Dallas Vigilantes
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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
. 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 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.
, because of a unique ownership situation with the former team. 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), former Desperados owner Jerry Jones
(who also owns the NFL
's Dallas Cowboys
) retained the team's branding rights after it folded.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 revolver
s. The logo was stripped down for 2011, consisting of the skull and the cowboy hat from the original logo.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Week
! Date
! Opponent
! Home/Away
! Result
! Attendance
|-bgcolor="#bbffbb"
|1
|March 12
|Kansas City Command
|Home
|W 53-46
|6,542
|-bgcolor="#bbffbb"
|2
| March 19
|Tulsa Talons
| Home
| W 64-40
| 7,287
|-bgcolor="#bbffbb"
|3
|March 26
|BYE
|
|
|
|-bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
|4
|March 31
|Utah Blaze
|Away
|L 40-69
| 8,179
|-bgcolor="ffbbbb"
|5
|April 8
|Georgia Force
|Away
|L
|6,414
|-bgcolor="#bbffbb"
|6
|April 14
|Milwaukee Mustangs
|Home
|W 49-21
|9,352
|-bgcolor="#bbffbb"
|7
|April 23
|Tampa Bay Storm
|Away
|W 67-61
|14,201
|-bgcolor="#bbffbb"
|8
|April 29
|Kansas City Command
|Away
|W 72-63
| 6,938
|-bgcolor="#bbffbb"
|9
|May 7
|Iowa Barnstormers
|Home
|W 71-57
| 9,715
|-bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
|10
|May 14
|Spokane Shock
|Away
|L 49-71
| 10,460
|-bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
|11
|May 22
|Chicago Rush
|Away
|L 75-69
| 7,430
|-bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
|12
|May 28
|Pittsburgh Power
|Home
| L 75-76
| 10,138
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
|13
|June 4
|San Jose Sabercats
| Home
| W 70-57
| 9,010
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
|14
|June 11
|BYE
|
|
|
|
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
|15
|June 18
|Iowa Barnstormers
|Away
|W 65-55
| 7,922
|-bgcolor="#bbffbb"
|16
|June 25
|Tulsa Talons
|Away
|W 55-48
| 8,753
|-bgcolor="#bbffbb"
|17
|July 2
|Philadelphia Soul
|Home
|W 58-41
| 8,957
|-bgcolor="#bbffbb"
|18
|July 9
|Jacksonville Sharks
|Away
|W 75-70
|
|-bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
|19
|July 16
|Chicago Rush
|Home
|L 44-53
|
|-bgcolor="#bbffbb"
|20
|July 23
|Arizona Rattlers
|Home
|
|
Playoffs
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Round
! Date
! Opponent
! Home/Away
! Result
! Attendance
|-bgcolor="#bbffbb"
|National Conference Semifinals
|
|
|
|
|
Arena Football League
The Arena Football League is the highest level of professional indoor American football in the United States. It is currently the second longest running professional football league in the United States, after the National Football League. It was founded in 1987 by Jim Foster...
team based in Dallas, Texas
Dallas, Texas
Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
. Like its AFL predecessor, the Dallas Desperados
Dallas Desperados
The Dallas Desperados were a professional Arena Football team. The Desperados played in the Southern Division of the now-defunct Arena Football League from 2002 to 2008....
, the Vigilantes played at the American Airlines Center
American Airlines Center
The American Airlines Center is a multi-purpose arena, located in the Victory Park neighborhood, near downtown Dallas, Texas.It is home to the Dallas Mavericks of the NBA, and the Dallas Stars of the NHL....
. The Vigilantes and the Jacksonville Sharks
Jacksonville Sharks
The Jacksonville Sharks were a professional American football team based in Jacksonville, Florida. They competed for part of the 1974 season in the World Football League, a failed attempt to launch a major professional football league in the United States in competition with the National Football...
began play in the 2010 season, the first after the league's restructuring. The franchise was owned by former Tampa Bay Storm
Tampa Bay Storm
The Tampa Bay Storm are an Arena Football League team based in the Tampa Bay Area of Florida. They play their home games in the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa....
owner Peter C. Kern and is being managed by Stephen Evans and Bo Kern. Vigilantes games were broadcasted on the radio on 1190 AM
KFXR (AM)
KFXR is a radio station in Dallas, Texas, programing classic country when it is not airing brokered programming. It began broadcasting in 1947 as KLIF...
and television coverage was provided by Time Warner Cable Sports.
