Jersey Jays
Founded1969
Folded1971
LeagueContinental Football League, Atlantic Coast Football League
Based inJersey City, New Jersey
ArenaRoosevelt Stadium
Colors   
Championships0
Division titles0

The Jersey Jays were a professional American football team based in Jersey City, New Jersey. They began play in 1969 as a member of the Continental Football League, and were a farm team of the NFL's Cleveland Browns.[1] The Jays played their home games in Newark Schools Stadium in 1969.

History

The Jays were the second team in the COFL to play in Newark. The Newark Bears were a charter member of the league when it debuted in 1965 before it relocated to become the Orlando Panthers in 1966. The Jays were established to take the place of the Charleston Rockets, who left the league following the 1968 season.

The Jays moved to the Atlantic Coast Football League in the 1969-70 offseason, just before the COFL folded. That season the team also moved to nearby Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City.[2] The Jays ceased operations after one year in the ACFL, and their players were distributed as part of a dispersal draft in May 1971.[3]

Season-by-season

Year League W L T Finish Coach
Jersey Jays 1969 Continental Football League 7 5 0 3rd, Atlantic Division Nick Cutro
1970 Atlantic Coast Football League 7 5 0 2nd, Northern Division

References

  1. ^ "Jersey Jays Become Cleveland Farm Team". Sunday Post-Crescent. Associated Press. April 13, 1969.
  2. ^ "Jersey Jays to Join Atlantic Coast Loop". The Bridgeport Post. Associated Press. February 19, 1970.
  3. ^ "Norfolk Deal Approved By ACFL Owners". Pottstown Mercury. May 10, 1971.


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