New Orleans Night

The New Orleans Night were an Arena Football League (AFL) team that competed in the 1991 and 1992 AFL seasons and were based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The team was officially announced at a press conference on March 18, 1991.[1] On April 9, the name Night was unveiled as was Eddie Khayat, former head coach of the Nashville Kats, as head coach.[2]

New Orleans Night
Established 1991
Folded 1992
Played in Louisiana Superdome
in New Orleans
New Orleans Night logo
League/conference affiliations
Arena Football League (1991–1992)
Team colorsMidnight blue, orange, white
              
Personnel
Owner(s)Mike McBath
Bill Hampton
David Briggs
Head coachVince Gibson
Team history
  • New Orleans Night (1991–1992)
Championships
League championships (0)
Conference championships (0)
Prior to 2005, the AFL did not have conference championship games
Division championships (0)
Home arena(s)
  • Louisiana Superdome (1991–1992)

History
Main article: 1991 New Orleans Night season

The Night played their home games inside the massive Louisiana Superdome, also home of the NFL New Orleans Saints, which obviously had to be modified considerably to cut the playing surface and fan seating down to a size appropriate to fit arena football. The Superdome used its basketball configuration, previously used for the New Orleans Jazz NBA team and for some special college basketball games and tournament play, for arena football. Using this setup, the dome still had a capacity of 30,000 for the Night. Also, during the 1992 season, the Night used a huge blue curtain to close off the rest of the unused dome, to give a smaller arena feel to it. Team colors were Midnight Blue, Sunset Orange, and Moonlight White. The Night wore Zubaz designed uniforms used during the 1991 season.[3]

Main article: 1992 New Orleans Night season

The team was disbanded after a winless 1992 season.

Notable players

Final roster
New Orleans Night roster
Quarterbacks

Wide receivers/Defensive backs

 Running backs/Linebackers
  • -- Mike Lindsey
  • -- Kent Robertson

Offensive linemen/Defensive linemen

  • -- Jerry Bell
  • -- Eric Bias
  • -- Jim Bishop
  • -- Fred Davis
  • -- Lamar Davis
  • -- Matt Martinez
  • −− Mike McChesney
  • -- Darren Mullenberg
  • -- Carl Thomas
  • -- Gary Willison
  • -- Doc Wise
 Wide receivers/Linebackers
  • -- Richard Estell
  • -- Bruce Miller

Kickers

Rookies in italics
Roster updated March 15, 2013
32 Active, 0 Inactive, 0 PS

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Individual Awards
Ironman of the Year
Season Player Position
1991Milton BarneyWR/DB

All-Arena players

The following Night players were named to All-Arena Teams:

Notable coaches

Head coaches

Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 1992 Arena Football League season.

Name Term Regular Season Playoffs Awards
W L T Win% W L
Eddie Khayat 1991 4 6 0 .400 0 0
Vince Gibson 1992 0 10 0 .000 0 0

Season-by-season
Season records
SeasonWLTFinishPlayoff results
1991460
19920100
Totals4160

Media
  • The team appeared on the game EA Sports Arena Football as a hidden bonus team.
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References
  1. Smith, Jimmy (March 19, 1991). "Arena football coming to town". The Times-Picayune. pp. E1.
  2. Roesler, Bob (April 10, 1991). "Night dawns in N.O.". The Times-Picayune. pp. C1.
  3. Image of 1991 uniform
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