Dallas Vigilantes
{{short description|Arena football team}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox indoor American football team
| name = Dallas Vigilantes
| current =
| logo =Dallas Vigilantes Logo.png
| helmet = Dallas Vigilantes Helmet Logo 2011.png
| founded = 2009
| folded = 2011
| city = American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas
| misc =
| uniform =
| colors = Black, cardinal, white
{{Color box|black}} {{Color box|#CD0000}} {{Color box|white}}
| coach = Clint Dolezel
| owner = Peter “Woody” Kern, Bo Kern
| chairman =
| president =
| general manager =
| mascot = Rascal the Raccoon
| nicknames =
| league =
Arena Football League ({{AFL Year|2010}}–{{AFL Year|2011}})
- National Conference (2010–2011)
- Western Division (2010–2011)
| team_history =
- Dallas Vigilantes (2010–2011)
| no_league_champs = 0
| no_conf_champs = 0
| no_div_champs = 0
| league_champs =
| conf_champs =
| div_champs =
| playoff_appearances = 1
{{AFL Year|2011}}
| arena_years =
- American Airlines Center (2010–2011)
}}
The Dallas Vigilantes were an Arena Football League (AFL) team based in Dallas, Texas. Like its AFL predecessor, the Dallas Desperados, the Vigilantes played at the American Airlines Center. The Vigilantes and the Jacksonville Sharks began play in the 2010 season, the first after the league's restructuring. The franchise was owned by former Tampa Bay Storm owner Peter C. Kern and was managed by Stephen Evans. Vigilantes games were broadcast on the radio on 1190 AM and television coverage was provided by Time Warner Cable Sports.
History
{{More citations needed section|date=January 2019}}
{{See also|History of the Arena Football League in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex}}
The Vigilantes did not carry on the name of Dallas' previous AFL team, the Dallas Desperados, because of a unique ownership situation with the former team. Although the new AFL owns the former AFL team assets (hence the Arizona Rattlers, Chicago Rush, Cleveland Gladiators, Orlando Predators, Tampa Bay Storm, and Utah Blaze names going over to the new AF1), former Desperados owner Jerry Jones (who also owns the NFL's Dallas Cowboys) retained the team's branding rights after it folded. Jones had based most of the Desperados branding on that of the Cowboys, including the colors, prominent use of a star in the logo, and a Cowboys "Double Star" logo on the front of the Desperados' jerseys, thus making the Cowboys and Desperados branding very difficult to separate. Not willing to risk such complicated legal action, and apparently unwilling to revive the Fort Worth Cavalry (another former AFL team that played in the region that coincidentally was owned by Kern), the Vigilantes chose a new name. The Vigilantes' original logo incorporated a skull and crossbones, the flag of Texas, a cowboy hat, and revolvers. The logo was stripped down for 2011, consisting of the skull and the cowboy hat from the original logo.
The Vigilantes were left off the schedule for the 2012 season without any announcement of either the team's suspension or cessation of operations, but have never been involved in any aspect of the Arena Football League subsequently and are considered to be defunct.
Season-by-season
{{main|List of Dallas Vigilantes seasons}}
Players of note
=Final roster=
| class="toccolours" style="text-align: left;" |
| colspan="7" style="text-align:center; color:white; background-color:#CD0000; border: 2px solid black;"| Dallas Vigilantes roster |
|---|
| style="font-size: 95%;vertical-align:top;" | Quarterbacks
{{playern|14|Luke Drone}} {{playern|5|Dan Raudabaugh}} Fullbacks {{playern|4|Derrick Ross}} Wide receivers {{playern|8|John Ferguson}} {{playern|82|Matt Fields}} {{playern|2|Tiger Jones}} {{playern|1|DeAndrew Rubin}} | style="width: 25px;" | | style="font-size: 95%;vertical-align:top;" | Offensive linemen {{playern|54|Mike Aguoyo}} {{playern|49|Zipp Duncan}} {{playern|60|Christian Johnson}} {{playern|75|Brett Rayl}} Defensive linemen {{playern|11|Dusty Bear}} {{playern|78|Larry Brown}} {{playern|89|Kelvin Kinney}} | style="width: 25px;" | | style="font-size: 95%;vertical-align:top;" | Linebackers {{playern|12|Joe Goosby}} {{playern|23|Brendan Pahulu}} {{playern|24|Steve Watson}} Defensive backs {{playern|6|Chris Brown}} {{playern|26|Jason Harmon}} {{playern|7|Keon Perry}} {{playern|15|Talib Wise}} Kickers
| style="width: 25px;" | | style="font-size: 95%;vertical-align:top;" | Injured Reserve {{playern|44|Larry Dibbles}} DL {{playern|3|RJ Jackson}} WR {{playern|12|Chris LeFlore}} DB {{playern|3|James McCoy}} DB Other League Exempt {{playern|52|Greg Ryan}} OL {{playern|10|Justin Warren}} DL {{playern|78|Tony Washington}} OL {{playern |
| -|Jerron Wishom}} DB
League suspension {{playern |
| -|Michael Jones}} OL
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}} |
=Individual awards=
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" | ||
| colspan="4" style="background:#CD0000; color:white;"| Receiver of the Year | ||
| style="width:50px; background:black; color:white;"| Season
! style="width:150px; background:black; color:white;"| Player ! style="width:100px; background:black; color:white;"| Position | ||
|---|---|---|
| {{AFL Year|2011}} | Tiger Jones | WR |
=All-Arena players=
The following Vigilantes players were named to All-Arena Teams:
- FB Derrick Ross (1)
- WR Tiger Jones (1)
- OL Phil Bogle (1)
- DL Dusty Bear (1)
=All-Ironman players=
The following Vigilantes players were named to All-Ironman Teams:
- WR/KR King Franklin (1)
References
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{{Dallas Vigilantes}}
{{Defunct Arena Football League franchises}}
Category:2010 establishments in Texas
Category:2011 disestablishments in Texas