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	Orlando Thunder
Helmet	Logo
Year Founded	1991
Year Retired	1992
City	Orlando, Florida
Team Colors	Lime Green, Royal Blue, Light Blue, Yellow, White
Franchise W-L-T Record	Regular Season: 13-7 Postseason: 1-1
	Championships
	World Bowls (0) ; ;

Orlando Thunder Cheerleaders 1991

Orlando Thunder Cheerleaders with Mascot

The Orlando Thunder was a member of the World League of American Football from 1991 to 1992 (known as NFL Europe from 1995 onwards). The team played their games in the 70,000 seat Citrus Bowl, and was coached by Don Matthews in 1991 and Galen Hall in 1992. The team's most visible point was their colors - the League wanted to develop new colors which hadn't been used for teams before, hence the vermilion and green that the Raleigh-Durham Skyhawks wore, and the fluorescent green jerseys that the Thunder sported.

The team's general managers were Lee Corso and Dick Beam. In 1991 the team played to a 5-5 record, and in 1992 the team had an outstanding 8-2 record, and made it to the World Bowl II championship game before losing to the Sacramento Surge 21-17. Despite the team's success early on however, the Thunder's attendance figures fell from over 19,000 per game in its first year, to just over 16,000 per game its second year, and the team was folded.

Notable players include Kerwin Bell and Scott Mitchell, a left-handed quarterback who went on to play in the NFL for the Miami Dolphins and Detroit Lions.

The Orlando Sentinel held a poll in 1991 and 1992 to find the top Thunder fan. The winner both years was restaurant manager Mike "Thunder Clap" Williams.

The team's jersey was recently voted 2nd worst football jersey of all-time by ESPN voters.[1]

[edit] Season-by-season

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties

Season	W	L	Finish	Playoff results
1991	5	5	2nd North American East	--
1992	8	2	1st North American East	Lost World Bowl II (Surge)
Totals	14	8	(including playoffs)

[edit] 1991 season

[edit] Results

Week 1: Orlando 35, San Antonio Riders 34

Week 2: Orlando 58, Raleigh-Durham Skyhawks 20

Week 3: London Monarchs 35, Orlando 12

Week 4: Barcelona Dragons 33, Orlando 13

Week 5: Birmingham Fire 31, Orlando 6

Week 6: New York/New Jersey Knights 42, Orlando 6

Week 7: Frankfurt Galaxy 17, Orlando 14

Week 8: Orlando 45, Sacramento Surge 33

Week 9: Orlando 20, Raleigh-Durham Skyhawks 14

Week 10: Orlando 33, Montreal Machine 27 (OT)

[edit] 1992 season

[edit] Results

Week 1: Orlando 13, Ohio Glory 9

Week 2: Montreal Machine 31, Orlando 29

Week 3: Orlando 28, Ohio Glory 3

Week 4: Orlando 39, New York/New Jersey Knights 21

Week 5: Orlando 16, Montreal Machine 8

Week 6: Orlando 38, Frankfurt Galaxy 0

Week 7: Orlando 39, San Antonio Riders 21

Week 8: Orlando 9, London Monarchs 0

Week 9: Birmingham Fire 24, Orlando 23

Week 10: Orlando 13, Barcelona Dragons 10

Semifinals: Orlando 45, Birmingham Fire 7

World Bowl II: Sacramento Surge 21, Orlando 17

[edit] Staff

1992 Orlando Thunder staff

Head Coaches

Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator – Galen Hall

Offensive Coaches

Passing Game Coordinator/Quarterbacks – Ken Karcher
Running Backs – Pete Levine
Wide Receivers – Wes Chandler
Offensive Line – Bill MacDermott

Defensive Coaches

Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers – Charlie Bailey
Defensive Line – Mickey Mays
Defensive Secondary – Pete Kuharchek

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Team Information

Contents

[edit] Season-by-season

[edit] 1991 season

[edit] Results

[edit] 1992 season

[edit] Results

[edit] Staff

[edit] External links