonville Firebirds | 11 | 5 | 0 | .687 | 497 | 277 |
Shreveport Steamer | 9 | 7 | 0 | .562 | 387 | 279 |
Mississippi Stars | 5 | 11 | 0 | .312 | 220 | 386 |
Kentucky Trackers | 4 | 12 | 0 | .250 | 342 | 544 |
Tulsa Mustangs | 1 | 4 | 0 | .250 | 39 | 120 |
Arkansas Champs | 2 | 14 | 0 | .125 | 138 | 503 |
Semi-finals September 15 | American Bowl II September 29 | ||||||||
1 | Alabama | 21 | |||||||
4 | Jacksonville | 28 | |||||||
4 | Jacksonville | 27 | |||||||
3 | Carolina | 7 | |||||||
2 | San Antonio | 21 | |||||||
3 | Carolina | 28 |
The AFA started the season with eight teams and split up to Eastern and Western divisions. The league revoked Kentucky Trackers license after several cases of misconduct with four remaining weeks in the regular season. The Trackers' remaining games was filled with semi-pro teams from the Atlantic Coast League and the Dixie League, but those games did not count in AFA standings. [12] [17]
Eastern Division | ||||||
Team | W | L | T | Pct. | PF | PA |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Carolina Chargers | 10 | 3 | 0 | .769 | 315 | 231 |
West Virginia Rockets | 9 | 4 | 0 | .692 | 294 | 183 |
Jacksonville Firebirds | 8 | 5 | 0 | .615 | 306 | 225 |
Kentucky Trackers | 0 | 13 | 0 | .000 | 135 | 248 |
Western Division | ||||||
Team | W | L | T | Pct. | PF | PA |
Shreveport Steamer | 9 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 265 | 122 |
San Antonio Charros | 6 | 4 | 0 | .600 | 227 | 179 |
Austin Texans | 4 | 6 | 0 | .400 | 189 | 245 |
Fort Worth Wranglers | 0 | 10 | 0 | .000 | 85 | 307 |
Semi-finals August 30 | American Bowl III September 7 | ||||||||
1 | Carolina | 36 | |||||||
4 | San Antonio | 20 | |||||||
1 | Carolina | 18 | |||||||
3 | West Virginia | 42 | |||||||
2 | Shreveport | 17 | |||||||
3 | West Virginia | 21 |
Billy Kilmer was introduced as the first full-time commissioner of the American Football Association. Also, for the first time, the league expended behind southern United States, when they add the Chicago Fire.The Chargers players voted to walk out on the team four games into the season, while both Shreveport Steamer and Austin Texans folded before season end, resulting in Kilmer resignation before the American Bowl. He was replaced by AFA president Roger Gill. [12]
During the season a member of the Orlando Americans admits he impersonated former NFL guard Randy Johnson to make the team. He was discovered when he couldn't crack the starting lineup. [18]
Eastern Division | ||||||
Team | W | L | T | Pct. | PF | PA |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
West Virginia Rockets | 11 | 1 | 0 | .916 | 307 | 144 |
Jacksonville Firebirds | 8 | 4 | 0 | .666 | 228 | 206 |
Virginia Hunters | 7 | 5 | 0 | .583 | 187 | 210 |
Orlando Americans | 5 | 7 | 0 | .416 | 229 | 202 |
Carolina Chargers | 2 | 10 | 0 | .166 | 102 | 117 |
Western Division | ||||||
Team | W | L | T | Pct. | PF | PA |
Chicago Fire | 8 | 4 | 0 | .666 | 311 | 223 |
San Antonio Charros | 6 | 6 | 0 | .500 | 276 | 297 |
Shreveport Steamer | 6 | 6 | 0 | .500 | 169 | 182 |
Texas Wranglers | 5 | 7 | 0 | .416 | 149 | 237 |
Austin Texans | 2 | 10 | 0 | .166 | 184 | 324 |
*Includes forfeit games.
