Las Vegas Outlaws

Infobox Sports team
color1 = Gold
color2 = Black

pixels = 100px
founded = 2001
league = XFL
history = Las Vegas Outlaws
2001
arena = Sam Boyd Stadium
city = Las Vegas, Nevada
colors = Old Gold, Black, & Burgendy
owner =
coach = Jim Criner
championships = -
titles = -
front office = –
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.

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.

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

*82 Mike Furrey WR college (Ohio State & Northern Iowa) Furrey is currently playing in the NFL with the Detroit Lions

*17 Paul McCallum K (Canadian Football League, Scottish Claymores)

*92 Kelvin T.G. Kinney, Virginia State;NFL-Washington, Detroit.

*31 Kelly Herndon DB, college Toledo; Set a Super Bowl record in 2005 playing for the Seattle Seahawks when he returned an interception 76 yards.

*30 Rod Smart - AKA "He Hate Me", RB, college Western Kentucky; played for the Carolina Panthers and Oakland Raiders.

*16 Mark Grieb - QB, signed as an emergency replacement after a series of injuries, better known for his many years as QB of the Arena Football League's San Jose SaberCats.

eason-By-Season

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2001 || 4 || 6 || 0 || 4th Western || --

Team Leaders

*Rushing Yards: 555, Rod "He Hate Me" Smart
*Receiving Yards: 273, Yo Murphy
*Passing Yards: 804, Ryan ClementUniversity of Miami

Name Usage

The name "Las Vegas Outlaws" is presently being used by a minor league football team in Las Vegas, New Mexico. [http://www.leaguelineup.com/welcome.asp?url=lvoutlaws]

External links

*http://rememberthexfl.8m.com/teampages.html (Scroll down)