1995 1996 Relocation to San Antonio Unable to persuade Sacramento State to upgrade Hornet Stadium to something approaching CFL standards, Anderson tried to build a new stadium, but those plans fizzled. Neither of the other two stadiums in the Sacramento area, Toomey Field and Charles C. Hughes Stadium, offered anything significantly better; like Hornet Stadium, they were both inadequate even …
Dallas Texans (Colts) Team History
1952 1953 Dallas Texans (Colts) Team Formation A dallas-based group led by a young millionaire, Giles Miller, bought what was ostensibly a new franchise the first-ever major league team based in Texas. However, it also acquired the entire Yanks roster. Thus, for all intents and purposes, Miller’s group bought the Yanks and moved them to Dallas. Home games were scheduled …
Dallas Texans (Chiefs) Team History
1960 1962 1963 Dallas Texans (Chiefs) Team Formation The NFL turned him down, so Hunt then established the American Football League and started his own team, the Dallas Texans, to begin to play in 1960. Hunt hired a little-known assistant coach from the University of Miami football team, Hank Stram, to be the team’s head coach. Hunt chose Stram after …
Houston Texans Team History
2002 2002 2011 Houston Texans Team Formation In 1997, Houston entrepreneur Bob McNair had a failed bid to bring a National Hockey League expansion team to the city, and Bud Adams relocated the city’s NFL team, the Houston Oilers, to Nashville where they were renamed Tennessee Titans. Given the Cleveland Browns had just suffered a controversial relocation to become the …