New York/New Jersey Knights was a franchise in the
World League of American FootballThe World League of American Football was founded in 1990 with support from the National Football League to play professional American football in North America, Europe and later possibly Asia...
for the 1991 and 1992 seasons. They played in the North American East division, which they won in the 1991 season. They were coached by
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, an architect of the Run & Shoot offense.
After 1992 the NFL (who backed the league) suspended the WLAF's operations. When the WLAF returned in the 1995 season the league was concentrated in Europe, and none of the seven North American teams (including New York-New Jersey Knights) returned.
They played their home games at
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, also home to the NFL's
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and
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.
Season-by-season
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|1991 || 5 || 5 || 0 || 1st North American East || Lost Semifinals (
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)
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|1992 || 6 || 4 || 0 || 2nd North American East || --
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!Totals || 11 || 10 || 0
|colspan="2"| (including playoffs)
Staff
Roster
Results
Week 1: Sun. Mar. 24 - (L) NY/NJ Knights 7 @ Barcelona Dragons 19 (Att. 19,233)
Week 2: Sun. Mar. 31 - (L) NY/NJ Knights 18 @ London Monarchs 22 (Att. 46,592)
Week 3: Sat. Apr. 6 - (L) NY/NJ KNIGHTS 17 VS FRANKFURT GALAXY 27 (Att.
36,456)
Week 4: Sat. Apr. 13 - (W) NY/NJ Knights 44 @ Montreal Machine 0 (Att, 34,821)
Week 5: Mon. Apr. 22 - (W) NY/NJ KNIGHTS 28 VS SACRAMENTO SURGE 20 (Att.
21,230)
Week 6: Sat. Apr. 27 - (W) NY/NJ KNIGHTS 42 VS ORLANDO THUNDER 6 (Att.
30,046)
Week 7: Sun. May. 5 - (W) NY/NJ Knights 42 @ Raleigh-Durham Skyhawks 6 (Att. 10,069)
Week 8: Sat. May. 11 - (L) NY/NJ KNIGHTS 7 VS LONDON MONARCHS 22 (Att.
41,219)
Week 9: Mon. May. 20 - (L) NY/NJ Knights 14 @ Birmingham Fire 24 (Att. 31,211)
Week 10: Sat. May. 25 - (W) NY/NJ KNIGHTS 38 VS SAN ANTONIO RIDERS 9 (Att.
32,857)
Semifinals: Sun. June 2 (L) NY/NJ KNIGHTS 26 VS LONDON MONARCHS 42 (Att,
25,713)
Staff
Roster
Results
Week 1: London Monarchs 26, New York/New Jersey 20 (OT)
Week 2: Barcelona Dragons 15, New York/New Jersey 14
Week 3: San Antonio Riders 9, New York/New Jersey 3
Week 4: Orlando Thunder 39, New York/New Jersey 21
Week 5: New York/New Jersey 24, Frankfurt Galaxy 21
Week 6: New York/New Jersey 34, Montreal Machine 11
Week 7: New York/New Jersey 41, London Monarchs 13
Week 8: New York/New Jersey 39, Ohio Glory 33 (OT)
Week 9: New York/New Jersey 47, Barcelona Dragons 0
Week 10: New York/New Jersey 41, Montreal Machine 21