New_Orleans_Night
New Orleans Night
Arena football team
The New Orleans Night were an Arena Football League (AFL) team that competed in the 1991 and 1992 AFL seasons and were based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The team was officially announced at a press conference on March 18, 1991.[1] On April 9, the name Night was unveiled as was Eddie Khayat, former head coach of the Nashville Kats, as head coach.[2]
| New Orleans Night | |
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| Established 1991 Folded 1992 Played in Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans | |
| League/conference affiliations | |
Arena Football League (1991–1992)
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Current uniform | |
| Team colors | Midnight blue, orange, white |
| Personnel | |
| Owner(s) | Mike McBath Bill Hampton David Briggs |
| Head coach | Vince Gibson |
| Team history | |
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| Championships | |
| League championships (0) | |
| Conference championships (0) Prior to 2005, the AFL did not have conference championship games | |
| Division championships (0) | |
| Home arena(s) | |
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The Night played their home games inside the massive Louisiana Superdome, also home of the NFL New Orleans Saints, which obviously had to be modified considerably to cut the playing surface and fan seating down to a size appropriate to fit arena football. The Superdome used its basketball configuration, previously used for the New Orleans Jazz NBA team and for some special college basketball games and tournament play, for arena football. Using this setup, the dome still had a capacity of 30,000 for the Night. Also, during the 1992 season, the Night used a huge blue curtain to close off the rest of the unused dome, to give a smaller arena feel to it. Team colors were Midnight Blue, Sunset Orange, and Moonlight White. The Night wore Zubaz designed uniforms used during the 1991 season.[3]
The team was disbanded after a winless 1992 season.
Final roster
| New Orleans Night roster | ||||||
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Quarterbacks
Wide receivers/Defensive backs
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Running backs/Linebackers
Offensive linemen/Defensive linemen
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Wide receivers/Linebackers
Kickers
Rookies in italics → More rosters | ||||
Individual awards
| Ironman of the Year | |||
| Season | Player | Position | |
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| 1991 | Milton Barney | WR/DB | |
All-Arena players
The following Night players were named to All-Arena Teams:
- WR/DB Milton Barney (1)
- OL/DL Johnny Sims (1), Doc Wise (1)
- K Marco Morales (1)
Head coaches
Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 1992 Arena Football League season.
| Name | Term | Regular Season | Playoffs | Awards | ||||
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| W | L | T | Win% | W | L | |||
| Eddie Khayat | 1991 | 4 | 6 | 0 | .400 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vince Gibson | 1992 | 0 | 10 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | |
- The team appeared on the game EA Sports Arena Football as a hidden bonus team.
- Smith, Jimmy (March 19, 1991). "Arena football coming to town". The Times-Picayune. pp. E1.
- Roesler, Bob (April 10, 1991). "Night dawns in N.O.". The Times-Picayune. pp. C1.
