1990 Washington Commandos season

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The 1990 Washington Commandos season was the third and final season for the Commandos. The team returned to the Washington name for their final season in 1990. They were coached by Hohensee, who had been promoted from his assistant position.[1] The Commandos started the season 0–3.[2] They finished with a record of 2–6.

Regular season

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Results Game site
Final score Team record
1 June 9 at Albany Firebirds L 12–16 0–1 Knickerbocker Arena
2 June 16 Detroit Drive L 28–52 0–2 Patriot Center
3 June 22 at Pittsburgh Gladiators L 32–55 0–3 Civic Arena
4 June 30 Albany Firebirds W 50–19 1–3 Patriot Center
5 July 7 Dallas Texans L 38–49 1–4 Patriot Center
6 July 13 at Denver Dynamite W 33–26 2–4 McNichols Sports Arena
7 July 21 Pittsburgh Gladiators L 23–30 2–5 Patriot Center
8 July 28 at Dallas Texans L 28–37 2–6 Reunion Arena

Standings

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Team W L T PCT PF PA PF (Avg.) PA (Avg.) STK
xy-Detroit Drive 6 2 0 .750 326 215 40.7 26.9 W 2
x-Dallas Texans 6 2 0 .750 299 308 37.4 38.5 W 4
x-Denver Dynamite 4 4 0 .500 283 267 35.4 33.4 L 3
x-Pittsburgh Gladiators 3 5 0 .375 289 287 36.1 35.9 L 1
Albany Firebirds 3 5 0 .375 188 268 23.5 33.5 W 1
Washington Commandos 2 6 0 .250 244 284 30.5 35.5 L 2

y – clinched regular-season title

x – clinched playoff spot

Roster

1990 Washington Commandos roster
Quarterbacks
  • -- Tony Burris
  • -- Mike Rhodes

Wide Receivers/Defensive Backs

  • 44 Chris Armstrong
  • -- Charlie Brown
  • -- Derrick Donald
  • -- Russell Hairston
  • 29 Ray Puryear
  • -- Jim Rafferty
  • -- Rob Sterling
 Running Backs/Linebackers
  • 84 Jeff Blankenship
  • -- Mickey Paige
  • -- John Rymiszewski
  • -- Fred Smalls

Offensive Linemen/Defensive Linemen

Wide Receivers/Linebackers

Kickers

  • -- Dan Plocki

Rookies in italics
Roster updated March 13, 2013
26 Active, 0 Inactive, 0 PS

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All-Arena team members

Position Player All-Arena team
Wide Receiver/Defensive Back Chris Armstrong 2nd
Offensive/Defensive Lineman Chuck Harris 2nd

References

  1. ^ Tom Boggie (June 9, 1990). "Firebirds Host Commandos In Arena Football Opener". The Daily Gazette. Retrieved September 19, 2013.
  2. ^ David Fink (June 23, 1990). "Barretta leads Glads over Commandos". Pittsburgh Post=Gazette. Retrieved September 19, 2013.
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