Category: Atlantic Coast Football League

Providence Steamroller Football Team Atlantic Coast Football League

Providence Steamroller

The Providence Steamroller were one of six founding teams in the Atlantic Coast Football League in 1962. The ACFL franchise adopted the “Steamroller” name used by several Providence football teams of the past dating back to 1916. Most notably, Providence had an entry known as the Steamrollers in the very early days of the National Football League from 1925 until 1931.

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1965 Boston Steamrollers Program

Boston Steamrollers

The Boston Steamrollers were a minor league football team that played for one season in Everett, Massachusetts, a small city on the northern border of Boston, during the autumn of 1965. The ‘Rollers had a strong season on the field (8-5) but moved at the end of the season to become the Lowell Giants in 1966.

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1966 Virginia Sailors Program

Virginia Sailors

The Virginia Sailors were a minor league football team that operated in the Washington suburbs for three seasons from 1966 to 1968. The Sailors captured back-to-back ACFL titles in 1966 and 1967 and returned to the championship game once again in 1968, only to see their three-peat bid spoiled by the Hartford Knights.

Cox’s squad returned to the title game in 1968 with a chance for a three-peat, but lost 30-17 on the road to the Hartford Knights.

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1969 Roanoke Buckskins program from the Atlantic Coast Football League

Roanoke Buckskins

Atlantic Coast Football League (1969-1971) Born: 1969 – The Virginia Sailors relocate to Roanoke, VA Folded: 1972 First Game: September 5, 1969 (W @ 20-7

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Quincy Giants Atlantic Coast Football League

Quincy Giants

The Quincy Giants were a minor league football outfit that played for one season in this border city on the southern edge of Boston during the fall of 1969.  The franchise previously played in northern Massachusetts as the Lowell Giants from 1966 to 1968. The Giants were members of the Atlantic Coast Football League, competing against teams from Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia.

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