The Dallas Marshals were a member of Champions Indoor Football and based in Dallas, Texas. The Marshals were scheduled to play their home games at the Fair Park Coliseum, but all remaining Marshals games were listed as postponed as of April 21, 2018. The team announced it had ceased operations on April 27.
History
The Mesquite Marshals were announced on June 30, 2015, to play out of Mesquite Arena as part of Champions Indoor Football (CIF). They announced their head coach and released their uniforms the following day. Doug Bland, one of the future owners, attended a Texas Revolution game in nearby Allen the previous season and helped found the Marshals. The Marshals finished their inaugural season with a record of 2–10, finishing in sixth place in the CIF Southern Division. After the team's first season, they were renamed to the Dallas Marshals.
In 2017, after their second season, part owner Doug Bland also left the organization to found another team in the CIF, the Quad City Steamwheelers, selling the entire team to Bruce Badgett. Bland also sold Mesquite Arena to another party.[1]
Prior to their third season, on December 21, 2017, the team announced their move to Dallas and the Fair Park Coliseum due to arena lease issues in negotiations with the new arena owners.[2] Before the 2018 season, the Marshals canceled their first home exhibition game for February 17.[3] The played their next two regular season home games on March 3 and 10, however, they canceled their next two for March 24 and April 14 on the day of the games.[4][5] After the April 14 postponed game, the CIF issued a statement that a decision concerning the team is pending.[6] The Marshals played an away game at the Texas Revolution on April 21, and the Fair Park Coliseum listed all remaining Marshals' games as postponed. On April 27, the team suspended operations for the rest of the season.[7]
Logos and uniform
The Mesquite Marshals unveiled their uniforms on July 1, 2015. The helmets are white with a green stripe running parallel to a gold stripe along with a white facemask. The logo of a Marshal with a star on a hat is depicted over the word "MESQUITE" on top of the word "MARSHALS" in Ewert font. Their home uniforms consist of green jerseys and stripe-free green pants, with red outlining the white numbers in Ewert, along with green and gold stripes along the shoulder pads. The team's road uniforms have white jerseys and blank white pants. Green numbers (Ewert) with a thin layer of gold surrounding them can be seen on the road jerseys.
Roster
| Dallas Marshals roster | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Quarterbacks
Running backs
Wide receivers
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Offensive linemen
Defensive linemen
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Linebackers
Defensive backs
Special teams
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Reserve lists
Rookies in italics | |||
Statistics and records
Season-by-season results
| League champions | Conference champions | Division champions | Playoff berth | League leader |
| Season | League | Conference | Division | Regular season | Postseason results | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finish | Wins | Losses | Ties | |||||
| 2016 | CIF | Southern | 6th | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 2017 | CIF | South | 5th | 7 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2018 | CIF | South | Folded | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 10 | 20 | 0 | All-time regular season record | ||||
| 0 | 0 | — | All-time postseason record | |||||
| 10 | 20 | 0 | All-time regular season and postseason record | |||||
Game results
- 2016[8]
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Game site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | February 20 | Dallas–Fort Worth Hawks (exhibition) | L 30–31 | Mesquite Arena | |
| 2 | Bye week | ||||
| 3 | March 5 | at Dodge City Law | L 42–62 | 0–1 | United Wireless Arena |
| 4 | March 12 | Sioux City Bandits | W 27–26 | 1–1 | Mesquite Arena |
| 5 | March 19 | at Texas Revolution | L 31-41 | 1-2 | Allen Event Center |
| 6 | March 26 | at Duke City Gladiators | L 24-70 | 1-3 | Tingley Coliseum |
| 7 | April 2 | Texas Revolution | L 32-51 | 1-4 | Mesquite Arena |
| 8 | April 9 | Amarillo Venom | L 59-60 | 1-5 | Mesquite Arena |
| 9 | April 16 | at Bloomington Edge | L 35-73 | 1-6 | US Cellular Coliseum |
| 10 | Bye week | ||||
| 11 | April 30 | at San Angelo Bandits | L 41-54 | 1-7 | Foster Communications Coliseum |
| 12 | May 7 | Duke City Gladiators | L 43-47 | 1-8 | Mesquite Arena |
| 13 | Bye week | ||||
| 14 | May 20 | at Texas Revolution | L 43-92 | 1-9 | Allen Event Center |
| 15 | May 28 | Dodge City Law | L 27-38 | 1-10 | Mesquite Arena |
| 16 | June 4 | Texas Revolution | W 75-74 | 2-10 | Mesquite Arena |
- 2017[9]
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Game site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | March 4 | CenTex Cavalry | W 55–37 | 1-0 | Mesquite Arena |
| 2 | Bye week | ||||
| 3 | March 18 | at Amarillo Venom | L 32-59 | 1–1 | Amarillo Civic Center |
| 4 | March 23 | at Texas Revolution | L 18–61 | 1–2 | Allen Event Center |
| 5 | April 1 | at Dodge City Law | L 19-56 | 1-3 | United Wireless Arena |
| 6 | April 8 | Salina Liberty | W 36-19 | 2-3 | Mesquite Arena |
| 7 | April 15 | at CenTex Cavalry | W 48-41 | 3-3 | Bell County Expo Center |
| 8 | April 22 | Texas Revolution | W 73-58 | 4-3 | Mesquite Arena |
| 9 | Bye week | ||||
| 10 | May 6 | CenTex Cavalry | W 72-47 | 5-3 | Mesquite Arena |
| 11 | May 14 | at CenTex Cavalry | W 58-52 | 6-3 | Bell County Expo Center |
| 12 | May 20 | Wichita Force | L 27-34 | 6-4 | Mesquite Arena |
| 13 | May 27 | at Kansas City Phantoms | L 42-48 | 6-5 | Silverstein Eye Centers Arena |
| 14 | June 3 | Omaha Beef | W 62-55 | 7-5 | Mesquite Arena |
References
- ^ "Steamwheelers owner's former team folds". Quad-City Times. May 2, 2018.
- ^ "Dallas Marshals in Dallas, TX | Dallas Marshals". dallasmarshals.com. Archived from the original on 2018-04-24. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
- ^ "IMPORTANT: Dallas Marshals February 17th Preseason Game Postponed!". Facebook. February 15, 2018.
- ^ "March 24 game canceled". Facebook. March 24, 2018.
- ^ "April 14 game canceled". Facebook. April 14, 2018.
- ^ "Amarillo - Dallas postphone - Details to follow". April 14, 2018. Archived from the original on April 24, 2018. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
- ^ "Dallas Marshals Suspends 2018 season". CIF. April 27, 2018. Archived from the original on April 28, 2018. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
- ^ "Schedule". Mesquite Marshals. Retrieved March 13, 2016.
- ^ "2017 Schedule - Champions Indoor Football". Championship Indoor Football. Retrieved Oct 29, 2017.