This is the history of the Federals, as told by the Washington Post.
Headlines from Post articles about Federals milestones are listed below in
chronological order from the team's creation in August 1982 to its final move
to Orlando in 1985.
|
Date |
Headline |
| 8/25/82 |
USFL's Eagle Takes Off, Calling Itself 'Federals'
|
| 8/31/82 |
(Dick) Myers: a New Day, His Way |
| 9/1/82 |
Three 4-Team Divisions Established by USFL |
| 9/29/82 |
Exile Is Ended For (Ray) Jauch, New Federals Coach |
| 10/20/82 |
(Terry) Metcalf Takes 2 Federals Jobs |
| 12/8/82 |
(Coy) Bacon, Still Young at 40, Joins Federals |
| 12/9/82 |
Federals to Make Debut Against Blitz |
| 12/21/82 |
Federals Draw 4th in Draft |
|
1/5/83 |
Federals Pick (Craig) James |
| 1/13/83 |
Federals Sign Up James For 4 Years, $1.5 Million |
| 2/17/83 |
James Breaks Away as Federals Run at Stallions |
| 2/19/83 |
Federals, Bandits in 'Nongame' |
| 2/20/83 |
Federals' First Try Is a Trying 20-7 Loss |
| 2/24/83 |
(Herschel) Walker Goes Pro, Signing Record Pact |
| 2/25/83 |
Long Shadow of Herschel Walker Intrudes on Federals' Day in
Sun |
| 2/27/83 |
Federals Head for D.C. With 49-Player Roster |
| 3/4/83 |
Experience Earns the Job for (Kim) McQuilken |
| 3/7/83 |
Federals Blitzed In Debut, 28-7, as 38,010 Look On |
| 3/14/83 |
Federals Go Against Line, Linemen in L.A. |
| 3/15/83 |
Federals Lose 2nd Straight; James Hurt |
| 4/4/83 |
Stars Hand Federals 4th Loss, 34-3 |
| 4/11/83 |
Federals Put (Joe) Gilliam At Controls Tonight |
| 4/12/83 |
Federals Lose to Wranglers On 98-Yard Touchdown Pass |
| 4/13/83 |
Doubt Grows, Crowds Shrink For the USFL |
| 4/18/83 |
Federals Beaten By One Again on Missed Field Goal |
| 4/25/83 |
Federals Tie, Tie Again -- But Lose It |
| 5/2/83 |
Federals Flop, Owner Vows Changes Soon |
| 5/6/83 |
Federals: No 'Quick Moves' |
| 5/11/83 |
Jauch, Myers In Jeopardy of Losing Jobs |
| 5/12/83 |
Jauch: 'What Can I Do?' About Rumors of Firing |
| 5/14/83 |
Calvin Hill 'Flattered,' but Not Interested in Coaching
Federals |
| 5/17/83 |
Federals' Rally Fails By Inches |
| 5/23/83 |
It Pours Again on Federals, 21-14 |
| 5/25/83 |
Feds President to Quit, Says Jauch, Myers in Danger |
| 5/26/83 |
(James) Gould Resigns, (Berl) Bernhard Assumes Charge of
Federals |
| 6/4/83 |
Federals Lose (Mike) Hohensee, 10th in Row |
| 6/5/83 |
Federals Give Hurt Look After 13th Loss |
| 6/9/83 |
McQuilken Says Federals Will Beat Wranglers |
| 6/20/83 |
Federals, Panthers Go Separate Ways |
| 6/23/83 |
USFL Anticipates Some 'Dilution,' But Remains Eager for
Expansion |
| 6/28/83 |
Federals Lose $2 Million |
| 7/4/83 |
Federals End Season on Upbeat Note |
| 7/4/83 |
Rallying Cry for Fans: Wait Until Next Year |
| 7/5/83 |
Year 1 Rates a Plus With Federals Owner Bernhard |
| 7/28/83 |
Federals (Eric) Robinson Makes All-Star Team |
| 9/8/83 |
(Mike) Forslund, Watson Taken From Federals in Draft |
| 9/18/83 |
Boomer (Esiason) Could Be Boon For Federals and USFL |
| 10/20/83 |
USFL's Owners Vote Realignment |
| 11/15/83 |
Bernhard Says, 'We've Upgraded (Federals) Greatly' |
| 1/1/84 |
Jauch Won't Dwell on the Failures of '83 |
| 1/4/84 |
Federals' McQuilken Quitting Game |
| 1/5/84 |