History
The Vigilantes did not carry on the name of Dallas' previous AFL team, the Dallas DesperadosDallas Desperados
The Dallas Desperados were a professional Arena Football team. The Desperados played in the Southern Division of the now-defunct Arena Football League from 2002 to 2008....
, because of a unique ownership situation with the former team. Although the new AFL owns the former AFL team assets (hence the Arizona Rattlers
Arizona Rattlers
The Arizona Rattlers are a professional arena football team based in Phoenix, Arizona. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Conference in the Arena Football League . The Rattlers were founded in 1992 as an expansion team. They play their home games at US Airways Center...
, Chicago Rush
Chicago Rush
The Chicago Rush is an arena football team based in Rosemont, Illinois. It is a member of the Central Division of the National Conference of the Arena Football League. The team was founded in 2001 and is co-owned by Mike Ditka, the Hall of Fame player and coach.The Rush have qualified for the...
, Cleveland Gladiators, Orlando Predators
Orlando Predators
The Orlando Predators are an Arena Football League team based in Orlando, Florida that was founded in 1991. Their playoff streak is currently 19 seasons in a row, as of the season, becoming the ArenaBowl champions in 1998 and 2000...
, Tampa Bay Storm
Tampa Bay Storm
The Tampa Bay Storm are an Arena Football League team based in the Tampa Bay Area of Florida. They play their home games in the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa....
, and Utah Blaze
Utah Blaze
The Utah Blaze is a professional arena football team based in Salt Lake City, Utah and competes in the West division of the Arena Football League. Home games are played at the EnergySolutions Arena.-The original Utah Blaze :...
names going over to the new AF1), former Desperados owner Jerry Jones
Jerry Jones
Jerral "Jerry" Wayne Jones is the owner and general manager of the NFL team, the Dallas Cowboys.-Early life:Jones was born in Los Angeles, California. His family moved to North Little Rock, Arkansas when he was an infant. Jones was a star running back at North Little Rock High School...
(who also owns the NFL
National Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
's Dallas Cowboys
Dallas Cowboys
The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football franchise which plays in the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference of the National Football League . They are headquartered in Valley Ranch in Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas...
) retained the team's branding rights after it folded.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
Skull and crossbones (fraternities and sports)
The skull and crossbones was a common fraternal motiff as a symbol of mortality and warning in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries...
, the flag of Texas
Flag of Texas
The Flag of the State of Texas is defined by law as follows:The Texas flag is known as the "Lone Star Flag" . This flag was introduced to the Congress of the Republic of Texas on December 28, 1838, by Senator William H. Wharton...
, a cowboy hat, and revolver
Revolver
A revolver is a repeating firearm that has a cylinder containing multiple chambers and at least one barrel for firing. The first revolver ever made was built by Elisha Collier in 1818. The percussion cap revolver was invented by Samuel Colt in 1836. This weapon became known as the Colt Paterson...
s. The logo was stripped down for 2011, consisting of the skull and the cowboy hat from the original logo.
2011 results
Regular Season{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Week
! Date
! Opponent
! Home/Away
! Result
! Attendance
|-bgcolor="#bbffbb"
|1
|March 12
|Kansas City Command
|Home
|W 53-46
|6,542
|-bgcolor="#bbffbb"
|2
| March 19
|Tulsa Talons
Tulsa Talons
The San Antonio Talons are a professional arena football franchise in San Antonio, Texas that plays in the Arena Football League.The Talons began in 2000 in Tulsa, Oklahoma as the Tulsa Talons, a charter member of the defunct minor league Arena Football 2, also known as af2...
| Home
| W 64-40
| 7,287
|-bgcolor="#bbffbb"
|3
|March 26
|BYE
|
|
|
|-bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
|4
|March 31
|Utah Blaze
Utah Blaze
The Utah Blaze is a professional arena football team based in Salt Lake City, Utah and competes in the West division of the Arena Football League. Home games are played at the EnergySolutions Arena.-The original Utah Blaze :...
|Away
|L 40-69
| 8,179
|-bgcolor="ffbbbb"
|5
|April 8
|Georgia Force
Georgia Force
The Georgia Force are an Arena Football League team based in Gwinnett County, Georgia, United States that plays in the South Division of the American Conference. The team is owned by Doug MacGregor and Donn Jennings...
|Away
|L
|6,414
|-bgcolor="#bbffbb"
|6
|April 14
|Milwaukee Mustangs
Milwaukee Mustangs
The Milwaukee Mustangs were an Arena Football League team. They played from 1994 to 2001 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin's Bradley Center.-History:The team was founded in 1994 amidst rumors that the Green Bay Packers would soon stop playing games in Milwaukee, something they'd been doing since 1936...
