1994 Fort Worth Cavalry season

1994 Fort Worth Cavalry season
Head coach	Michael Trigg
General manager	Michael Trigg
Owner	Woody Kern
Home field	Tarrant County Convention Center
Results
Record	5-7
Conference place	4th
Playoff finish	Lost Quarterfinals 14-34 vs. Orlando Predators

The 1994 Fort Worth Cavalry season was the first and only season for the Arena Football League franchise.

Pre-season

Week	Day	Date	Opponent	Results		Location	Attendance
				Final Score	Record
1	Friday	May 6	Tampa Bay Storm	L 30-50[1]	---	Myriad Convention Center Oklahoma City, Oklahoma[2]	8,816[3]
2	Friday	May 13	Arizona Rattlers[4]	L – [5]	---	Tarrant County Convention Center

Regular season

Week	Day	Date	Opponent	Results		Location	Attendance
				Final Score	Record
1	Bye
2	Monday	May 23	Milwaukee Mustangs	W 65-28[6]	1-0	Tarrant County Convention Center	2,852[7]
3	Monday	May 30	Massachusetts Marauders	L 28-38[8]	1-1	Tarrant County Convention Center	3,360[9]
4	Saturday	June 4	at Tampa Bay Storm	L 45-58[3] [10]	1-2	Thunderdome	14,995[3] [10]
5	Friday	June 10	at Charlotte Rage	W 54-30[11]	2-2	Charlotte Coliseum	9,631
6	Monday	June 20	Albany Firebirds	L 41-45[12]	2-3	Tarrant County Convention Center	3,465[12]
7	Friday	June 24	at Milwaukee Mustangs	W 50-44[13] [14]	3-3	Bradley Center	13,703[13] [14]
8	Monday	July 4	Charlotte Rage	W 42-20[15] [16]	4-3	Tarrant County Convention Center	3,126[15] [16]
9	Saturday	July 9	at Albany Firebirds	L 64-65 (OT)[16]	4-4	Knickerbocker Arena	11,201[16]
10	Monday	July 18	Tampa Bay Storm	L 43-53[17]	4-5	Tarrant County Convention Center	3,107[17]
11	Saturday	July 23	at Las Vegas Sting	L 34-47[18]	4-6	MGM Grand Garden Arena	5,414
12	Friday	July 29	Las Vegas Sting	L 32-35[19]	4-7	Tarrant County Convention Center	5,647[19]
13	Friday	August 5	at Miami Hooters	W 58-27[20]	5-7	Miami Arena	8,872[21]

Standings

1994 Arena Football League Standings
Team	Overall			Conference			Scoring
	W	L	PCT	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	PF (Avg.)	PA (Avg.)	STK
American Conference
xy-Albany Firebirds	10	2	.833	5	1	.833	642	507	53.5	42.25	W 2
x-Arizona Rattlers	8	4	.667	5	1	.833	525	441	43.75	36.75	W 1
x-Massachusetts Marauders	8	4	.667	6	1	.857	586	504	48.83	42	W 1
x-Las Vegas Sting	5	7	.417	2	5	.286	372	484	31	40.3	L 1
Cleveland Thunderbolts	2	10	.167	1	5	.167	445	548	37.08	45.67	L 2
Milwaukee Mustangs	0	12	.000	0	6	.000	386	609	32.16	50.75	L 12
National Conference
xyz-Orlando Predators	11	1	.917	4	1	.800	579	341	48.25	28.42	L 1
x-Tampa Bay Storm	7	5	.583	4	2	.667	561	564	46.75	47	W 1
x-Charlotte Rage	5	7	.417	2	4	.333	442	503	36.83	42.42	L 1
x-Fort Worth Cavalry	5	7	.417	3	2	.600	556	490	36.66	41.92	W 1
Miami Hooters	5	7	.417	1	5	.167	388	491	32.3	40.92	W 1

z – clinched homefield advantage

y – clinched division title

x – clinched playoff spot

Playoffs

Playoffs

Round	Day	Date	Opponent	Results		Location	Attendance
				Final Score	Record
1	Friday	August 19	at Orlando Predators	L 14-34[22]	---	Orlando Arena	14,047

Roster

1994 Fort Worth Cavalry roster
Quarterbacks  5 Todd Hammel -- Kyle Mackey Wide Receivers/Defensive Backs -- Chris Barber -- James Dixon 21 Carlton Liggins		Fullbacks/Linebackers -- Kelly Blackwell 38 Charles Rowe -- Chuck Witherspoon Offensive/Defensive linemen  8 Spencer Conley 66 Monte Cuba 99 Pat Danko -- Brad William Henke 83 Jerome Renners -- Derrell Robertson		Wide Receivers/Linebackers  1 Gary Compton Kickers  6 Ian Howfield		Injury Reserve Exempt List Currently vacant Rookies in italics Roster updated May 23, 1994 16 Active, 0 Inactive → More rosters

