- Sacramento Surge
NFLE team
name = Sacramento Surge
color1 = #30D5C8
color2 = #FFD800
helmet = WLAF Surge.png
founded = 1991
retired = 1992
city =Sacramento, California
colors = Aqua, Light Gold, Black, White
W-L-T = Regular Season: 11-9 Postseason: 2-0
wb_won = 1
wb1 =World Bowl II (1992)The Sacramento Surge was a professional
American football team that played in the WLAF in1991 and1992 . The team played its first season at Hughes Stadium in Sacramento, and the second season inHornet Stadium on the Sacramento State University campus. The team was coached by formerBuffalo Bills quarterback/head coachKay Stephenson .The Surge won the
World Bowl in 1992, the only American team to do so. On this championship team was future professional wrestlerBill Goldberg .After the WLAF ended its American presence at the end of the 1992 season, Surge owner
Fred Anderson continued Sacramento's presence in professional football by acquiring aCanadian Football League expansion franchise. The new team was named theSacramento Gold Miners ; Stephenson and several Surge players were retained in the change, as were the team colors of aqua and yellow.Season-By-Season
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1991 || 3 || 7 || 0 || 3rd North American West || --
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1992 || 8 || 2 || 0 || 1st North American West || WonWorld Bowl II
-!Totals || 13 || 9 || 0
colspan="2"| (including playoffs)
###@@@KEYEND@@@###1991 Results
Week 1: Sacramento 9, Raleigh-Durham Skyhawks 3
Week 2: Birmingham Fire 17, Sacramento 10
Week 3: San Antonio Riders 10, Sacramento 3
Week 4: Sacramento 16, Frankfurt Galaxy 10
Week 5: New York/New Jersey Knights 28, Sacramento 20
Week 6: Barcelona Dragons 29, Sacramento 20
Week 7: Montreal Machine 26, Sacramento 23 (OT)
Week 8: Orlando Thunder 45, Sacramento 33
Week 9: London Monarchs 45, Sacramento 21
Week 10: Sacramento 24, Frankfurt Galaxy 13
1992 Results
Week 1: Sacramento 20, Birmingham Fire 6
Week 2: Sacramento 17, Ohio Glory 6
Week 3: Sacramento 14, Montreal Machine 7
Week 4: San Antonio Riders 23, Sacramento 20 (OT)
Week 5: Birmingham Fire 28, Sacramento 14
Week 6: Sacramento 31, London Monarchs 26
Week 7: Sacramento 35, Montreal Machine 21
Week 8: Sacramento 15, Frankfurt Galaxy 7
Week 9: Sacramento 21, Ohio Glory 7
Week 10: Sacramento 27, San Antonio Riders 2
Semifinals: Sacramento 17, Barcelona Dragons 15
World Bowl II: Sacramento 21, Orlando Thunder 17 (at Montreal)
External links
* [http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/1871/surge.html Team Info.]
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