Birmingham Barracudas

The Birmingham Barracudas were Birmingham's franchise in the Canadian Football League, in an attempt to establish American teams in the all Canadian league. The team played its home games in Legion Field and compiled a 11-7 during its lone season in 1995, and playing before an average home crowd of over 16,843 fans. The team was owned by Art Williams and coached by Jack Pardee.

Roster

• Junior Thurman, #2, defensive back
• Fernando Thomas, #3, defensive back
• Andre Strode, #4, defensive back
• Mac Cody, #5, wide receiver
• Marcus Grant, #6, wide receiver
• Anthony Drawborn, #7, defensive back
• Reggie Slack, #10, quarterback
• Franco Grilla, #11, place kicker
• Scott Player, #12, punter
• Jimmy Klingler, #15, quarterback
• Matt Dunigan, #16, quarterback
• Willie McClendon, #18, running back
• Donald Moffett, #19, running back
• Will Gilmore, #21, defensive back
• Tommy Oates, #23, linebacker
• Eddie Davis, #29, defensive back
• Kyle Faulkner, #45, linebacker
• John Motton, #42, linebacker
• Jimmy Reed, #43, linebacker
• Kyle Faulkner, #45, linebacker
• Reggie Marable, #47, linebacker
• Mike James, #48, linebacker
• Donovan Gans, #49, defensive line
• Chris Rodahaffer, #51, offensive line
• Chris Dyko, #53, offensive line
• Thomas Rayam, #55, offensive line
• Shonte Peoples, #56, linebacker
• York Kurinsky, #59, offensive line
• Jeff Neal, #60, offensive line
• Craig Gibson, #61, offensive line
• Roosevelt Patterson, #68, offensive line
• Akaba Delaney, #76, defensive line
• Jason Phillips, #82, wide receiver
• Derrick Crawford, #83, wide receiver
• Delius Morris, #85, wide receiver
• Ted Long, #86, wide receiver
• Angelo Snipes, #91, linebacker
• Steve Anderson, #92, defensive line
• Mark Ledbetter, #94, defensive line

1995 record (11-7-0)

Preseason

• June 16: Lost 31-28 at Shreveport Pirates.
• June 24: Lost 37-0 vs. Baltimore Stallions (at Miami).

Regular season

• July 4: Won 38-10 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
• July 8: Lost 31-10 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats.
• July 15: Won 51-28 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats.
• July 22: Won 24-14 vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders.
• July 29: Lost 36-8 vs. Baltimore Stallions.
• August 3: Lost 30-23 at British Columbia Lions.
• August 12: Won 50-24 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
• August 18: Won 30-28 at Calgary Stampeders.
• August 26: Lost 37-14 vs. Calgary Stampeders.
• September 1: Won 56-46 at Ottawa Rough Riders.
• September 9: Lost 28-20 at Baltimore Stallions.
• September 17: Won 40-9 vs. Ottawa Rough Riders.
• September 24: Lost 28-19 at Memphis Mad Dogs.
• October 1: Won 34-20 vs. Shreveport Pirates.
• October 8: Won 38-28 vs. San Antonio Texans.
• October 13: Won 29-28 at Shreveport Pirates.
• October 19: Lost 45-18 vs. Edmonton Eskimos.
• October 29: Lost 48-42 at San Antonio Texans.
• November 5: Lost 52-9 at San Antonio Texans. (playoff round 1)

References

• Segrest, Doug (June 26, 1995) "Patterson finds home with Cudas; Cuts roster by 18." Birmingham News.

External links

• Birmingham Barracudas at BirminghamProSports.com
• The CFL in America at oursportscentral.com/cflinamerica/birm.php