The Spokane Shockers were a professional American football team based in Spokane, Washington . The team was founded in 1967 as the Victoria Steelers of the Continental Football League but transferred to Spokane during the 1967–68 offseason. While in Spokane the team played its home games in Joe Albi Stadium . The Shockers had a farm team arrangement with the American Football League's Oakland Raiders , and their most notable player during their brief existence was future Hall of Fame quarterback Ken Stabler .
4-655: As a result of the demise of the COFL, Spokane was first forced to suspend operations and then cease them altogether. As late as June 1970, plans to continue operating the COFL's Pacific Division as a separate entity were considered viable, but these plans were abandoned when the Sacramento Capitols folded in July and the Portland Loggers stopped responding to phone calls by August. This article about
8-663: A sports team in Washington state is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This American football team article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Sacramento Capitols The Sacramento Capitols were a professional American football team based in Sacramento, California . Formed as the Sacramento Buccaneers, the team's inclusion in the Pacific Division of
12-742: The Continental Football League was announced in May 1967. The franchise's first head coach was Don McCormick, formerly of the Pacific Tigers . Less than two months into the 1967 season the Buccaneers' players threatened to quit after not receiving their pay for two games. The players agreed to stay on with a $ 75-per-game pay cut, but demanded more of a say in team affairs in return. McCormick and four of his assistants quit afterwards. Former Oakland Raiders player Joe Barbee
16-590: Was hired to coach the team on an interim basis. The financially troubled franchise was purchased in March 1968 and later renamed to the Sacramento Capitols. Under new head coach George Porter the team improved to 5–7 in 1968 and then 8–4 in 1969. The team made the COFL playoffs for the first and only time in 1969, where they lost 31–0 to the Las Vegas Cowboys. In July 1970, with the future of
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