CFL USA - 1994

1994

The following year would see more expansion: the Las Vegas Posse, the Baltimore Stallions (who were forced to change their name from the Colts after a long legal battle with the Indianapolis Colts of the NFL) and Glieberman's Shreveport Pirates (which had the same name problem as Baltimore, having previously been named the Shreveport Lions but coming under fire by both the CFL (BC Lions) and the NFL (Detroit Lions), resulting in the team opting for the Pirates moniker). Baltimore was the most successful of any American CFL team, having finished second in the East and making it to the 1994 Grey Cup game, becoming the first American team to play for the Grey Cup. At the other end of the spectrum, the Las Vegas Posse were an abject failure, becoming a road team after attendance dropped to under 3,000 in Las Vegas; the team folded at the end of the season.