There are no team repairs. Despite a mediocre on-field record, the Gold Miners represented a serious attempt to form a viable professional football organization. That season, he appeared in 13 games and caught 39 passes for 617 yards in his only CFL season. The new Alamodome was a much better home for the team. He carried the ball only 60 times for 368 yards, but caught the ball 56 times for 523 yards. Hargain signed with the Sacramento Gold Miners in 1994. The Gold Miners also entered the CFL record books by recording the most wins by an expansion team with 6 wins (the record was broken the follow year by the Baltimore Stallions). There is significant wear on the front screen printed numbers that has caused cracking and loss of the teal colour. In 1991, he signed with the San Francisco 49ers of the NFL. The Texans still struggled with attendance. He planned to complete a project that had been started several years earlier to lure the Raiders to Sacramento, but had ended up being mothballed. They were also the first American team to host a game against a CFL team. Fears would close out his career in the Arena league, spending 1996 with the Tampa Bay Storm and 1997 with the Nashville Kats. In 1992, he inked a deal with the San Diego Chargers and went to training camp with the club. At the time, it was made up mostly of temporary-style bleacher seats. Ninety-Nine Yards launched in 2018 and covers all aspects of the American football. As we are back to a nine team league consisting solely of Canadian based teams, we can say that didn’t really work out. In the Gold Miners’ debut 1993 year he threw for 6,023 yards, still the fifth most in any CFL season. This time they finished fifth in a six team West Division following a 9-8-1 season. Archer appeared to throw a game-winning touchdown pass to Freeman Baysinger, but the officials ruled that it had short-hopped into Baysinger's hands. The Stallions knocked off San Antonio 21-11 before 30,217 fans in Baltimore. Stevenson followed the team from Sacramento to San Antonio in 1995 as the team became the Texans in the lone star state. Well-travelled Willie Fears began his pro career by playing 3 games for the Cincinnati Bengals in 1987, perhaps as a replacement player during the NFL strike. Kemp completed 5 of 10 passes in 1994 for 54 yards. Kemp followed the team to San Antonio in 1995 and moved up the depth chart to the primary backup behind Archer. Plus, they were much geographically closer to the other American CFL teams now. Learn how your comment data is processed. From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core, American team in the Canadian Football League, Comparison of Canadian and American football, List of defunct American and Canadian professional football teams, https://infogalactic.com/w/index.php?title=Sacramento_Gold_Miners&oldid=164636, Canadian football teams in the United States, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, About Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core. However all of these connections would come to the fore again in 1995 when the Gold Miners moved to San Antonio. In 1993 the average home attendance was 16,979, but in 1994 the average home attendance fell to 14,226. Owner Fred Anderson lost an estimated $14 million over three CFL seasons in Sacramento and San Antonio but had been prepared to invest again. Kemp spent his final three seasons in Toronto before reportedly sitting out the 2002 season in a dispute with the team over moving expenses and did not play in the league again. However this is a period looked back on fondly by fans. Over that season he was credited with four special teams tackles. Tony Hargain was a two-sport star (basketball) at Oregon before being drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the 8th round (221st overall) of the 1991 NFL Draft. Since the San Antonio club that was also supposed to be a part of the 1993 expansion had folded, the Gold Miners were the only American team in the CFL during the 1993 season. He appeared in all 18 Texans games that year and was credited with six special teams tackles. It only had threadbare amenities, and fans were forced to use port-a-potties. They became the first, and so far only US franchise to play a third season in the CFL. The Texans only played one season in San Antonio before the CFL exited the American market. In both years, Harris was named a CFL West All-Star. This is another Gold Miner jersey from the 1993 set that was used during the following season. All idenfiers are screened on and there is some cracking in some areas. The franchise was the first American team in the Canadian Football League. Their nearest opponent was the BC Lions, over 890 miles away. In their second season, the Gold Miners were no longer the lone American team as the CFL introduced three new teams: the Las Vegas Posse, the Shreveport Pirates and the Baltimore Stallions (who were known as the CFLers when the NFL did not allow the Colts name to be used). The franchise of firsts found themselves having played in the last CFL league game played in America. Herschel Currie started out as a receiver in college with the Oregon State Beavers before being converted to defensive back. He also returned 3 punts for touchdowns. His final two seasons in the CFL were with the BC Lions in 1998 and 1999. Sacramento Gold Miners. Attendance did hover around 15,000 per game, but it was widely known that as many as 2,000 of those 15,000 were given free tickets. An interest generated by the US teams – and the Sacramento Gold Miners were the first among them. The positives for the franchise were the facts that they had a 5–4 home record and were ranked 5th in team defense. Turner wore this Starter size 48 long jersey for home games at Hornet Stadium that year. Stevenson attended training camp with the Atlanta Falcons in 1993. The Texans scored 630 points & averaged 35 points a game, second best in the league. The jersey has heavy game wear but only a couple of team repairs. He played both seasons of the Gold Miners existence. That season they came bottom of their Division. