Fort Worth Braves
Founded1967
Folded1970
LeagueTexas Football League, Continental Football League, Trans-American Football League
Based inFort Worth, Texas
ArenaFarrington Field
Colors   
Championships0
Division titles0

The Fort Worth Braves were a professional American football team based in Fort Worth, Texas. The team, first known as the Fort Worth Texans, was announced in 1967 as a member of the Texas Football League,[1] and played their 1967 home games at Turnpike Stadium. The franchise was renamed as the Braves and moved its home games to Farrington Field for the 1968 season. In 1969 the Braves, along with the rest of the TFL, joined the Continental Football League as part of its new Texas Division.

When the COFL folded after its 1969 season the Braves returned as part of a fully autonomous, six-team TFL. The 1970 Braves made the postseason and advanced to the TFL title game, where they lost 21-17 to the San Antonio Toros. The Braves were just one of the four TFL franchises to remain in the league when it changed its name to the Trans-American Football League (TAFL) in late 1970. The TAFL lasted just one season, after which it and the Braves ceased operations.

Season-by-season

YearLeagueWLTFinishCoach
Fort Worth Texans 1967Texas Football League5902nd, Western DivisionJohn Hatley
Fort Worth Braves 1968Texas Football League10202nd, Western Division
1969Continental Football League5703rd, Texas Division West
1970Texas Football League6603rd, TFLDuncan McCauley
1971Trans-American Football League1403rd, TAFLn/a

References

  1. ↑ "TPFL Makes Plans for 1967 Season". The Odessa American. Associated Press. 19 March 1967.


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