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The New Orleans Night was an Arena Football League
Arena Football League

The Arena Football League was founded in 1987 in sports as an American football arena football. The AFL's attendance increased dramatically over its last few years, rising to an average of 12,415 people per game in 2007, and 12,957 per game in 2008, but the increases were accompanied by greatly increased expenses and debt, leading to the can...
 (AFL) team that competed in the 1991
1991 Arena Football League season

The 1991 Arena Football League season was the 5th season of the Arena Football League. The league champions were the Tampa Bay Storm, who defeated the Massachusetts Marauders in ArenaBowl V....
 and 1992
1992 Arena Football League season

The 1992 Arena Football League season was the 6th season of the Arena Football League. The league champions were the Massachusetts Marauders, who defeated the Orlando Predators in ArenaBowl VI....
 AFL seasons and were based in New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans, Louisiana

New Orleans is a major United States port city and the largest city in Louisiana. New Orleans is the center of the New Orleans metropolitan area metropolitan area, the largest metro area in the state....
. The team was officially announced at a press conference on March 18, 1991. On April 9, the name Night was unveiled as was Eddie Khayat as head coach.

played their home games inside the massive Louisiana Superdome
Louisiana Superdome

The Louisiana Superdome, often informally referred to simply as the Superdome, The Dome or the New Orleans Superdome is a large, multi-purpose sports and exhibition facility located in the Central Business District, New Orleans of New Orleans, Louisiana....
, also home of the NFL New Orleans Saints
New Orleans Saints

The New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Saints play in the NFC South of the National Football Conference in the National Football League ....
, which obviously had to be modified considerably to cut the playing surface and fan seating down to a size appropriate to fit arena football.






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The New Orleans Night was an Arena Football League
Arena Football League

The Arena Football League was founded in 1987 in sports as an American football arena football. The AFL's attendance increased dramatically over its last few years, rising to an average of 12,415 people per game in 2007, and 12,957 per game in 2008, but the increases were accompanied by greatly increased expenses and debt, leading to the can...
 (AFL) team that competed in the 1991
1991 Arena Football League season

The 1991 Arena Football League season was the 5th season of the Arena Football League. The league champions were the Tampa Bay Storm, who defeated the Massachusetts Marauders in ArenaBowl V....
 and 1992
1992 Arena Football League season

The 1992 Arena Football League season was the 6th season of the Arena Football League. The league champions were the Massachusetts Marauders, who defeated the Orlando Predators in ArenaBowl VI....
 AFL seasons and were based in New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans, Louisiana

New Orleans is a major United States port city and the largest city in Louisiana. New Orleans is the center of the New Orleans metropolitan area metropolitan area, the largest metro area in the state....
. The team was officially announced at a press conference on March 18, 1991. On April 9, the name Night was unveiled as was Eddie Khayat as head coach.

History

They played their home games inside the massive Louisiana Superdome
Louisiana Superdome

The Louisiana Superdome, often informally referred to simply as the Superdome, The Dome or the New Orleans Superdome is a large, multi-purpose sports and exhibition facility located in the Central Business District, New Orleans of New Orleans, Louisiana....
, also home of the NFL New Orleans Saints
New Orleans Saints

The New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Saints play in the NFC South of the National Football Conference in the National Football League ....
, 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 "Thunderdome" (the Superdome's name used for the Night games) used its basketball configuration 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
Blue

Blue is a colour, the perception of which is evoked by light having a spectrum dominated by energy with a wavelength of roughly 440?490 Nanometre....
, Sunset Orange
Orange (colour)

The color orange occurs between red and yellow in the visible Optical spectrum at a wavelength of about 585 ? 620 nanometre, and has a hue of 30? in HSV colour space....
, and Moonlight White
White

White is a color, the Color vision#Physiology of color perception which is evoked by light that stimulates all three types of color sensitive cone cells in the human eye in near equal amount and with high brightness compared to the surroundings....
. The team was disbanded after a winless 1992 season. The Night are probably best remembered for its Zubaz
Zubaz

Zubaz are a brand of shorts and pants that became popular during the early 1990s. They were created by two bodybuilders, Dan Stock and Bob Truax, as a comfortable, functional short for weightlifting....
 designed uniform used during the 1991 season.

Season-by-season

|- |1991 || 4 || 6 || 0 || 5th || -- |- |1992 || 0 || 10 || 0 || 4th Southern || -- |- !Totals || 4 || 16 || 0 |colspan="2"| |}

Notable players

  • Willie Totten
    Willie Totten

    Willie "Satellite" Totten is the head coach of the Mississippi Valley State University Delta Devils American football team, a job he has held since 2001....
    , QB
    Quarterback

    Quarterback is a position in American football and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the center , in the middle of the Lineman ....
     1991
  • Mickey Guidry, QB 1991-92
  • Bruce Miller, WR
    Wide receiver

    A wide receiver is an offensive position in American and Canadian football. Only players in the backfield or the ends on the line are eligible receiver to catch a forward pass....
    /LB
    Linebacker

    File:Glennon_under_center_ACC_championship.jpgA Linebacker is a position in American football and Canadian football that was invented by football coach Fielding Yost of the University of Michigan....
     1992
  • Brian Wiggins, WR/LB 1992
  • Doc Wise, OL/DLine 1992


Head Coaches

  • Eddie Khayat 1991: 4-6
  • Vince Gibson
    Vince Gibson

    Vince Gibson is a former American football coach. He served as head coach at three universities from 1967 to 1982. In 1992 Gibson coached the New Orleans Night of the Arena Football League....
     1992: 0-10


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