Dallas Vigilantes

Dallas Vigilantes
Founded	2010
League	Arena Football League
Team history	Dallas Vigilantes (2010–2011)
Arena	American Airlines Center 2010-2011
Based in	Dallas, Texas
Team colors	Black, Cardinal, White
President	Stephen Evans
Head coach	Vacant-team is inactive
Championships	None
Division titles	None
Dancers	Vigilantes Dancers
Mascot	Rascal the Raccoon
Website	http://www.dallasvigilantes.com/

The Dallas Vigilantes were an Arena Football League team based in Dallas, Texas. Like its AFL predecessor, the Dallas Desperados, the Vigilantes played at the American Airlines Center.^[1] The Vigilantes and the Jacksonville Sharks began play in the 2010 season, the first after the league's restructuring. The franchise was owned by former Tampa Bay Storm owner Peter C. Kern^[1][2] and is being managed by Stephen Evans and Bo Kern. Vigilantes games were broadcasted on the radio on 1190 AM and television coverage was provided by Time Warner Cable Sports.

History

Dallas Vigilantes inaugural logo (2010)

The Vigilantes did not carry on the name of Dallas' previous AFL team, the Dallas Desperados, because of a unique ownership situation with the former team.^[3] Although the new AFL owns the former AFL team assets (hence the Arizona Rattlers, Chicago Rush, Cleveland Gladiators, Orlando Predators, Tampa Bay Storm, and Utah Blaze names going over to the new AF1),^[4] former Desperados owner Jerry Jones (who also owns the NFL's Dallas Cowboys) retained the team's branding rights after it folded.^[2]Jones had based most of the Desperados branding on that of the Cowboys, including the colors, prominent use of a star in the logo, and a Cowboys "Double Star" logo on the front of the Desperados' jerseys, thus making the Cowboys and Desperados branding very difficult to separate. Not willing to risk such complicated legal action, the Vigilantes (after initially opting to use the Desperados name in December 2009) chose a new name. The Vigilantes' original logo incorporated a skull and crossbones, the flag of Texas, a cowboy hat, and revolvers. The logo was stripped down for 2011, consisting of the skull and the cowboy hat from the original logo.

Season-by-season

Main article: List of Dallas Vigilantes seasons

2011 results

Regular Season

Week	Date	Opponent	Home/Away	Result	Attendance
1	March 12	Kansas City Command	Home	W 53-46	6,542
2	March 19	Tulsa Talons	Home	W 64-40	7,287
3	March 26	BYE
4	March 31	Utah Blaze	Away	L 40-69	8,179
5	April 8	Georgia Force	Away	L	6,414
6	April 14	Milwaukee Mustangs	Home	W 49-21	9,352
7	April 23	Tampa Bay Storm	Away	W 67-61	14,201
8	April 29	Kansas City Command	Away	W 72-63	6,938
9	May 7	Iowa Barnstormers	Home	W 71-57	9,715
10	May 14	Spokane Shock	Away	L 49-71	10,460
11	May 22	Chicago Rush	Away	L 75-69	7,430
12	May 28	Pittsburgh Power	Home	L 75-76	10,138
13	June 4	San Jose Sabercats	Home	W 70-57	9,010
14	June 11	BYE
15	June 18	Iowa Barnstormers	Away	W 65-55	7,922
16	June 25	Tulsa Talons	Away	W 55-48	8,753
17	July 2	Philadelphia Soul	Home	W 58-41	8,957
18	July 9	Jacksonville Sharks	Away	W 75-70
19	July 16	Chicago Rush	Home	L 44-53
20	July 23	Arizona Rattlers	Home

Playoffs

Round	Date	Opponent	Home/Away	Result	Attendance
National Conference Semifinals

Roster

Dallas Vigilantes rosterview · talk · edit
Quarterbacks Currently vacant Fullbacks Currently vacant Wide Receivers Currently vacant		Offensive Linemen Currently vacant Defensive Linemen Currently vacant		Linebackers Currently vacant Defensive Backs Currently vacant Kickers Currently vacant		Injured Reserve Currently vacant Rookies in italics Roster updated September 26, 2011 0 Active, 0 Inactive → More rosters

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Dallas Vigilantes to bring arena football, intimidating logo to AAC". Dallas Morning News. February 4, 2010. http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/stories/020510dnspovigilantes.e6606e14.html. Retrieved February 5, 2010. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Crisp, Scott (January 7, 2010). "Arena Football Set For Return To Dallas". KXAS-TV. http://www.nbcdfw.com/blogs/blue-star/Arena-Football-Set-For-Return-To-Dallas-80925062.html. Retrieved February 16, 2010. 
3. ^ Wilonksy, Robert (February 4, 2010). "If Nothing Else, the AFL's Dallas Vigilantes Now Have the City's Most Interesting Logo". Unfair Park (Dallas Observer). http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2010/02/if_nothing_else_the_afls_dalla.php. 
4. ^ "Court approves sale of AFL assets to AF1". ArenaFan.com. December 8, 2009. http://www.arenafan.com/news/?page=pressrel&article=9540. Retrieved December 8, 2009. 

External links

• Dallas Vigilantes website