Birmingham Barracudas

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Birmingham Barracudas
League Canadian Football League
Division South Division
Founded 1995
Folded 1995
Home field Legion Field
Based in Birmingham, Alabama
Colours Teal, Black, Blue and Burnt Orange
Owner(s) Art Williams
Head Coach Jack Pardee

The Birmingham Barracudas were a Canadian football team that played the 1995 season in the Canadian Football League. The Barracudas were part of a failed attempt to expand the CFL into the United States.

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The Barracudas had an experienced Head Coach in Jack Pardee, who had coached at the college level with the University of Houston and at the professional level with the WFL, the USFL and the NFL. The Barracudas were also led by veteran CFL quarterback, Matt Dunigan, which proved to be successful for the team. They played their first game July 4, 1995, versus the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in Winnipeg. The Barracudas finished the regular season in third place of the Southern Division Standings, with a 10-8-0 record. In the Grey Cup playoffs, the Barracudas lost to the San Antonio Texans, 52-9, in the Southern Divisional Semi-Finals, ending their first and only playoff run.

The attendance at Legion Field was decent earlier in the year, but it eventually dropped, during the start of the college football season. The team average attendance for the 1995 season was at 16,843.

Owner, Art Williams was quoted, that he was probably losing between 4 to 6 million dollars (US) on the team, however, outside sources quoted the losses at around 10 million dollars (US).

The loss of revenue caused the franchise to fold after its first season of play in 1995, along with the other American teams of the Canadian Football League (with the exception of the Baltimore Stallions who moved to Montreal to become the new "Alouettes").

  • The two other logos were used as part of the 1995 advertising campaign for the team

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CFL USA

Sacramento Gold Miners (1993-94) • Las Vegas Posse (1994) • Baltimore Stallions (1994-95) • Shreveport Pirates (1994-95) • San Antonio Texans (1995) • Birmingham Barracudas (1995) • Memphis Mad Dogs (1995)

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