Gametime Magazine Sacramento Surge vs London Monarchs signed by 4 Monarchs and 4
Surge players (May 18, 1991)
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| SS Greg Coauette, DE Shawn Knight and CB Mike Wallace signatures |
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| LB Pete Najarian signature |
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| 1991 Surge Coach's Sweater |
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| 1991 Surge Pro Player Jacket |
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| 1991 Pro Player Jacket (back) |
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1992
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| 1992 Surge Helmet signed by Front Office Staff |
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| NFL HOF DE Jack Youngblood signature |
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| 1992 Surge World Bowl Game Used Helmet #55 Mike Jones LB (alternate facemask) |
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| Mike Jones Helmet (label inside) |
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1993 - 1994
The Sacramento Gold Miners were originally the Sacramento Surge of the World League of American Football, which was owned by Fred Anderson. When the World League of American Football folded, he took the opportunity to start another Sacramento
team called the "Gold Miners" in the Canadian Football League
when they decided to have American teams in 1993. The two teams
could be seen as one and the same; the two entities had the same colors, owner, head coach (Kay
Stephenson), and they had in common several players and administrators that played for both the
Surge and the Gold Miners. These players included starting quarterback David Archer, Rod Harris (WR), George
Bethune (DT), Mike Oliphant (RB) and
Mike Pringle (RB). Kerwin Bell, the star quarterback of the Orlando
Thunder, was the backup quarterback to Archer. One notable team administrator was Jack Youngblood, who was the Gold Miners' Director of Marketing in 1993 and 1994, which was a similar post he held with the
Surge in 1991 and 1992.
When the 1993 CFL season started, the Gold Miners, with an all-US staff, took some time to learn the intricacies of Canadian football.
But the team was fortunate enough to have leadership from Archer and got great plays from Harris. In their first season, the
Sacramento Gold Miners entered the CFL history books by:
- Becoming the first American
team to play in the CFL.
- Becoming the first American team to host a CFL game, against
the Calgary Stampeders (losing 38-36) on July
17.
- Becoming the first American team to record a win in the CFL, against the
Saskatchewan Roughriders (winning 37-26) on July 24. (However, they were not the first
American team to win against a CFL team.) (wikipedia.org)
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| 1993 Gold Miners Game Used Helmet |
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| 1993 Gold Miners Media Guide |
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| 1994 Sacramento Gold Miners Media Guide |
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| 1993 Gold Miners Souvenir Magazine |
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| 1993 Gold Miners Souvenir Magazine (signed by David Archer, Doug Flutie +14) |
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| Doug Flutie signature +4 |
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| 1993 Gold Miners T Shirt |
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| 1993 Gold Miners Hat with CFL tag |
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| 1993 Gold Miners Fuddruckers Pennant |
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1995
The San Antonio Texans were a Canadian Football League (CFL) team
that played in the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, in the 1995 CFL season. They had relocated from Sacramento, California,
where the team had been called the Sacramento Gold Miners. After relocating, the team still had the same ownership in Fred
Anderson and the same staff, including General Manager Dan Bass and Head Coach Kay Stephenson.
In the 1993 season there were supposed to be two U.S. teams in the CFL, the Sacramento Gold Miners and the
San Antonio Riders; however, the original San Antonio Riders franchise folded without ever playing when its owner, Larry Benson,
ran out of money and was forced to withdraw. After two seasons (1993 and 1994) in Sacramento, it was the Gold Miners who then
became San Antonio's team as the Texans. The Gold Miners/Texans franchise thus played three seasons (five if the Texans' WLAF
incarnation, the Sacramento Surge, is also counted), one of them as the Texans, before folding in 1995.
The team moved to San Antonio and became the Texans for the 1995 CFL season. Anderson decided to
fold the team at the end of the season after Memphis Mad Dogs, Shreveport Pirates and Birmingham Stallions all folded
and the Stallions relocated to Montreal to become the new Alouettes. Anderson did not want to be the only remaining American
CFL owner. (wikipedia.org)
Notable Players and Staff
Mike Kiselak (San Antonio Riders and Sacramento Gold Miners) Joe Ferguson (Yes, that Joe Ferguson from the Buffalo Bills, hired to QB at 45 years old!) Mike Riley (Named head coach of initial CFL team in 1993 before the team folded. Original San Antonio Riders Coach)
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| 1995 Texans Hat |
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| back of hat |
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| 1995 San Antonio Texans Media Guide |
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