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1991 WLAF season#All-World League team

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{{Infobox sports season

| title = 1991 WLAF season

| duration = March 23, 1991 – May 27, 1991

| finals = World Bowl '91

| finals_date = June 9, 1991

| finals_venue = Wembley Stadium, London

| finals_champ = London Monarchs

| nextseason_year = 1992

| seasonslistnames = WLAF seasons

}}

The 1991 WLAF season was the inaugural season of the World League of American Football and was the first transatlantic sports league. The regular season began on March 23, and concluded on May 27. The postseason ran from June 1 until June 9, when the London Monarchs defeated the Barcelona Dragons 21–0 in World Bowl '91 at Wembley Stadium in London, England.

Attendances

Average game attendance was 25,361.{{cite web|title=League History|url=http://www.worldleagueofamericanfootball.com/id23.html|work=WLAF|accessdate=26 May 2014}} At London, Barcelona, Frankfurt and Montreal, attendances surpassed early expectations.{{cite news|last=Stellino|first=Vito|title=WLAF attendance surpassing early hopes in Europe and Canada|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/1991/04/07/wlaf-attendance-surpassing-early-hopes-in-europe-and-canada/|access-date=26 May 2014|newspaper=Baltimore Sun|date=April 7, 1991}} The Monarchs' home attendance led the league, with an average of 40,481 in the regular season.{{cite news|last=Eichel|first=Larry|title=In Europe, WLAF's Game Was More Than Football|url=http://articles.philly.com/1991-06-08/sports/25787825_1_three-european-franchises-wlaf-new-league|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029114542/http://articles.philly.com/1991-06-08/sports/25787825_1_three-european-franchises-wlaf-new-league|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 29, 2014|accessdate=26 May 2014|newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer|date=June 8, 1991}} The dress rehearsal for the World Bowl, London v Barcelona at Wembley in week 10, attracted 50,835 fans,{{cite web|title=WLAF History: 1991|url=http://www.worldleagueofamericanfootball.com/id165.html|work=WLAF|accessdate=26 May 2014}} while the same week Frankfurt v Sacramento received a bigger crowd, 51,653, with around 10,000 more fans turned away. The World Bowl was attended by 61,108.

Regular season

=Week 1=

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! width="200" | Visiting team

