Everything about The Las Vegas Outlaws totally explained
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 Mc Callum 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.
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. (External Link
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