The Shreveport Steamer were a professional American football team in the World Football League. The franchise began the 1974 season in Houston, Texas, as the Houston Texans (no connection to the current NFL team of the same name), playing their home games at the Houston Astrodome.
1975 season
The Steamer returned for the 1975 WFL season with a different coaching staff. Right from the start, both the "Boats" and the resurrected league struggled. (The second Chicago franchise, the Chicago Winds, unrelated except by venue to the previous year's Chicago team, the Chicago Fire, ceased operations on September 2, after five games.) After a mediocre 5–7 record and with the franchise almost out of money, the Steamer and the WFL sank permanently on October 22, 1975. The second WFL ceased operations little more than halfway through the planned 1975 season.
An unrelated "Shreveport Steamer", also known as the plural "Steamers", played in the American Football Association from 1979 to 1981. (All copyrights and trademarks for the WFL's teams were allowed to lapse after the league's shutdown.) This team renamed itself the "Steamers-Americans" after merging with the Orlando Americans in 1982. Billy Kilmer served as the team's coach in its first season.
Schedule and results
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1974 regular season
Source:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Week
! Day
! Date
! Opponent
! Result
! Venue
! Attendance
! Source
|---- align="center" bgcolor="#FFCCCC"
!1
|Wednesday
|July 10, 1974
|at Chicago Fire
|L 0–17
|Soldier Field
|42,000
|
|---- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
!2
|Wednesday
|July 17, 1974
|Philadelphia Bell
|W 11–0
|Houston Astrodome
|26,227
|
|---- align="center" bgcolor="#FFCCCC"
!3
|Wednesday
|July 24, 1974
|at Florida Blazers
|L 3–15
|Florida Citrus Bowl
|15,729
|
|---- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
!4
|Wednesday
|July 31, 1974
|Florida Blazers
|W 7–6
|Houston Astrodome
|16,268
|
|---- align="center"
!5
|Wednesday
|August 7, 1974
|at Portland Storm
|T 15–15
|Civic Stadium
|15,686
|
|---- align="center" bgcolor="#FFCCCC"
!6
|Thursday
|August 15, 1974
|Southern California Sun
|L 7–18
|Houston Astrodome
|31,227
|
|---- align="center" bgcolor="#FFCCCC"
!7
|Wednesday
|August 21, 1974
|at New York Stars
|L 10–43
|Downing Stadium
|12,042
|
|---- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
!8
|Wednesday
|August 28, 1974
|New York Stars
|W 14–11
|Houston Astrodome
|10,126
|
|---- align="center" bgcolor="#FFCCCC"
!9
|Sunday
|September 1, 1974
|at Hawaiians
|L 15–33
|Honolulu Stadium
|10,248
|
|---- align="center" bgcolor="#FFCCCC"
!10
|Saturday
|September 7, 1974
|at Memphis Southmen
|L 0–45
|Memphis Memorial Stadium
|15,291
|
|---- align="center" bgcolor="#FFCCCC"
!11
|Wednesday
|September 11, 1974
|Hawaiians
|L 17–24
|Houston Astrodome
|9,061
|
|---- align="center" bgcolor="#FFCCCC"
!12
|Thursday
|September 19, 1974<sup>†</sup>
|at Birmingham Americans
|L 14–42
|Legion Field
|33,619
|
|---- align="center" bgcolor="#FFCCCC"
!13
|Wednesday
|September 25, 1974<sup>‡</sup>
|Memphis Southmen
|L 3–17
|State Fair Stadium
|21,357
|
|---- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
!14
|Wednesday
|October 2, 1974
|Detroit Wheels
|W 14–11
|State Fair Stadium
|22,012
|
|---- align="center" bgcolor="#FFCCCC"
!15
|Thursday
|October 10, 1974
|at Southern California Sun
|L 23–25
|Anaheim Stadium
|24,223
|
|---- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
!16
|Wednesday
|October 16, 1974
|at Philadelphia Bell
|W 30–25
|John F. Kennedy Stadium
|750
|
|---- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
!17
|Wednesday
|October 23, 1974
|Birmingham Americans
|W 31–0
|State Fair Stadium
|24,617
|
|---- align="center" bgcolor="#FFCCCC"
!18
|Thursday
|October 31, 1974
|Portland Storm
|L 0–14
|State Fair Stadium
|20,402
|
|---- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
!19
|Wednesday
|November 6, 1974
|Charlotte Hornets
|W 19–14
|State Fair Stadium
|10,697
|
|---- align="center" bgcolor="#FFCCCC"
!20
|Wednesday
|November 13, 1974
|at Birmingham Americans
|L 7–40
|Legion Field
|14,794
|
|----
|}
:† first game after announcing move to Shreveport
:‡ first home game in Shreveport
1975 regular season
Source:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Week
! Day
! Date
! Opponent
! Result
! Venue
! Attendance
! Source
|---- align="center" bgcolor="#FFCCCC"
!1
|Sunday
|August 2, 1975
|at San Antonio Wings
|L 3–19
|Alamo Stadium
|10,411
|
|---- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
!2
|Sunday
|August 9, 1975
|Chicago Winds
|W 38–18
|State Fair Stadium
|10,611
|
|---- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
!3
|Sunday
|August 16, 1975
|Philadelphia Bell
|W 10–3
|State Fair Stadium
|12,016
|
|---- align="center" bgcolor="#FFCCCC"
!4
|Sunday
|August 23, 1975
|at Portland Thunder
|L 24–33
|Civic Stadium
|6,576
|
|---- align="center" bgcolor="#FFCCCC"
!5
|Sunday
|August 30, 1975
|at Birmingham Vulcans
|L 8–21
|Legion Field
|18,700
|
|---- align="center" bgcolor="#FFCCCC"
!6
|Saturday
|September 6, 1975
|Jacksonville Express
|L 15–22
|State Fair Stadium
|13,638
|
|---- align="center" bgcolor="#FFCCCC"
!7
|Sunday
|September 14, 1975
|at Memphis Grizzlies
|L 23–34
|Memphis Memorial Stadium
|18,003
|
|---- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
!8
|Saturday
|September 20, 1975
|Southern California Sun
|W 38–29
|State Fair Stadium
|18,777
|
|---- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
!9
|Sunday
|September 28, 1975
|Hawaiians
|W 32–25
|State Fair Stadium
|21,349
|
|---- align="center" bgcolor="#FFCCCC"
!10
|Sunday
|October 5, 1975
|Charlotte Hornets
|L 14–39
|State Fair Stadium
|20,407
|
|---- align="center" bgcolor="#FFCCCC"
!11
|Sunday
|October 12, 1975
|at Southern California Sun
|L 30–39
|Anaheim Stadium
|10,505
|
|---- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
!12
|Sunday
|October 19, 1975
|San Antonio Wings
|W 41–31
|State Fair Stadium
|8,500
|
|----
|}
See also
- 1974 World Football League season
- 1975 World Football League season
Sources
- Houston Texans 1974 WFL Media Guide
- Shreveport Steamer 1975 WFL Media Guide
References
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