1994 Fort Worth Cavalry season
OwnerWoody Kern
General managerMichael Trigg
Head coachMichael Trigg
Home fieldTarrant County Convention Center
Results
Record5-7
Conference place4th
Playoff finishLost 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]

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1-2 Thunderdome 14,995[3]

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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]

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3-3 Bradley Center 13,703[13]

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8 Monday July 4 Charlotte Rage W 42-20[15]

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4-3 Tarrant County Convention Center 3,126[15]

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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
1994 Fort Worth Cavalry roster
Quarterbacks

Wide Receivers/Defensive Backs

Fullbacks/Linebackers

Offensive/Defensive linemen

55 Anthony Bifano

Wide Receivers/Linebackers

Kickers

Injury Reserve

Exempt List

  • Currently vacant

Rookies in italics
Roster updated May 23, 1994
16 Active, 0 Inactive

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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.[permanent dead link]
  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.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ a b c 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.[permanent dead link]
  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. ^ a b Mills, Roger (June 5, 1994). "Storm gets its first win". St. Petersburg Times. p. 1C. Retrieved October 17, 2012.[permanent dead link]
  11. ^ "Cavalry wins at Charlotte, 54-30". The Dallas Morning News. June 11, 1994. Retrieved October 17, 2012.
  12. ^ a b "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. ^ a b 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.[permanent dead link]
  14. ^ a b Murray, Ken (June 27, 1994). "Colts Camp Update". The Baltimore Sun. p. 9C. Retrieved October 17, 2012.[permanent dead link]
  15. ^ a b 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. ^ a b c d Boggie, Tom (July 10, 1994). "Wild finish as 'Birds win". The Daily Gazette. p. F1. Retrieved October 17, 2012.
  17. ^ a b 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. ^ a b 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.

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