Some of the more notable Seaboard Football league alumni include Vince Papale, who went on to the WFL's Philadelphia Bell and later the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles; Joe Klecko, who "was never paid a penny" for his time and used the opportunity to earn a college scholarship and propel himself into a professional career;[2] wide receiver Jack Dolbin, who later appeared in Super Bowl XII for the Denver Broncos;[3] and King Corcoran, the career minor-league quarterback who would also go on to play for the Bell in the WFL.
The NFL played an interleague exhibition match against an SFL team in 1972, when the New York Jets rookies defeated the SFL's Long Island Chiefs 29–3[6][7] the last such game against other pro league (In 1974 the Houston Oilers rookie squad would play a preseason game vs the semi-pro San Antonio Toros[8]).
[9] The teams played a 14-game season, with all games taking place on Saturday nights.
The Seaboard League again had eight franchises, but played a ten-game season.
After the ACFL folded, the Bridgeport Jets and the New England Colonials joined the Seaboard League, which fielded six teams in 1974,[1] only two of which (the Jets and Wilkes-Barre Barons) would survive to season's end.