1994 Las Vegas Sting season
Arena Football League team season
The 1994 Las Vegas Sting season was the first season for the Las Vegas Sting. They finished the 1994 season 5–7 and lost in the quarterfinals of the AFL playoffs to the Albany Firebirds.[1]
Regular season
Schedule
Week | Date | Opponent | Results | Game site (attendance) | ||||
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Final score | Team record | |||||||
1 | May 21 | Miami Hooters | L 22–35 | 0–1 | MGM Grand Garden Arena (10,109) | |||
2 | May 26 | Massachusetts Marauders | L 30–31 | 0–2 | MGM Grand Garden Arena (5,038) | |||
3 | June 3 | at Orlando Predators | L 9–38 | 0–3 | Amway Arena (13,995) | |||
4 | June 10 | at Milwaukee Mustangs | W 32–24 | 1–3 | Bradley Center (12,155) | |||
5 | June 18 | Cleveland Thunderbolts | W 26–22 | 2–3 | MGM Grand Garden Arena (3,962) | |||
6 | June 25 | at Cleveland Thunderbolts | L 20–46 | 2–4 | Richfield Coliseum (8,322) | |||
7 | July 2 | Arizona Rattlers | L 7–50 | 2–5 | MGM Grand Garden Arena (5,018) | |||
8 | July 8 | at Massachusetts Marauders | L 45–63 | 2–6 | Worcester Centrum (5,907) | |||
9 | Bye | |||||||
10 | July 23 | Fort Worth Cavalry | W 47–37 | 3–6 | MGM Grand Garden Arena (5,414) | |||
11 | July 29 | at Fort Worth Cavalry | W 35–32 | 4–6 | Tarrant County Convention Center (7,021) | |||
12 | August 6 | Tampa Bay Storm | W 63–58 | 5–6 | MGM Grand Garden Arena (8,941) | |||
13 | August 12 | at Arizona Rattlers | L 46–51 | 5–7 | Talking Stick Resort Arena (15,102) |
[2]
Standings
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Team | Overall | Conference | Scoring | ||||||||
W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | PF | PA | PF (Avg.) | PA (Avg.) | STK | |
American Conference | |||||||||||
xy-Albany Firebirds | 10 | 2 | .833 | 5 | 1 | .833 | 642 | 507 | 53.5 | 42.25 | W 2 |
x-Arizona Rattlers | 8 | 4 | .667 | 5 | 1 | .833 | 525 | 441 | 43.75 | 36.75 | W 1 |
x-Massachusetts Marauders | 8 | 4 | .667 | 6 | 1 | .857 | 586 | 504 | 48.83 | 42 | W 1 |
x-Las Vegas Sting | 5 | 7 | .417 | 2 | 5 | .286 | 372 | 484 | 31 | 40.3 | L 1 |
Cleveland Thunderbolts | 2 | 10 | .167 | 1 | 5 | .167 | 445 | 548 | 37.08 | 45.67 | L 2 |
Milwaukee Mustangs | 0 | 12 | .000 | 0 | 6 | .000 | 386 | 609 | 32.16 | 50.75 | L 12 |
National Conference | |||||||||||
xyz-Orlando Predators | 11 | 1 | .917 | 4 | 1 | .800 | 579 | 341 | 48.25 | 28.42 | L 1 |
x-Tampa Bay Storm | 7 | 5 | .583 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 561 | 564 | 46.75 | 47 | W 1 |
x-Charlotte Rage | 5 | 7 | .417 | 2 | 4 | .333 | 442 | 503 | 36.83 | 42.42 | L 1 |
x-Fort Worth Cavalry | 5 | 7 | .417 | 3 | 2 | .600 | 556 | 490 | 36.66 | 41.92 | W 1 |
Miami Hooters | 5 | 7 | .417 | 1 | 5 | .167 | 388 | 491 | 32.3 | 40.92 | W 1 |
z – clinched homefield advantage • y – clinched division title • x – clinched playoff spot
Playoffs
The Sting were seeded seventh overall in the AFL playoffs.
Round | Date | Opponent | Results | Game site (attendance) | |
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Final score | Playoff record | ||||
Quarterfinals | August 20 | at (2) Albany Firebirds | L 30–49 | 0–1 | Knickerbocker Arena (11,713) |
Awards
Position | Player | Award | All-Arena team |
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Defensive specialist | Carlos Johnson | - | 1st |
[1]
References
- ^ a b "Las Vegas Sting Team History - 1994 | ArenaFan.com". www.arenafan.com. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
- ^ "1994 Las Vegas Sting Game-by-Game Results on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com. Retrieved December 11, 2019.