1990 Denver Dynamite season

1990 Denver Dynamite season
Owner(s)	Gary Graham
Head Coach	Babe Parilli
Home Field	McNichols Sports Arena
Results
Record	4–4
Place	3rd
Playoff Finish	Lost Semi-Finals (Texans) 25–26
Timeline
Previous season	Next season
1989	1991

The 1990 Denver Dynamite season was the third season for the Arena Football League franchise. With the same coaching staff in place from 1989, the Dynamite got off to a hot 4–1 start during the 1990 season. The attendance had been steadily rising during the season, with the final home game's attendance listed at 10,587. This included approximately 3,000 people who were admitted for free.^[1] The Dynamite would finish the season with a record of 4–4, good enough to clinch the 3rd seed. The team lost 25–26 to the semi-finals to the Dallas Texans.^[2]

Regular season[]

Schedule[]

Week	Date	Opponent	Results		Game site
Week	Date	Opponent	Final score	Team record	Game site
1	June 8	at Dallas Texans	L 47–50	0–1	Reunion Arena
2	June 14	Albany Firebirds	W 38–20	1–1	McNichols Sports Arena
3	June 22	at Detroit Drive	W 35–22	2–1	Joe Louis Arena
4	June 29	at Pittsburgh Gladiators	W 47–45	3–1	Civic Arena
5	July 6	Pittsburgh Gladiators	W 38–29	4–1	McNichols Sports Arena
6	July 13	Washington Commandos	L 26–33	4–2	McNichols Sports Arena
7	April 21	Dallas Texans	L 32–42	4–3	McNichols Sports Arena
8	July 28	at Albany Firebirds	L 20–26	4–4	Times Union Center

Standings[]

1990 Arena Football League standingsview · talk · edit
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	PF (Avg.)	PA (Avg.)	STK
xy-Detroit Drive	6	2	0	.750	326	215	40.7	26.9	W 2
x-Dallas Texans	6	2	0	.750	299	308	37.4	38.5	W 4
x-Denver Dynamite	4	4	0	.500	283	267	35.4	33.4	L 3
x-Pittsburgh Gladiators	3	5	0	.375	289	287	36.1	35.9	L 1
Albany Firebirds	3	5	0	.375	188	268	23.5	33.5	W 1
Washington Commandos	2	6	0	.250	244	284	30.5	35.5	L 2

Playoffs[]

Week	Date	Opponent	Results		Game site
Week	Date	Opponent	Final score	Team record	Game site
1	August 4	at Dallas Texans	L 25–26	0–1	Reunion Arena

Roster[]

1990 Denver Dynamite roster

Quarterbacks

-- Mike Hold, Jr.
-- Chris Parker

Wide Receivers/Defensive Backs

-- Frank Bianchini
27 Wayne Coffey
-- Fred Dussett
-- Anthony Knight
17 Bart Schuchts
-- Alvin Williams

Running Backs/Linebackers

-- Willie Cannon
-- John El-Masry

Offensive Linemen/Defensive Linemen

-- Mike Freeman
-- Walter Housman
-- Quinton Knight
-- Jon Norris
82 Keith Smith
-- Mitch Young

Wide Receivers/Linebackers

-- Mike Babb
-- Maurice Gravely

Kickers

-- Tracy Bennett

Rookies in italics
Roster updated March 13, 2013
19 Active, 0 Inactive, 0 PS

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Awards[]

Position	Player	Award	All-Arena team
Offensive/Defensive Lineman	Quinton Knight	none	1st
Kicker	Mitch Young	none	2nd

References[]

↑ Joey Bunch (October 22, 2012). "Denver Dynamite exploded in Arena League’s first season, then fizzled out". The Denver Post. http://blogs.denverpost.com/library/2012/10/22/denver-dynamite-fizzled-oneseason-team-football-leagues-arenabowl/. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
↑ "1990 Denver Dynamite Team History". www.arenafan.com. ArenaFan. http://www.arenafan.com/teams/Denver_Dynamite-4/history/1990/. Retrieved January 28, 2013.

External links[]

1990 Denver Dynamite page at ArenaFan.com

Template:1990 Arena Football League

Template:Denver Dynamite seasons

[fizzled-1] Joey Bunch (October 22, 2012). "Denver Dynamite exploded in Arena League’s first season, then fizzled out". The Denver Post. http://blogs.denverpost.com/library/2012/10/22/denver-dynamite-fizzled-oneseason-team-football-leagues-arenabowl/. Retrieved January 23, 2013.

[2] "1990 Denver Dynamite Team History". www.arenafan.com. ArenaFan. http://www.arenafan.com/teams/Denver_Dynamite-4/history/1990/. Retrieved January 28, 2013.

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