Charleston Rockets

{{Short description|American football team}}

{{More citations needed|date=November 2016}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}

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| founded = 1964

| folded = 1969

| league = United Football League, Continental Football League

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| arena = Laidley Field

| city = Charleston, West Virginia

| colors = {{color box|#FF8000}} {{color box|#3B170B}}

| championships = 1 (1965)

| titles = 1 (1965)

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The Charleston Rockets were a professional American football team based in Charleston, West Virginia. They began play in 1964 as a member of the United Football League, and became a charter franchise in the Continental Football League in 1965. In their first season in the COFL, the Rockets finished with a perfect 14–0 record and won the league championship over the Toronto Rifles, 24–7. After an ownership change in 1968, the team announced that it was suspending operations in January 1969.{{cite news|title=Charleston Out of CFL|work=Philadelphia Daily News|agency=UPI|date=January 25, 1969}} Its place in the league's lineup was replaced by the Jersey Jays, returning the CFL to North Jersey after the departure of the Newark Bears to Orlando three seasons prior.

==Season-by-season==

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! Year	League	W	L	T	Finish	Coach
rowspan=5|Charleston Rockets | 1964 || United Football League || 11 || 3 || 0 || 2nd, Western Division || rowspan=2|Perry Moss
1965	rowspan=4|Continental Football League	14	0	0	1st, Western Division
1966	10	4	0	2nd, Western Division	Ken Carpenter
1967	6	8	0	2nd, Atlantic South Division	Sam Fernandez
1968	8	3	0	3rd, Atlantic Division	Billy Ray Barnes