Federals Select TCU Cornerback (Allanda) Smith |
| 1/6/84 |
Federals, Other USFL Teams Drafted Realistically |
| 1/12/84 |
Federals Acquire Stallions' (Reggie) Collier |
| 1/25/84 |
Federals Expect to Lose $2-2.5 Million This Year |
| 1/29/84 |
Jauch, the Second Time Around, Says, 'I Really Like This
Team' |
| 2/12/84 |
Federals Easy Pickings in Maulers' Debut |
| 2/13/84 |
Puzzled Jauch Lays Extra Drill on Team |
| 2/17/84 |
Federals Have a Mission For Final Exhibition |
| 2/18/84 |
Federals Take a Step Up in Falling, 27-24 |
| 2/27/84 |
Federals Go Bust Against Expansion Bulls |
| 2/28/84 |
Bernhard Criticizes Federals' First Effort |
| 3/1/84 |
Bernhard: Change Needed Quick, Now |
| 3/3/84 |
(Dick) Bielski's First Wish Is for More Walters |
| 3/4/84 |
'New' Federals Debut Today |
| 3/5/84 |
Federal Deficit Shrinks to Gerbil Proportions |
| 3/13/84 |
Wranglers Score Early and Often To Beat Federals |
| 3/19/84 |
Maulers Expand Federals' Failures, 16-7 |
| 3/21/84 |
USFL Changes Tune, Bernhard Plans to Pay the Piper |
| 3/24/84 |
USFL Admits Game Official Erred on Federals' Interception |
| 3/25/84 |
Federals Will Start Hohensee Against the Generals Today |
| 3/27/84 |
Federals Get a Face Lift, But Only in the Offices |
| 3/31/84 |
Blitz Gets Aid From USFL, Seeks 1st Victory Here |
| 4/9/84 |
New Teams Still Present Old Problem for Federals |
| 4/11/84 |
Hohensee's Star Rises in Latest Federals' Defeat |
| 4/13/84 |
Federals Allow James to Talk With Patriots |
| 4/18/84 |
Bernhard Has Little Use For Talk of Season Shift |
| 4/18/84 |
James Reaches Agreement With NFL's Patriots |
| 4/21/84 |
James Released By Federals, USFL And Joins Patriots |
| 4/23/84 |
Federals Win First, Beat Invaders, 31-17 |
| 4/28/84 |
Bernhard Planning To Sell Federals to Miami Developer |
| 4/28/84 |
Federals Go for No. 2 Against Bandits Tonight |
| 4/29/84 |
Federals Return to Losing Ways in Tampa |
| 5/7/84 |
Fumbles Put Federals to Overtime, Then Defeat |
| 5/8/84 |
Fumbling Federals Losing Their Hold on Fans |
| 5/9/84 |
Sale of Federals Expected Today |
| 5/10/84 |
Federals Are Sold For $5.5 Million |
| 5/11/84 |
Sale Taken in Stride By Federals' Players |
| 5/13/84 |
Federals Make Bernhard Gladder And (Sherwood) Weiser, Too |
| 5/21/84 |
Weiser Is, Federals Sadder |
| 5/26/84 |
Now It's Official: Federals Will Go To Miami
Under (Howard) Schnellenberger |
| 5/28/84 |
Federals Lose, 2-12 Record USFL's Worst |
| 6/11/84 |
Federals Jump Out to 14-0 Lead, but the End Result Is
Familiar, 42-21 |
| 6/15/84 |
City Government Sues To Keep Federals Here |
| 6/16/84 |
Stars Take a Shine to the Federals and Win, 31-8 |
| 6/23/84 |
For Fans, Federals' Move Is Only the Latest Loss |
| 6/25/84 |
Federals Leave 'Em Cheering, Defeat Breakers, 20-17 |
| 7/26/84 |
Federals' Sale Incomplete |
| 8/24/84 |
Federals Sale Clouded by Move to Fall |
| 8/25/84 |
Federals' Sale Halted By Weiser |
| 8/30/84 |
Orlando-Based Businessman Proposes Deal for Federals |
| 8/31/84 |
Sale of Federals Reportedly Nearly Complete |
| 10/3/84 |
Weiser a Partner As Federals' Sale Is On -- Again |
| 10/27/84 |
Ex-Owners of Federals Agree to Pay District $205,000 |
| 2/4/85 |
Renegades Are Seeking Fresh Start in Orlando |