Houston Outlaws (RFL team)

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Houston Outlaws
RFL Houston Outlaws helmet.png
Founded1998
Folded1999
League Regional Football League
Based in Houston, Texas
Stadium Pasadena Memorial Stadium
Head coach Ray Woodard

The Houston Outlaws were a professional American football team that played during the 1999 season as part of the Regional Football League. They played their home games at Pasadena Memorial Stadium in Pasadena, Texas, a suburb of Houston. [1] [2]

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The team was announced as one of the league's charter members on November 12, 1998. [3] Although Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee Ernie Stautner was named head coach in February 1999, [4] there is no record of him acting in that capacity. For the team's lone season, former NFL defensive tackle Ray Woodard served as head coach. [5] [1] Josh LaRocca, who had played college football for the Rice Owls, was the starting quarterback. [6]

Although the team was scheduled to play a 12-game regular season, poor attendance and sagging revenues would prove too much for the new league. In the shortened regular season, the Outlaws had a 6–2 record. In the postseason, the Outlaws were seeded second in the four-team playoff bracket. They defeated the Mississippi Pride in a home game, 27–3, to advance to the championship game against the top-seeded Mobile Admirals. In RFL Bowl I, played at the Admirals' home field, Ladd–Peebles Stadium, the Outlaws were edged by the Admirals, 14–12. [7] It was the third time the Admirals defeated the Outlaws, who did not lose to any other team. After the season, the team and league ceased operation.

1999 season schedule

DateOpponentSiteW/LScoreAttnd.Ref.
April 18 Ohio Cannon AwayW18–17 [8]
April 24 Mississippi Pride AwayW28–53,000 [9]
May 1 Mobile Admirals AwayDagger-14-plain.pngL7–1010,432 [10]
May 8 Shreveport Knights AwayW17–142,000 [11] [12]
May 15Ohio CannonHomeW27–3 [13]
May 22 New Orleans Thunder HomeW31–121,500 [6]
May 30Shreveport KnightsHomeW17–7 [14]
June 5Mobile AdmiralsAwayL3–14 [15]
Playoffs
June 12Mississippi PrideHomeW27–3 [16]
June 20Mobile AdmiralsAwayL12–145,571 [7]

Dagger-14-plain.png May 1 game played in Mobile due to schedule conflict with Houston's stadium [17]

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