Professional Spring Football League

Announced on October 1, 1991 -- less than five months before their scheduled opening game -- the PSFL had no TV contract, but did air a preview show on SportsChannel America in 1991, laying out the ten teams that would play.

[1] Walt Michaels, former coach of the New York Jets and the USFL's New Jersey Generals was announced as the PSFL's Director of Football Operations, but apparently had no role with the league going forward.

Also vying for spots in the PSFL were former Notre Dame signal-caller Tony Rice and running back Timmy Smith, who rushed for a then-record 204 yards in Super Bowl XXII for the Washington Redskins.

There was to be a sixteen-game regular season through June 14, two rounds of playoffs, and the championship game (or "Red, White And Blue Bowl"), scheduled for Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium in Washington, D.C., on Sunday, July 5.

Meanwhile, the Washington Marauders (whose entire operation, including equipment, was being run out of a single hotel room in Deland, Florida) stated they had sold only 100 season tickets, and also threatened to quit the league without more money.