Las Vegas Outlaws

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Las Vegas Outlaws

[[Image:|center|100px|Las Vegas Outlaws logo]]
Founded 2001
League XFL
Team History Las Vegas Outlaws
2001
Arena Sam Boyd Stadium
Based in Las Vegas, Nevada
Team Colors Old Gold, Black, & Burgendy
Head Coach Jim Criner
Championships -
Division Titles -
Dancers -
Mascot -

The Las Vegas Outlaws were an American Football team in the short-lived XFL in the Western Division with the Los Angeles Xtreme, San Francisco Demons and Chicago Enforcers. They played their home games at Sam Boyd Stadium.

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[edit] History

Among the team's players were the XFL's most well-known, Rod Smart (later with the National Football League's Philadelphia Eagles, Carolina Panthers, and the Oakland Raiders), who went by the nickname of "He Hate Me", which appeared on the back of his jersey. He was originally going to put "They Hate Me", but there wasn't enough room. Coached by former Boise State and Scotland Claymores head coach Jim Criner, The Outlaws competed in the XFL's only season, held in the spring of 2001. They finished in 4th place in the division with a record of 4-6-0. Their top players were: K/P Paul McCallum, TEs Werner Hippler(Germany) and Ricky Brady, DL Kelvin Kinney from Virginia St., RB Rod Smart, WR Mike Furrey and LB Kurt Gouveia (Hawai'i).

Despite having a two-year contract, NBC announced shortly after the season that it was getting out, as the season's later games had garnered the lowest ratings for a major American television network since the Nielsen Ratings had begun tracking them, and the league folded shortly afterwards.

The team was the centerpiece of the 2003 book about the XFL, Long Bomb. It was written by Brett Forrest of Details magazine.

[edit] Famous Las Vegas Outlaws Players

  • 87 Werner (Verne) Hippler, who played 11 years in the NFL Europa League and holds many records and two years with the San Diego Chargers and Detroit Lions (practice squad).
  • 10 Mike Cawley QB college (James Madison) Cawley played in the NFL for five seasons with four different teams. A season in the CFL with two different teams and a season in NFL Europe with the Amsterdam Admirals, and one year with the Af2 Quad City Steamwheelers.
  • 81 Todd Floyd WR college (UNLV)Floyd saw time in the NFL pre season camps with Jacksonville and Buffalo before embarking on a season in NFL Europe in 1999 with the Frankfurt Galaxy.
  • 22 Chris Chukwuma RB college (Arkansas) Chukwuma was signed and released by Dallas - NFL
  • 92 Kelvin T.G. Kinney, Virginia State;NFL-Washington, Detroit.
  • 30 Rod Smart - AKA "He Hate Me", RB, college Western Kentucky; played for the Carolina Panthers and Oakland Raiders.

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[edit] Name Usage

The name "Las Vegas Outlaws" is presently being used by a minor league football team in Las Vegas, New Mexico. [1]

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