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. This Starter jersey size 46 was worn by Wallace in 1994 when he played 12 games in his second year with the Gold Miners, intercepting 3 passes and returning one for a score. The Gold Miners were once again a part of CFL history when they played against the Las Vegas Posse in Sacramento on July 8, 1994. © 2019 Ninety-Nine Yards: American Football, Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Building a Championship Culture by Mark Jeffrey, The Sacramento Gold Miners: A franchise of firsts. The Miners would have finished fourth with a 10–7–1 record, if not for a poor call by the officials in the team's last game of the season in Edmonton. Another drag on attendance was Hornet Stadium, which was well below the standards expected for a professional football team. He split the 1989 season with the Ottawa Rough Riders and Toronto Argonauts. Las Vegas won the game, 32–26. In 1990, he returned kicks for both the Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles. Despite the fact that San Antonio has a storied history of non-NFL football at the last minute the owners backed out. He headed north in 1988, playing in 9 games for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Harris was also selected as a member of the 1993 CFL All-Star Team, which showed signs that the team had a good mix of players and staff to improve on for the following season. (A game the lost 38-36 to the Calgary Stampeders on the 17th July 1993). Becoming the first American team to play in the CFL. The American Football League also played one game in Canada against a CFL team in 1961, with CFL's Hamilton defeating AFL's Buffalo, 38–21. Faced with an unsustainable travel situation and the lack of a stadium that was suitable even for temporary use, Anderson moved the team to San Antonio as the Texans for the 1995 CFL season. Harris wore these Ripon size 34 short pants during his tenure with the Gold Miners. Archer was a revelation in the CFL. Sacramento’s 1993 average attendance of 16,979 fans per game was the lowest in the 9-team CFL however and that was a worry. Currie would later suit up in the Arena League from 1997 to 1999 with the San Jose SaberCats where he picked off 10 passes including a very impressive 8 in 1997 alone. However, the Gold Miners were hobbled by substantial off-the-field problems that ultimately proved too much to overcome. Sacramento’s 1994 average attendance of 14,226 was 11th in the league, stronger only than the disaster happening for the Las Vegas Posse. These players included starting quarterback David Archer, Carl Parker (WR), Rod Harris (WR), George Bethune (DT), Mike Oliphant (RB) and Mike Pringle (RB). After 8 games with Montreal in 1996, Kemp was traded to the Saskatchewan Roughriders. In 1995 the Gold Miners moved out of Sacramento and headed to San Antonio. Stevenson did not suit up for a regular season game for the Alouettes. He played just one season in the CFL with the second-year Sacramento Gold Miners in 1994. I could find no player being issued number 44 for the Gold Miners so it was likely a player who went to training camp with the team but did not make the squad. Sacramento was ranked fourth in team defense, behind Calgary, Edmonton and Baltimore — the teams with the three best records in the league. It is a time looked back on with great interest. One area in which Hornet Stadium would prove to be ideal was field size; because it was built with a running track, it was relatively easy to accommodate the full length and width of the larger Canadian field within the track and only cut small portions of the corners, a situation accommodated at other Canadian stadiums as well. At Florida State he was recognized by Football News as a second team All-American in his senior season in 1992. During his time in the NFL, Buddenberg was shifted inside to play guard. In May 1993, he agreed to terms with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats but was let go prior to playing a game. One number cannot be made out while there is a teal number 44 that has been scribbled out with black marker. Greg Joelson - Defensive Line (Arizona State). They had a 5–3–1 home record and a 4–5 road mark. Roye replaced Youngblood as TV analyst in 1994 and former San Francisco Giants announcer David Glass became the Miners' radio play-by-play announcer. Hughes Stadium was ruled out because it was used by several high schools; the CFL plays many games on Friday nights, the same night as most American high school football games. The surge existed for 2 years, playing 2 seasons, from 1991-1992. The team played its home games at Hornet Stadium. The Sacramento Gold Miners were a Canadian football team based in Sacramento, California. There are many marks and small rips all over the shoulders of this jersey but the screened on areas are in excellent condition with minimal cracking or fading. He totalled 6 sacks in 34 CFL regular season games during his CFL career. In 40 career CFL games, Wallace picked off 8 passes. He closed out his career by playing a single game for the Ottawa in 1996 after being the first selection of the 4th round (28th overall) in the dispersal draft of US teams. As it turned out, this would be the last game the team would play in Sacramento. The Gold Miners were the first American team to play in the CFL. In 1990, Fears returned to the NFL, playing in 2 games for the Minnesota Vikings.

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