References

1. Strait, Dustin (May 7, 1994). "Storm bursts on Cavalry, 50-30". St. Petersburg Times. p. 3C. Retrieved October 15, 2012. The Tampa Bay Storm rolled to a 50-30 victory over the Fort Worth Cavalry Friday night in its first Arena League preseason game.
2. Mills, Roger (May 6, 1994). "Storm looking to dish out more defense in '94 season". St. Petersburg Times. p. 5C. Retrieved October 16, 2012.
3. Munn, Scott (May 7, 1994). "Tampa Bay Storms Past Fort Worth in Great Indoors". NewsOK.com. Retrieved October 16, 2012.
4. Munn, Scott (May 1, 1994). "Arena Ball Promoters Optimistic". NewsOK.com. Retrieved October 16, 2012.
5. "Cavalry gets rattled in Arena home debut". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. May 14, 1994. p. 7. Retrieved October 16, 2012.
6. Higgins, Brian (May 24, 1994). "Cavalry Crushes Mustangs; Milwaukee loses regular-season opener, 65-28". Milwaukee Sentinel. p. 1B. Retrieved October 17, 2012.
7. "Cavalry searching for ways to fill empty seats with football fans". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. May 30, 1994. p. 11. Retrieved October 15, 2012. A mere 2,852 fans showed up at the Fort Worth-Tarrant County Convention Center last Monday when the Cavalry made its Arena Football League debut with a convincing 65-28 triumph against the Milwaukee Mustangs.
8. "Another Mass. Victory; Marauders 2-0 in Arena League". Worcester Telegram & Gazette. May 31, 1994. Retrieved October 16, 2012.
9. McAllister, Mike (May 31, 1994). "Cavalry's charge falls short, 38-28". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved October 17, 2012. The Cavalry fell behind and saw their late comeback fall short in a 38-28 loss before 3,360 at Tarrant County Convention Center.
10. Mills, Roger (June 5, 1994). "Storm gets its first win". St. Petersburg Times. p. 1C. Retrieved October 17, 2012.
11. "Cavalry wins at Charlotte, 54-30". The Dallas Morning News. June 11, 1994. Retrieved October 17, 2012.
12. "Firebirds receiver scorches Cavalry". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. June 21, 1994. p. 7. Retrieved October 16, 2012. Brown caught five touchdown passes, including the game-winner with seven seconds remaining, to stun a crowd of 3,465 fans at the Fort Worth-Tarrant County Convention Center.
13. Smith, Jerry C. (June 25, 1994). "Cavalry Charges Past Mustangs". Milwaukee Sentinel. p. B1. Retrieved October 17, 2012. The Milwaukee Mustangs showed their inexperience Friday night, squandering a 14-point lead to fall to the Fort Worth Cavalry, 50-44 before a crowd of 13,703 at the Bradley Center.
14. Murray, Ken (June 27, 1994). "Colts Camp Update". The Baltimore Sun. p. 9C. Retrieved October 17, 2012.
15. McAllister, Mike (July 5, 1994). "Cavalry defense stifles Charlotte in 42-20 win". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved October 15, 2012. The Cavalry shut out Charlotte for most of the first half before pulling away for a 42-20 win in front of 3,126 at the Tarrant County Convention Center.
16. Boggie, Tom (July 10, 1994). "Wild finish as 'Birds win". The Daily Gazette. p. F1. Retrieved October 17, 2012.
17. McAllister, Mike (July 19, 1994). "Cavalry stopped by returns". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved October 17, 2012. LaFrance's two 50-yard returns broke the back of Trigg's team before 3,107 fans at Tarrant County Convention Center.
18. "Sports Briefly". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. July 24, 1994. p. 2. Retrieved October 16, 2012. Former Texas Tech and Dallas Texans standout Tyrone Thurman scored twice to help the Las Vegas Sting defeat the Fort Worth Cavalry, 47-37.
19. McAllister, Mike (July 30, 1994). "Cavalry playoff plans dim with 35-32 loss". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved October 17, 2012. Instead, the Sting might have delivered the knockout punch to the Cavalry's Arena Football League playoff hopes with a 35-32 win before 5,647 at Tarrant County Convention Center.
20. "Cavalry ends skid to earn playoff bid". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. August 6, 1994. p. 7. Retrieved October 15, 2012. From a four-game losing streak to an ArenaBowl title? That's what Fort Worth Cavalry coach Michael Trigg suggested might happen after his team's 58-27 victory last night against the Miami Hooters. The Cavalry clinched an Arena Football League playoff berth with the victory.
21. "Miami Falls, 58-27, Sees Playoffs Bid Dim". The Miami Herald. August 6, 1994. p. 7D. Retrieved October 17, 2012.
22. Boggie, Tom. "Firebirds realize better play needed to advance". The Daily Gazette. Schenectady, New York. p. E1. Retrieved October 16, 2012.

External links

• Fort Worth Cavalry at ArenaFan.com