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  • Sacramento Gold Miners 1993

    Gold Miners Team Formation

    When the WLAF suspended operations in 1992, Surge owner Fred Anderson received a franchise in the CFL after that league expanded to the United States in 1993. The two teams could be seen as one and the same. The two entities had the same colors (aqua and yellow) and head coach (Kay Stephenson). Additionally, several players and administrators made the ...
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  • Sacramento Gold Miners Media Guide 1994

    Gold Miners to San Antonio

    Deciding that Hornet Stadium was inadequate even for temporary use, Anderson decided to look for a new home for the Gold Miners. However, the only other football stadiums in the area, Sacramento City College’s Charles C. Hughes Stadium (a stadium the Surge had used in 1991) and UC Davis’ Toomey Field, were similarly unacceptable. Hughes Stadium was ruled out because it was used by several ...
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History of the Gold Miners

The Sacramento Gold Miners were a Canadian football team based in Sacramento, California. The franchise was the first American team in the Canadian Football League. The Gold Miners inherited a home stadium, front office staff, and much of the roster of the Sacramento Surge from the defunct World League of American Football. The team played its home games at Hornet Stadium.

Faced with an unsustainable travel situation and the lack of a suitable facility, Anderson moved the team to San Antonio as the Texans for the 1995 CFL season. San Antonio had the benefits of having a brand-new stadium, the Alamodome, and was geographically close to the American CFL clubs in Shreveport, Memphis, and Birmingham, greatly reducing travel burdens. The Texans only played one season in San Antonio before the CFL exited the American market.





Established
1993

City
Sacramento - San Antonio

League History
1993 - 1995 / Canadian Football League

Team History
1995 / San Antonio Texans
1993 – 1994 / Sacramento Gold Miners

Nickname
Gold Miners - The Gold Miners had previously played in the World League of American Football (WLAF) as the Sacramento Surge, however their choice of the more California name of "Gold Miners" was the new nickname for the first CFL American city team.

Championship
Grey Cup 0

Stadium
1995 / Alamodome

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1993 - 1994 / Hornet Stadium

Owner
1993 - 1995 / Fred Anderson

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