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!Home State!!Franchise!!Division!!Years in League!!Other Names
!Franchise
!Location
!Venues
!Years
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| rowspan = 4 | Connecticut||Ansonia Black Knights||Northern||1962-63||n/a
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/cofl/teams/hawks/hawks-cofl-index.html Alabama Hawks]
| Huntsville, Alabama
| [[Milton Frank Stadium]]
| 1968-69
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|Bridgeport Jets||Northern||1966-71, 1973||Waterbury Orbits
| [https://www.sportspaper.info/football/cofl/teams/diamonds/diamonds-cofl-index.html Arkansas Diamonds]
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| Little Rock, Arkansas
|Hartford Charter Oaks||Northern||1964||n/a
| War Memorial Stadium
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| 1968-69
|Hartford Knights||Northern||1968-71, 1973||n/a
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|Delaware||Wilmington Renegades||Southern||1966-67||Wilmington Clippers
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|Georgia||Atlanta Spartans||Southern||1964||n/a
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|Indiana||Indianapolis Capitols||Southern||1970||n/a
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| rowspan = 5 | Massachusetts||New Bedford Sweepers||Northern||1963-66||Boston Nu-Way Sweepers, Boston Sweepers
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|New England Colonials||Northern||1973||n/a
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|Quincy Giants||Northern||1966-69||Lowell Giants
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|Springfield Acorns||Northern||1963-64||n/a
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|Western Massachusetts Pioneers||Northern||1973||n/a
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| rowspan = 2 | New Jersey||Jersey Jays||Northern||1970||n/a
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| Newark Bears||Southern||1963-64||n/a
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| rowspan = 2 | New York||Long Island Bulls||Northern||1967-70||Westchester Bulls
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| Westchester Crusaders||Northern||1963-64||n/a
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| rowspan = 2 | Pennsylvania||Harrisburg Capitol Colts||Southern||1963-69||Harrisburg Capitols
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| Pennsylvania Firebirds||Southern||1969-70||Pottstown Firebirds
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|Rhode Island||Rhode Island Steelers||Northern||1966||n/a
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| rowspan = 3 | Virginia||Norfolk Neptunes||Southern||1970-71||n/a
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| Richmond Saints||Southern||1968-70||Richmond Roadrunners
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| Roanoke Buckskins||Southern||1966-71||Virginia Sailors
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Revision as of 17:16, 15 August 2020

The Continental Football League (CoFL) was a professional American football league that operated in North America from 1965 through 1969. It was established following the collapse of the original United Football League and hoped to become the major force in professional football outside the National Football League (NFL) and the American Football League (AFL).

Franchises

Franchise Location Venues Years
Alabama Hawks Huntsville, Alabama Milton Frank Stadium 1968-69
Arkansas Diamonds Little Rock, Arkansas War Memorial Stadium 1968-69

Seasons

1960s 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969
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