! width="80" | Final score

! width="200" | Home team

rowspan="3" | Saturday, March 23

| London Monarchs

| 24–11

| Frankfurt Galaxy

Raleigh–Durham Skyhawks

| 3–9

| Sacramento Surge

Montreal Machine

| 20–5

| Birmingham Fire

Sunday, March 24

| New York/New Jersey Knights

| 7–19

| Barcelona Dragons

Monday, March 25

| San Antonio Riders

| 34–35

| Orlando Thunder

=Week 2=

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width="150" | Date

! width="200" | Visiting team

! width="80" | Final score

! width="200" | Home team

rowspan="2" | Saturday, March 30

| Sacramento Surge

| 10–17

| Birmingham Fire

Raleigh–Durham Skyhawks

| 20–58

| Orlando Thunder

Sunday, March 31

| New York/New Jersey Knights

| 18–22

| London Monarchs

rowspan="2"| Monday, April 1

| Frankfurt Galaxy

| 10–3

| San Antonio Riders

Barcelona Dragons

| 34–10

| Montreal Machine

=Week 3=

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width="150" | Date

! width="200" | Visiting team

! width="80" | Final score

! width="200" | Home team

rowspan="3" | Saturday, April 6

| Orlando Thunder

| 12–35

| London Monarchs

Barcelona Dragons

| 26–14

| Raleigh–Durham Skyhawks

Frankfurt Galaxy

| 27–17

| New York/New Jersey Knights

Sunday, April 7

| Sacramento Surge

| 3–10

| San Antonio Riders

Monday, April 8

| Birmingham Fire

| 10–23

| Montreal Machine

=Week 4=

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width="150" | Date

! width="200" | Visiting team

! width="80" | Final score

! width="200" | Home team

rowspan="2" | Saturday, April 13

| Frankfurt Galaxy

| 10–16

| Sacramento Surge

New York/New Jersey Knights

| 44–0

| Montreal Machine

Sunday, April 14

| Orlando Thunder

| 13–33

| Barcelona Dragons

rowspan="2" | Monday, April 15

| San Antonio Riders

| 37–15

| Raleigh–Durham Skyhawks

London Monarchs

| 27–0

| Birmingham Fire

=Week 5=

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width="150" | Date

! width="200" | Visiting team

! width="80" | Final score

! width="200" | Home team

rowspan="3" | Saturday, April 20

| Montreal Machine

| 7–45

| London Monarchs

Raleigh–Durham Skyhawks

| 28–30

| Frankfurt Galaxy

Barcelona Dragons

| 14–22

| San Antonio Riders

Sunday, April 21

| Birmingham Fire

| 31–6

| Orlando Thunder

Monday, April 22

| Sacramento Surge

| 20–28

| New York/New Jersey Knights

=Week 6=

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width="150" | Date

! width="200" | Visiting team

! width="80" | Final score

! width="200" | Home team

rowspan="3" | Saturday, April 27

| Montreal Machine

| 7–17

| Frankfurt Galaxy

Barcelona Dragons

| 29–20

| Sacramento Surge

Orlando Thunder

| 6–42

| New York/New Jersey Knights

Sunday, April 28

| Raleigh–Durham Skyhawks

| 10–35

| London Monarchs

Monday, April 29

| San Antonio Riders

| 12–16

| Birmingham Fire

=Week 7=

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! width="200" | Visiting team

! width="80" | Final score

! width="200" | Home team

rowspan="3" | Saturday, May 4

| Birmingham Fire

| 6–11

| Barcelona Dragons

Frankfurt Galaxy

| 17–14

| Orlando Thunder

Montreal Machine

| 26–23

| Sacramento Surge

Sunday, May 5

| New York/New Jersey Knights

| 42–6

| Raleigh–Durham Skyhawks

Monday, May 6

| London Monarchs

| 38–15

| San Antonio Riders

=Week 8=

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! width="200" | Visiting team

! width="80" | Final score

! width="200" | Home team

rowspan="3" | Saturday, May 11

| San Antonio Riders

| 7–17

| Barcelona Dragons

London Monarchs

| 22–7

| New York/New Jersey Knights

Sacramento Surge

| 33–45

| Orlando Thunder

Sunday, May 12

| Birmingham Fire

| 3–10

| Frankfurt Galaxy

Monday, May 13

| Raleigh–Durham Skyhawks

| 6–15

| Montreal Machine

=Week 9=

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center"
width="150" | Date

! width="200" | Visiting team

! width="80" | Final score

! width="200" | Home team

rowspan="2" | Saturday, May 18

| Montreal Machine

| 10–27

| San Antonio Riders

London Monarchs

| 45–21

| Sacramento Surge

Sunday, May 19

| Frankfurt Galaxy

| 10–3

| Barcelona Dragons

rowspan="2" | Monday, May 20

| Orlando Thunder

| 20–14

| Raleigh–Durham Skyhawks

New York/New Jersey Knights

| 14–24

| Birmingham Fire

=Week 10=

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center"
width="150" | Date

! width="200" | Visiting team

! width="80" | Final score

! width="200" | Home team

rowspan="3" | Saturday, May 25

| Sacramento Surge

| 24–13

| Frankfurt Galaxy

Birmingham Fire

| 28–7

| Raleigh–Durham Skyhawks

San Antonio Riders

| 9–38

| New York/New Jersey Knights

rowspan="2" | Monday, May 27

| Barcelona Dragons

| 20–17

| London Monarchs

Orlando Thunder

| 33–27

| Montreal Machine

Standings

{{1991 WLAF European standings}}

{{1991 WLAF North American East standings}}

{{1991 WLAF North American West standings}}

{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=O5IiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ha4FAAAAIBAJ&hl=de&pg=1430%2C6436739 |title=WLAF standings |last=Associated Press |date=May 28, 1991 |work=The Item |page=4B |accessdate=August 2, 2012 |location=Sumter, South Carolina}}

