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| Year founded | 1992 | |
| Year folded | 2001 | |
| Prior names | Sacramento Attack, Miami Hooters | |
| ArenaBowl championships | none | |
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History
Sacramento Attack (1992)
The Sacramento Attack was an Arena Football League team that competed under that name in the 1992 AFL season only. The ArenaBowl is the Arena Football League 's championship game The Arena Football League (AFL was founded in 1987 as an American football indoor league. Athletics For an extensive coverage see 1992 in athletics (track and field Marathon August
Miami Hooters (1993-1995)
The Miami Hooters were a relocation of the Sacramento Attack Arena Football League team which had competed in the 1992 season. History Sacramento Attack (1992 The Sacramento Attack was an Arena Football League team that competed under that The Arena Football League (AFL was founded in 1987 as an American football indoor league. Athletics For an extensive coverage see 1992 in athletics (track and field Marathon August For the 1993 season the team was relocated to Miami and renamed the "Hooters" in an unusual marketing arrangement with the Florida-based restaurant chain which was ordinarily more noted for its buxom waitresses than feats of athletic prowess. Athletics For an extensive coverage see 1993 in athletics (track and field Marathon Hooters is the trade name of two privately held American Restaurant chains Hooters of America Incorporated based in Atlanta Georgia, and Hooters In popular usage "marketing" is the promotion of products especially Advertising and Branding However in professional usage the term has a wider meaning of A restaurant is a retail establishment that serves prepared Food to Customers. Natually, the team adopted the restaurant's owlish logo and trademark colors as its own for three years, until this unusual arrangement terminated after the completion of the 1995 season. Athletics For an extensive coverage see 1995 in athletics (track and field Marathon January Desirous of staying in the general South Florida area, the team relocated to West Palm Beach as the Florida Bobcats. West Palm Beach, also known as West Palm, is the most populous city in Palm Beach County, Florida, USA. Subsequent linking of team names with products was to occur, notably the AFL's own New Jersey Red Dogs and the Toronto Phantoms (named for Phantom Industries, a manufacturer of women's hoisery), and the Detroit Neon of the Major Indoor Soccer League. The Cleveland Gladiators are an Arena Football League franchise based in Cleveland Ohio. The Toronto Phantoms was the final name of a team in the Arena Football League, that also operated in New York City and New England The Detroit Safari (originally founded as the Detroit Neon) was a member of the Continental Indoor Soccer League that played at the Palace of Auburn Hills The Major Indoor Soccer League was the top professional Indoor soccer league in the USA. Originally the team was to be named the Miami Toros or Miami Bulls, with a similar logo for each name having been created.
Florida Bobcats (1996-2001)
The Florida Bobcats were an Arena Football League team from 1996 to 2001. The Arena Football League (AFL was founded in 1987 as an American football indoor league. Athletics Decathlon Best Year Performance * &ndash 8824 points Marathon Artistic gymnastics World Artistic Gymnastics Championships: Men's all-around champion Feng Jing, China When the Miami Hooters team discontinued its connection with the Hooters Restaurant chain after the 1995 season was completed, it developed both a new identity (the Bobcats) and a new color scheme involving teal and black as opposed to the former orange and brown associated with the restaurants. Athletics For an extensive coverage see 1995 in athletics (track and field Marathon January It also moved north to West Palm Beach in an attempt to reduce overhead. West Palm Beach, also known as West Palm, is the most populous city in Palm Beach County, Florida, USA. This proved to be a mixed blessing at best, however, as the relatively tiny seating capacity of the West Palm Beach Auditorium (ca. Seating capacity refers to the number The West Palm Beach Auditorium was a 5000-seat multi-purpose Arena in West Palm Beach Florida. 4000) made profitable operations essentially impossible. In the 1997 and 1998 seasons the team played a total of five official league games (and several exhibition games as well) at what were charitably called "neutral sites", lesser venues in what were at best secondary markets, where, however, even a less-than-capacity crowd could result in greater revenues from ticket sales than would a home game sellout — were there to be one. Artistic gymnastics World Artistic Gymnastics Championships: Men's all-around champion Ivan Ivankov, Belarus Athletics For an extensive coverage see 1998 in athletics (track and field Decathlon This development led to them being referred to by some of the league's pundits as "America's Team", a not-unironic comparison to what was then the National Football League's premier organization, the Dallas Cowboys. The National Football League ( NFL) is the largest professional American football league. The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football team in the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference (NFC in the National This situation was used to an advantage by the league to determine support for the sport in parts of the country where it had previously had little exposure, and should be credited at least in part for the development of the sport's minor league, af2. Minor leagues are professional Sports leagues which are not regarded as the premier leagues in those sports af2 (short for arenafootball2) is the name of the Arena Football League 's Minor league, which started play in 2000.
In 1999 the Bobcats moved into the far more spacious confines of the National Car Rental Center, now the BankAtlantic Center, also home to the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League. Athletics For an extensive coverage see 1999 in athletics (track and field Track Hicham The BankAtlantic Center (previously known as Broward County Civic Arena, National Car Rental Center and Office Depot Center) is an indoor The Florida Panthers are a professional Ice hockey team based in Sunrise Florida, a suburb of Ft The National Hockey League ( NHL) is a professional Ice hockey league composed of 30 teams in North America They remained there until the team was folded after the completion of the 2001 season. Artistic gymnastics World Artistic Gymnastics Championships: Men's all-around champion Feng Jing, China One of the notable facts about this team is that they were quarterbacked through the majority of their existence by Fred McNair, the original "Air McNair" and older brother of 2003 NFL co-MVP Steve McNair. Artistic gymnastics World Artistic Gymnastics Championships: Men's all-around champions Paul Hamm, USA, Steve LaTreal McNair (born February 14, 1973) nicknamed Air McNair, is a former American football Quarterback in the National
Season-by-season
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties
| Season | W | L | T | Finish | Playoff results |
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| Sacramento Attack | |||||
| 1992 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3rd Western | Lost Week 1 (Detroit Drive) |
| Miami Hooters | |||||
| 1993 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 4th NC | Lost Week 1 (Orlando Predators) |
| 1994 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 5th NC | -- |
| 1995 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 3rd NC Southern | -- |
| Florida Bobcats | |||||
| 1996 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 3rd NC Southern | -- |
| 1997 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 3rd NC Southern | -- |
| 1998 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 4th NC Southern | -- |
| 1999 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 4th NC Southern | -- |
| 2000 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 4th NC Southern | -- |
| 2001 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 4th NC Southern | -- |
| Totals | 40 | 92 | 0 | (including playoffs) | |
AFL Hall of Famers
- Joe March
- Jon Roehlk
- John Corker
External links
- AFL Official Website
- Sacramento Attack at ArenaFan.com
- Miami Hooters at ArenaFan.com
- Florida Bobcats at ArenaFan.com
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