|Home
|W 49-21
|9,352
|-bgcolor="#bbffbb"
|7
|April 23
|Tampa Bay Storm
Tampa Bay Storm
The Tampa Bay Storm are an Arena Football League team based in the Tampa Bay Area of Florida. They play their home games in the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa....
|Away
|W 67-61
|14,201
|-bgcolor="#bbffbb"
|8
|April 29
|Kansas City Command
|Away
|W 72-63
| 6,938
|-bgcolor="#bbffbb"
|9
|May 7
|Iowa Barnstormers
Iowa Barnstormers
The Iowa Barnstormers are an arena football team based in Des Moines, Iowa. They are currently members of the Arena Football League , which they joined in 2010 following the organization's restructuring...
|Home
|W 71-57
| 9,715
|-bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
|10
|May 14
|Spokane Shock
Spokane Shock
The Spokane Shock is a professional arena football team of the Arena Football League from Spokane, Washington, USA. They play their home games at the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena...
|Away
|L 49-71
| 10,460
|-bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
|11
|May 22
|Chicago Rush
Chicago Rush
The Chicago Rush is an arena football team based in Rosemont, Illinois. It is a member of the Central Division of the National Conference of the Arena Football League. The team was founded in 2001 and is co-owned by Mike Ditka, the Hall of Fame player and coach.The Rush have qualified for the...
|Away
|L 75-69
| 7,430
|-bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
|12
|May 28
|Pittsburgh Power
Pittsburgh Power
The Pittsburgh Power is an Arena Football League team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that began play in March of 2011. The team plays its home games at the new Consol Energy Center, which they share with the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League...
|Home
| L 75-76
| 10,138
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
|13
|June 4
|San Jose Sabercats
San Jose SaberCats
The San Jose SaberCats are a professional arena football team in the Arena Football League. They began play as a 1995 expansion team. They played in the Western Division of the American Conference. Their final coach in the original Arena Football League was Darren Arbet, who will be a part of the...
| Home
| W 70-57
| 9,010
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
|14
|June 11
|BYE
|
|
|
|
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
|15
|June 18
|Iowa Barnstormers
Iowa Barnstormers
The Iowa Barnstormers are an arena football team based in Des Moines, Iowa. They are currently members of the Arena Football League , which they joined in 2010 following the organization's restructuring...
|Away
|W 65-55
| 7,922
|-bgcolor="#bbffbb"
|16
|June 25
|Tulsa Talons
Tulsa Talons
The San Antonio Talons are a professional arena football franchise in San Antonio, Texas that plays in the Arena Football League.The Talons began in 2000 in Tulsa, Oklahoma as the Tulsa Talons, a charter member of the defunct minor league Arena Football 2, also known as af2...
|Away
|W 55-48
| 8,753
|-bgcolor="#bbffbb"
|17
|July 2
|Philadelphia Soul
Philadelphia Soul
The Philadelphia Soul are an Arena Football League team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They began play in as an expansion team. The team plays in the Eastern Division of the American Conference. They won their first ArenaBowl in 2008, defeating the San Jose SaberCats 59–56 in ArenaBowl XXII...
|Home
|W 58-41
| 8,957
|-bgcolor="#bbffbb"
|18
|July 9
|Jacksonville Sharks
Jacksonville Sharks
The Jacksonville Sharks were a professional American football team based in Jacksonville, Florida. They competed for part of the 1974 season in the World Football League, a failed attempt to launch a major professional football league in the United States in competition with the National Football...
|Away
|W 75-70
|
|-bgcolor="#ffbbbb"
|19
|July 16
|Chicago Rush
Chicago Rush
The Chicago Rush is an arena football team based in Rosemont, Illinois. It is a member of the Central Division of the National Conference of the Arena Football League. The team was founded in 2001 and is co-owned by Mike Ditka, the Hall of Fame player and coach.The Rush have qualified for the...
|Home
|L 44-53
|
|-bgcolor="#bbffbb"
|20
|July 23
|Arizona Rattlers
Arizona Rattlers
The Arizona Rattlers are a professional arena football team based in Phoenix, Arizona. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Conference in the Arena Football League . The Rattlers were founded in 1992 as an expansion team. They play their home games at US Airways Center...
|Home
|
|
Playoffs
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Round
! Date
! Opponent
! Home/Away
! Result
! Attendance
|-bgcolor="#bbffbb"
|National Conference Semifinals
|
|
|
|
|