Standings

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
*Mobile Admirals	8	6	2	0	180	98	.750
*Houston Outlaws	8	6	2	0	148	82	.750
*Mississippi Pride	8	4	4	0	150	177	.500
*Ohio Cannon	8	3	5	0	104	111	.375
Shreveport Southern Knights	8	3	5	0	138	123	.375
New Orleans Thunder	8	2	6	0	82	198	.250

Playoff Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Playoffs 1st Round
12.06.1999	Mobile Admirals	35	Ohio Cannon	14
12.06.1999	Houston outlaws	27	Mississippi Pride	3
	RFL Bowl I
19.06.1999	Mobile Admirals	14	Houston Outlaws	12

Regular Season Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1
17.04.1999	Shreveport Southern Knights	40	Mississippi Pride	0
18.04.1999	Ohio Cannon	17	Houston Outlaws	18
18.04.1999	New Orleans Thunder	14	Mobile Admirals	42
	Week 2
24.04.1999	Mobile Admirals	15	Shreveport Southern Knights	7
24.04.1999	Mississippi Pride	5	Houston Outlaws	28
25.04.1999	Ohio Cannon	34	New Orleans Thunder	0
	Week 3
01.05.1999	Mobile Admirals	10	Houston Outlaws	7
01.05.1999	Shreveport Southern Knights	29	Ohio Cannon	13
02.05.1999	New Orleans Thunder	14	Mississippi Pride	30
	Week 4
08.05.1999	Mobile Admirals	23	New Orleans Thunder	6
08.05.1999	Shreveport Southern Knights	14	Houston Outlaws	17
08.05.1999	Mississippi Pride	20	Ohio Cannon	17
	Week 5
15.05.1999	Mobile Admirals	36	Mississippi Pride	13
15.05.1999	Houston Outlaws	27	Ohio Cannon	3
16.05.1999	New Orleans Thunder	14	Shreveport Southern Knights	31
	Week 6
22.05.1999	Houston Outlaws	31	New Orleans Thunder	12
22.05.1999	Mississippi Pride	35	Shreveport Southern Knights	10
22.05.1999	Ohio Cannon	20	Mobile Admirals	17
	Week 7
29.05.1999	Mississippi Pride	28	Mobile Admirals	20
30.05.1999	Houston Outlaws	17	Shreveport Southern Knights	7
	New Orleans Thunder	10	Ohio Cannon	0 #
	Week 8
05.06.1999	Mobile Admirals	14	Houston Outlaws	3
05.06.1999	Mississippi Pride	7	New Orleans Thunder	12
	Ohio Cannon	10	Shreveport Southern Knights	0 #

Preseason Standings

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
Mobile Admirals	2	2	0	0	62	24	1.000
Shreveport Southern Knights	2	2	0	0	44	27	1.000
Houston Outlaws	2	1	1	0	30	20	.500
Mississippi Pride	2	1	1	0	25	26	.500
Ohio Cannon	2	0	2	0	38	62	.000
New Orleans Thunder	2	0	2	0	12	41	.000

Preseason Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	PS Week 1
03.04.1999	Houston Outlaws	20	Mississippi Pride	0
03.04.1999	Ohio Cannon	17	Mobile Admirals	34
03.04.1999	New Orleans Thunder	6	Shreveport Southern Knights	16
	PS Week 2
10.04.1999	Mobile Admirals	20	Houston Outlaws	10
10.04.1999	Mississippi Pride	25	New Orleans Thunder	6
10.04.1999	Shreveport Southern Knights	28	Ohio Cannon	21

Report

The Regional Football League styled itself as the Spring Development League of America (NFL Europe was the Official Development League of the NFL with 6 teams in Europe only). It had 5 teams placed in the Southern United States and one in Toledo, Ohio.

The Mobile Admirals (Alabama) won the Championship in the League’s only season, defeating Houston Outlaws 14-12. One team, the Ohio Cannon only played in seven regular season matches, but were still allowed to compete in the Playoffs as the Shrevport Southern Knights, their only rival for the fourth playoff sport forfeited their last match with the Cannon..

Other teams were Shreveport Southern Knights, New Orleans Thunder and Mississippi Pride. The League had no TV coverage, no outstanding players and little press or radio coverage. [Ref: 3] The International Football League of 2000 replaced it as the AAA Spring League in the USA. (see XFL Football Leagues Era (1990-2020) for more on AAA Spring Leagues in the USA from 1990-2020).

References

Websites

[1] Remember the RFL (2014) Standings [Internet] Available from: https://sites.google.com/site/remembertherfl/standings [Accessed 18 June 2020]

[2] Remember the RFL (2014) Weekly Results [Internet] Available from: https://sites.google.com/site/remembertherfl/weekly-results [Accessed 4 April 2019]

[3] Remember the RFL (2014) Remember the RFL Home [Internet] Available from: https://sites.google.com/site/remembertherfl/home [Accessed 4 April 2019]

Images

[4] Remember the RFL (2014) Knights1 [Internet] Available from: https://sites.google.com/site/remembertherfl/_/rsrc/1324780142980/gallery/Knights1.gif?height=131&width=200 [Accessed 4 April 2019]

[5] Remember the RFL (2014) rfl [Internet] Available from: https://26c2b5dd-a-62cb3a1a-s-sites.googlegroups.com/site/remembertherfl/helmets/rfl.jpg?attachauth=ANoY7co_-I0u6CsE2tnmDhMkSyOOa04P6e96dxdYhIX1SbuBBek6ubQl3-Ox5zfaC5CsUyuv_C11K4-aSnzdpxi_4HUuvdzGdWwafEE27KYtdHByMdglRfHjBljv1VbCrfVWBOFiorFTH5OttYaQGykuP2Mobt-VNQolQy_PBnR2knzuQ15Wrtw2b7-CK7hsIi2hYb0WCie9qyFgAgW9xfJVkm-6haEFSA%3D%3D&attredirects=0 [Accessed 4 April 2019]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Rick Kelley & Kim Kelley.

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Last Updated: 18 June 2020

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