Alabama Hawks

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Alabama Hawks
First Season
1963
Team History
Alabama Hawks (1963-69)
Conference/Division
Continental Football League (1968-69)
  • Atlantic Division (1968-69)

Professional Football League of America (1967)

  • Western Division (1967)

North American Football League (1965-66)
Southern Football League (1963-64)

Venue
Milton Frank Stadium (1963-69)
Key People
Players • Head Coaches • Executives


The Alabama Hawks were a professional American football team based in Huntsville, Alabama. They were members of various minor league football circuits in the 1960s: the Southern Football League (1963–64); the North American Football League (1965–66), the Professional Football League of America (1967), and finally the Continental Football League during the league's last two years (1968–1969). While in the CoFL, the Hawks played in the Eastern Division of the Atlantic Conference. During the 1968 season, the team was also known as the Huntsville Hawks.

Publications

Programs by season

1960s

Week Date Opponent Venue
1968
Preseason August 17 at Norfolk Neptunes Foreman Field
Week 1 August 31 vs. Oklahoma City Plainsmen Milton Frank Stadium
Week 2 September 7 at Orlando Panthers Tangerine Bowl
Week 3 September 14 vs. Norfolk Neptunes Milton Frank Stadium
Week 4 September 21 vs. Orlando Panthers Milton Frank Stadium
Week 5 September 28 at Omaha Mustangs Rosenblatt Stadium
Week 6 October 5 vs. Ohio Valley Ironmen Milton Frank Stadium
1969
Week 1 August 30 at Tri-City Apollos Midland Stadium
Week 4 September 14 at Omaha Mustangs Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium
Week 6 October 5 at Orlando Panthers Tangerine Bowl
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