Tombstone
Born: 2009 – UFL founding franchise
Moved: February 16, 2010 (Hartford Colonials)
First Game: October 10, 2009 (L 35-13 @ Florida Tuskers)
Last Game: November 20, 2009 (L 41-7 @ Las Vegas Locomotives)
UFL Championships: None
Stadia
Giants Stadium
Opened: 1976
Demolished: 2010
Rentschler Field
Opened: 2003
Shuart Stadium
Opened: 1963
Marketing
Team Colors:
Ownership
Owner: Bill Mayer
Background
An especially flaccid entry in the ill-conceived United Football League (2009-2012). The New York Sentinels went 0-6 in their only season of competition and never scored more than one touchdown in a game. The team only played one contest in the state of New York during their brief lifespan.
The Sentinels were coached by former New York Jets defensive coordinator Ted Cotrell. 4-time NFL All-Pro defensive end Simeon Rice was the Sentinels’ biggest name. But the team’s best name was leading receiver Craphonso Thorpe.
The UFL played a short 6-game schedule during their 2009 debut season. For whatever reason, the league and the Sentinels chose/were forced to schedule each of the team’s games in a different state. The Sentinel’s debut at Giants Stadium on October 29, 2009 drew announced crowd of 10,818 in the 76,000-seat oval. Game #2 on the campus of Hofstra University on Long Island drew 4,392. The Sentinels’ final “home” game was at Rentschler Field in Hartford, Connecticut before 5,201.
Move To Hartford & Aftermath
The Sentinels moved permanently to Hartford for the UFL’s second season in 2010 and were re-branded as the Hartford Colonials. The Colonials lasted one season before the franchise folded for good in July 2011.
The UFL ran out of money a year later and closed its doors midway through the 2012 season.
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The Sentinels vs. California Redwoods in the team’s lone Giants Stadium appearance. October 29, 2009.
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2 Responses
It didn’t help that two of the Sentinels home games were competing with Yankees World Series games, including the decisive Game 6.
And if there were really 10,818 people in the stands in Giants Stadium that night, I’m an antelope.