Montreal Machine
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| Montréal Machine | |||||
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| Year Founded | 1991 | ||||
| Year Retired | 1992 | ||||
| City | Montréal, Quebec, Canada | ||||
| Team Colors | Maroon, Silver | ||||
| Franchise W-L-T Record | Regular Season: 6-14 | ||||
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| World Bowls (0)
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The Montréal Machine was the sole Canadian team in the 1991 - 1992 World League of American Football, a springtime developmental minor league set up by the National Football League. There were also three European teams and six U.S.-based teams. Like all WLAF teams, the Machine played by American football - eleven per side on a 100-yard field - rather than Canadian football rules.
The quality of play in this league was not as high as could have been anticipated based on the 1983 - 1985 United States Football League, which was largely regarded as a failure more on a business basis than due to a low quality of on-field play; many commentators at the time seemed to feel that the USFL proved that there were hundreds more professional-quality football players in North America than there were available slots for on NFL rosters. If this were in fact true, for the most part the WLAF failed to reflect it, and after two stumbling years, the Machine, and the entire WLAF, were put on "hiatus" by the NFL. After three years, the three European-based franchises (and three more) were reconstituted as NFL Europe; the North American teams were never heard of again.
[edit] Season-By-Season
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties
| Season | W | L | T | Finish | Playoff Results |
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| 1991 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3rd North American East | -- |
| 1992 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 3rd North American East | -- |
| Totals | 6 | 14 | 0 | ||
1991 Results
Week 1: Montréal 20, Birmingham Fire 5
Week 2: Barcelona Dragons 34, Montréal 10
Week 3: Montréal 23, Birmingham Fire 10
Week 4: New York/New Jersey Knights 44, Montréal 0
Week 5: London Monarchs 45, Montréal 7
Week 6: Frankfurt Galaxy 17, Montréal 7
Week 7: Montréal 26, Sacramento Surge 23(OT)
Week 8: Montréal 15, Raleigh-Durham Skyhawks 6
Week 9: San Antonio Riders 27, Montréal 10
Week 10: Orlando Thunder 33, Montréal 27(OT)
1992 Results
Week 1: San Antonio Riders 17, Montréal 16
Week 2: Montréal 31, Orlando Thunder 29
Week 3: Sacramento Surge 14, Montréal 7
Week 4: Montréal 31, Ohio Glory 20
Week 5: Orlando Thunder 16, Montréal 8
Week 6: New York/New Jersey Knights 34, Montréal 11
Week 7: Sacramento Surge 35, Montréal 21
Week 8: Birmingham Fire 23, Montréal 16 (OT)
Week 9: London Monarchs 45, Montréal 13
Week 10: New York/New Jersey Knights 41, Montréal 21
[edit] External Links
| World League of American Football (WLAF) |
| North American West: Birmingham Fire | Sacramento Surge | San Antonio Riders North American East: Montreal Machine | New York/New Jersey Knights | Orlando Thunder | Raleigh-Durham Skyhawks (1991) | Ohio Glory (1992) |
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