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The team had a 0–10 record in the 1991 season and averaged 12,066 spectators per game due in part to the lack of beer sales, which were not allowed at (technically) on-campus Carter–Finley Stadium. During the 1991 season, the three Europe-based teams dominated the franchises in North America. In mid
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of North Carolina. The three jet-trails and three planes in flight, as well as the triangle design in the logo, represented the three points of the Research Triangle area (Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill). The team's cheerleaders were known as the "Kittyhawks."
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and finished the season 7-3, considered by some as the league's second best. The Skyhawks folded after their lone season of 1991. To replace them for the 1992 season, the WLAF established a new franchise in
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The name was chosen by Raleigh citizens, the choices being the Skyhawks, Daredevils, or Rogues as published in the
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franchise. Professional sports would return to the Triangle area eight years later when the
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The Skyhawks' lack of success did not sour the NFL on the whole state, as in 1995,
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The Official 1991 World League of American Football Media Guide
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in Germany, but lost 30-28 to a team that was coached by
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to play ice hockey in their newly constructed arena.
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