{{cite web |url=http://www.footballdb.com/standings.html?lg=WLAF&yr=1991 |title=1991 WLAF Standings |publisher=The Football Database |accessdate=August 2, 2011}}

Postseason

=Bracket=

{{4TeamBracket

| RD1=Semifinals

| RD2=World Bowl '91

| RD1-team1=London Monarchs

| RD1-score1=42

| RD1-team2=New York/New Jersey Knights

| RD1-score2=26

| RD1-team3=Barcelona Dragons

| RD1-score3=10

| RD1-team4=Birmingham Fire

| RD1-score4=3

| RD2-team1=London Monarchs

| RD2-score1=21

| RD2-team2=Barcelona Dragons

| RD2-score2=0

}}

All-World League team

=Offense=

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! width="140" | Position

! width="220" | First team

! width="220" | Second team

Wide receiver

| Jon Horton, London
Gene Taylor, Barcelona
Byron Williams, Orlando

| Dana Brinson, London
Monty Gilbreath, NY/NJ
Carl Parker, Sacramento

Tackle

| Steve Gabbard, London
Mike Withycombe, Orlando

| Scott Adams, Barcelona
Theo Adams, London

Guard

| Paul Berardelli, London
Gary Frank, Frankfurt

| John Guerrero, Orlando
Barry Voorhees, Barcelona

Center

| Doug Marrone, London

| Curtis Wilson, Sacramento

Quarterback

| Stan Gelbaugh, London

| Scott Erney, Barcelona

Running back

| Tony Baker, Frankfurt
Ricky Blake, San Antonio

| Judd Garrett, London
Eric Mitchell, Orlando
Eric Wilkerson, NY/NJ

{{cite news |title=1991 All-World League Team |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=E9xOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=G40DAAAAIBAJ&pg=2788%2C4740459 |newspaper=The News |location=Boca Raton, Florida |page=5D |date=May 25, 1991 |accessdate=August 2, 2012}}

=Defense=

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! width="140" | Position

! width="220" | First team

! width="220" | Second team

Defensive end

| Bruce Clark, Barcelona
Mark Mraz, Frankfurt

| Donnie Gardner, San Antonio
Shawn Knight, Sacramento

Nose tackle

| Roy Hart, London

| Darrell Phillips, Birmingham
Mike Teeter, Frankfurt

Outside linebacker

| Danny Lockett, London
Tracy Simien, Montreal

| Marlon Brown, London
Ron Sancho, NY/NJ

Inside linebacker

| John Brantley, Birmingham
Tim Walton, San Antonio

| Ron Goetz, Barcelona
Pete Najarian, Sacramento
Ken Sale, London

Cornerback

| Anthony Parker, NY/NJ
Corris Ervin, London

| John Holland, Birmingham
Richard Shelton, Montreal

Strong safety

| Greg Coauette, Sacramento

| Tim Broady, Frankfurt

Free safety

| John Miller, Birmingham

| Dedrick Dodge, London

=Specialists=

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! width="140" | Position

! width="220" | First team

! width="220" | Second team

Kicker

| Phil Alexander, London

| Björn Nittmo, Montreal

Punter

| Chris Mohr, Montreal

| Kirk Maggio, Birmingham

Special teams

| Erroll Tucker, Orlando {{small|(PR)}}

| Richard Shelton, Montreal {{small|(PR)}}

Operation Discovery

| Phil Alexander, London

| Victor Ebubedike, London

References

{{Reflist|30em}}

{{NFLE}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:1991 WLAF season}}

Category:NFL Europe (WLAF) seasons

WLAF season, 1991