Semi-finals August 23 | American Bowl IV August 30 | ||||||||
1 | West Virginia | 42 | |||||||
4 | San Antonio | 12 | |||||||
1 | West Virginia | 29 | |||||||
2 | Chicago | 21 | |||||||
2 | Chicago | 24 | |||||||
3 | Jacksonville | 17 |
The AFA expanded to 18 teams, and split up to three divisions, while two teams (Florida Sun and Roanoke Valley Express) folded mid-season. [12] [19]
Southeastern Division | ||||||
Team | W | L | T | Pct. | PF | PA |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Carolina Storm | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 339 | 89 |
Georgia Pride | 6 | 4 | 0 | .600 | 178 | 179 |
Alabama Magic | 6 | 4 | 0 | .600 | 209 | 138 |
Tallahassee Statesmen | 5 | 5 | 0 | .500 | 120 | 178 |
Jacksonville Sunbirds | 3 | 7 | 0 | .300 | 136 | 225 |
Florida Sun* | 0 | 10 | 0 | .000 | 7 | 141 |
Southwestern Division | ||||||
Team | W | L | T | Pct. | PF | PA |
Shreveport Americans | 8 | 2 | 0 | .800 | 291 | 124 |
Oklahoma Thunder | 8 | 2 | 0 | .800 | 308 | 125 |
Texas Wranglers | 8 | 2 | 0 | .800 | 291 | 124 |
San Antonio Bulls | 4 | 6 | 0 | .400 | 203 | 195 |
Houston Armadillos | 2 | 8 | 0 | .200 | 54 | 308 |
Austin Texans | 0 | 10 | 0 | .000 | 113 | 345 |
Northern Division | ||||||
Team | W | L | T | Pct. | PF | PA |
Racine Gladiators | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 309 | 88 |
West Virginia Rockets | 7 | 3 | 0 | .700 | 363 | 121 |
Akron Bulldogs | 6 | 4 | 0 | .600 | 229 | 98 |
Roanoke Valley Express* | 3 | 7 | 0 | .300 | 63 | 106 |
Buffalo Geminis | 3 | 7 | 0 | .300 | 93 | 294 |
Virginia Chargers | 1 | 9 | 0 | .100 | 27 | 410 |
*Includes forfeit games.
First Round (August 7):
Racine 44 vs. Akron 6
Carolina 61 vs. West Virginia 18
Texas 17 vs. Oklahoma 14
Shreveport 42 vs. Georgia 35
Semi-finals August 15 | American Bowl V August 21 | ||||||||
Carolina | 35 | ||||||||
Racine | 8 | ||||||||
Carolina | 46 | ||||||||
Shreveport | 22 | ||||||||
Shreveport | 30 | ||||||||
Texas | 27 |
It was the seventh and final year of the AFA. The United Football Teams of America league champion – Oklahoma City Drillers – joined the league but later announced that they would play the season as a travelling team before folding altogether after two weeks. The majority of the teams followed, and the league decided that division champions Carolina and San Antonio would meet in the final American Bowl. [12]
The Bulls knew before season's end that they would join the United States Football League as an expansion team for the 1984 season, where they played as the San Antonio Gunslingers (as the Jacksonville Bulls had already claimed rights to the "Bulls" name). [20]
Eastern Division | ||||||
Team | W | L | T | Pct. | PF | PA |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Carolina Storm | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 289 | 44 |
Canton Bulldogs | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 87 | 77 |
Charleston Rockets | 1 | 3 | 0 | .250 | 108 | 81 |
Pittsburgh Colts | 1 | 5 | 0 | .166 | 80 | 236 |
Western Division | ||||||
Team | W | L | T | Pct. | PF | PA |
San Antonio Bulls | 6 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 276 | 58 |
Shreveport Americans | 5 | 2 | 0 | .714 | 237 | 113 |
Baton Rouge Red Wings | 2 | 3 | 0 | .400 | 43 | 224 |
Dallas Wranglers | 2 | 4 | 0 | .333 | 115 | 137 |
Houston Mustangs | 0 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 45 | 159 |
Oklahoma City Drillers | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 7 | 96 |
Semi-finals | American Bowl VI July 23 | ||||||||
Carolina | |||||||||
Canceled | |||||||||
Carolina | 39 | ||||||||
San Antonio | 0 | ||||||||
San Antonio | |||||||||
Canceled |
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