Ohio Glory

Ohio Glory

Founded	1992
Closed	1992
Based in	Columbus, Ohio
League	World League of American Football (NFL Europe)
Colors	Blue, Red, White
Franchise record	Regular Season: 1–9

The Ohio Glory were a professional American football team in NFL Europe. They played one season (1992) in the World League of American Football, which later became NFL Europe.

Columbus, Ohio, was awarded the WLAF franchise after the Raleigh-Durham Skyhawks posted an 0-10 season. Ohio did not do much better, posting a 1-9 record after one season of play. The sole win came at the expense of the Frankfurt Galaxy in week 7, a 20-17 victory in Columbus.

The Glory played their home games in Ohio Stadium on The Ohio State University's campus, which at the time had a seating capacity of 91,470 (now 102,082). Their head coach was Larry Little, and they participated in the North American East division. Their first draft pick was former NFL quarterback Babe Laufenberg. Their second pick was RB/LB Jason Palmer 1991 1st team from Ohio.

Raleigh-Durham Skyhawks

Season	League	Regular season					Postseason
		Won	Lost	Ties	Win %	Finish	Won	Lost	Win %	Result
1991	WLAF	0	10	0	.000	4th (North American East)	–	–	—	—
Total		0	10	0	.000		–	–	—

Ohio Glory

Season	League	Regular season					Postseason
		Won	Lost	Ties	Win %	Finish	Won	Lost	Win %	Result
1992	WLAF	1	9	0	.100	4th (North American East)	–	–	—	—
Total		1	9	0	.100		–	–	—

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance
1	March 22	at Orlando Thunder	L 9–13	0–1	Florida Citrus Bowl	10,622
2	March 29	Sacramento Surge	L 6–17	0–2	Ohio Stadium	37,837
3	April 5	Orlando Thunder	L 3–28	0–3	Ohio Stadium	31,232
4	April 12	at Montreal Machine	L 20–31	0–4	Olympic Stadium	28,533
5	April 19	at San Antonio Riders	L 0–17	0–5	Bobcat Stadium	10,422
6	April 26	at Barcelona Dragons	L 10–20	0–6	Montjuic Stadium	49,657
7	May 2	Frankfurt Galaxy	W 20–17	1–6	Ohio Stadium	41,853
8	May 10	New York/New Jersey Knights	L 33–39 (OT)	1–7	Ohio Stadium	20,513
9	May 16	at Sacramento Surge	L 7–21	1–8	Hornet Stadium	21,272
10	May 24	Birmingham Fire	L 24–27	1–9	Ohio Stadium	23,020

Personnel

Staff

1992 Ohio Glory staff

	Front office Team Owner – World League of American Football (WLAF) (league owned) Team President/General Manager – Peter Hadhazy Rob Lachey - Equipment Manager Jeremy Kalef - Video Director Head coaches Head Coach – Larry Little Offensive coaches Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator, & Quarterbacks/Wide Receivers – Wally English Running Backs/Tight Ends – Joe Viadella Offensive Line – Barry Pettyjohn			Defensive coaches Defensive Coordinator/Secondary - Dennis Thurman Linebackers/Special Teams – Mike Dunlevy Defensive Line – Wally Chambers Strength and conditioning Bill Hickman - Head Trainer Marv Pollins - Assistant Trainer Christopher Kaeding, M.D. - Team Physician

Roster

1992 Ohio Glory roster

	Quarterbacks 14 Greg Frey 11 Babe Laufenberg  6 Pat O'Hara Running Backs 20 Amir Rasul 30 Adam Walker 43 Jason Palmer Wide Receivers 82 Patrick Jackson 83 Phil Logan 84 Melvin Patterson 85 Walter Wilson Tight Ends 88 Randy Bethel		Offensive Linemen 76 Mike Graybill T 60 Eric Harmon G 64 Ben Jefferson T 78 Curt Mull G 71 Dustin Quinton T 53 Ken Vines C/G 51 Curtis Wilson C Defensive Linemen 75 Anthony Butts DT 95 Joel Dickson DE 98 Charles Jackson DT 77 Chad Rolen DE 70 Mike Sunvold DE 73 Kent Wells DT		Linebackers 90 Marlon Brown OLB 56 Stacey Harvey OLB 53 George Koonce OLB 50 Jono Tunney MLB Defensive Backs 31 Michael Adams CB 26 Tim James S 33 Aaron Ruffin CB 23 Darren Willis S Special Teams  7 Jerry Kauric K  5 Tom Rouen P		Operation Discovery Vacant Rookies in italics

External links

• Ohio Glory Information