Dallas Marshals

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Dallas Marshals
AmericanFootball current event.svg Current season
Established 2015
Folded 2018
Played in Fair Park Coliseum
in Dallas, Texas
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League/conference affiliations
Champions Indoor Football (2016–2018)
  • Southern Division (2016)
  • South Conference (2017–2018)
Current uniform
Team colorsBlue, silver, black, white
    
Personnel
General managerFloyd L. Smith IV
Head coachLarry Hendrix, Jr.
Team history
  • Mesquite Marshals (2016)
  • Dallas Marshals (2017–2018)
Championships
League championships (0)
Conference championships (0)
Division championships (0)
Home arena(s)

The Dallas Marshals were a member of Champions Indoor Football and based in Dallas, Texas. The Marshals were scheduled to play their home games at the Fair Park Coliseum, but all remaining Marshals games were listed as postponed as of April 21, 2018. The team announced it had ceased operations on April 27.

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History

The Mesquite Marshals were announced on June 30, 2015, to play out of Mesquite Arena as part of Champions Indoor Football (CIF). They announced their head coach and released their uniforms the following day. Doug Bland, one of the future owners, attended a Texas Revolution game in nearby Allen the previous season and helped found the Marshals. The Marshals finished their inaugural season with a record of 2–10, finishing in sixth place in the CIF Southern Division. After the team's first season, they were renamed to the Dallas Marshals.

In 2017, after their second season, part owner Doug Bland also left the organization to found another team in the CIF, the Quad City Steamwheelers, selling the entire team to Bruce Badgett. Bland also sold Mesquite Arena to another party. [1]

Prior to their third season, on December 21, 2017, the team announced their move to Dallas and the Fair Park Coliseum due to arena lease issues in negotiations with the new arena owners. [2] Before the 2018 season, the Marshals canceled their first home exhibition game for February 17. [3] The played their next two regular season home games on March 3 and 10, however, they canceled their next two for March 24 and April 14 on the day of the games. [4] [5] After the April 14 postponed game, the CIF issued a statement that a decision concerning the team is pending. [6] The Marshals played an away game at the Texas Revolution on April 21, and the Fair Park Coliseum listed all remaining Marshals' games as postponed. On April 27, the team suspended operations for the rest of the season. [7]

Logos and uniform

The Mesquite Marshals unveiled their uniforms on July 1, 2015. The helmets are white with a green stripe running parallel to a gold stripe along with a white facemask. The logo of a Marshal with a star on a hat is depicted over the word "MESQUITE" on top of the word "MARSHALS" in Ewert font. Their home uniforms consist of green jerseys and stripe-free green pants, with red outlining the white numbers in Ewert, along with green and gold stripes along the shoulder pads. The team's road uniforms have white jerseys and blank white pants. Green numbers (Ewert) with a thin layer of gold surrounding them can be seen on the road jerseys.

Roster

Dallas Marshals roster
Quarterbacks
  •  2 Jeffrey Legree

Running backs

  • --Derric Johnson
  •  4Dondre Lewis-Freeman
  • 10Delenzia Turner-Green

Wide receivers

  • 11 Stacy Martin
  • 12 Anthony McGhee
  • 29 Juan Reese
  • 89Robbie Rhodes
Offensive linemen
  • 99Christopher Atchison
  • 76 Brandon Bishop
  • 50 Michael Boyeifo
  • -- Curtis Rattlers
  • -- Kamaron Young

Defensive linemen

  • 44 Anthony Gilbert
  •  3 Thomas Logan
  •  7 Sam Wren
Linebackers
  •  8Howard Stephens

Defensive backs

  • 23Justin Backus
  •  6 Brett Bowers
  •  1 Anquanius Frazier
  • 24Chris Love
  • 21Clifton Rhodes III
  • 17 Anthony Webb

Special teams

  • 34Brad Dunavant
Reserve lists
  • 20Matthew Dash DB (IR) Injury icon 2.svg
  • -- Warren Dent OL (IR-DFR) Injury icon 2.svg
  • -- Robert Kent QB (Suspended)

Rookies in italics
Roster updated April 19, 2018
23 Active, 3 Inactive

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Statistics and records

Season-by-season results

League championsConference championsDivision championsPlayoff berthLeague leader
Season League Conference Division Regular season Postseason results
FinishWinsLossesTies
2016 CIF Southern6th2100
2017 CIFSouth5th750
2018 CIFSouthFolded150
Totals10200All-time regular season record
00—All-time postseason record
10200All-time regular season and postseason record

Game results

2016 [8]
WeekDateOpponentResultRecordGame site
1February 20Dallas–Fort Worth Hawks (exhibition)L 30–31 Mesquite Arena
2Bye week
3March 5at Dodge City Law L 42–620–1 United Wireless Arena
4March 12 Sioux City Bandits W 27–261–1Mesquite Arena
5March 19at Texas Revolution L 31-411-2 Allen Event Center
6March 26at Duke City Gladiators L 24-701-3 Tingley Coliseum
7April 2Texas RevolutionL 32-511-4Mesquite Arena
8April 9 Amarillo Venom L 59-601-5Mesquite Arena
9April 16at Bloomington Edge L 35-731-6 US Cellular Coliseum
10Bye week
11April 30at San Angelo Bandits L 41-541-7 Foster Communications Coliseum
12May 7 Duke City Gladiators L 43-471-8Mesquite Arena
13Bye week
14May 20at Texas RevolutionL 43-921-9Allen Event Center
15May 28Dodge City LawL 27-381-10Mesquite Arena
16June 4Texas RevolutionW 75-742-10Mesquite Arena
2017 [9]
WeekDateOpponentResultRecordGame site
1March 4 CenTex Cavalry W 55–371-0 Mesquite Arena
2Bye week
3March 18at Amarillo Venom L 32-591–1 Amarillo Civic Center
4March 23at Texas Revolution L 18–611–2Allen Event Center
5April 1at Dodge City Law L 19-561-3 United Wireless Arena
6April 8 Salina Liberty W 36-192-3 Mesquite Arena
7April 15at CenTex Cavalry W 48-413-3 Bell County Expo Center
8April 22 Texas Revolution W 73-584-3 Mesquite Arena
9Bye week
10May 6 CenTex Cavalry W 72-475-3 Mesquite Arena
11May 14at CenTex Cavalry W 58-526-3 Bell County Expo Center
12May 20 Wichita Force L 27-346-4 Mesquite Arena
13May 27at Kansas City Phantoms L 42-486-5 Silverstein Eye Centers Arena
14June 3 Omaha Beef W 62-557-5Mesquite Arena

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References

  1. ↑ "Steamwheelers owner's former team folds". Quad-City Times . May 2, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Dallas Marshals in Dallas, TX | Dallas Marshals". dallasmarshals.com. Archived from the original on 2018-04-24. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
  3. ↑ "IMPORTANT: Dallas Marshals February 17th Preseason Game Postponed!". Facebook. February 15, 2018.
  4. ↑ "March 24 game canceled". Facebook. March 24, 2018.
  5. ↑ "April 14 game canceled". Facebook. April 14, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Amarillo - Dallas postphone - Details to follow". April 14, 2018. Archived from the original on April 24, 2018. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Dallas Marshals Suspends 2018 season". CIF. April 27, 2018. Archived from the original on April 28, 2018. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Schedule". Mesquite Marshals. Retrieved March 13, 2016.
  9. ↑ "2017 Schedule - Champions Indoor Football". Championship Indoor Football. Retrieved Oct 29, 2017.
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