Dallas Legion

The Dallas Legion, formerly the Dallas Roughnecks are a professional ultimate team that competes in the South Division of the American Ultimate Disc League (AUDL). Founded in 2015, the team played their first year in the 2016 AUDL season, wherein they won the championship title.

Dallas Legion
SportUltimate
Founded2015
LeagueAmerican Ultimate Disc League
DivisionSouth
Based inDallas, Texas
StadiumColleyville Middle School
Head CoachDan Emmons
Championships1 (2016)
Division titles2 (2016, 2018)
Websitewww.dallaslegion.com

History

In June 2014, it was reported that American Ultimate Disc League franchise rights had been sold for Dallas, which would come to the league in 2016.[1] Over a year later, it was revealed that Ultimate insider Jim Gerencser had bought the rights and named the team the Roughnecks.[2] Gerencser proceeded to build one of the best expansion teams in AUDL history,[3] including signing Beau Kittredge from the established San Jose Spiders.[4] The Roughnecks won the AUDL championship in their first year, completing a perfect season.

The Roughnecks were knocked out of the 2017 AUDL playoffs during the semifinal game against the Toronto Rush.[5]

In the Roughnecks' third season, they won the South Division and once again advanced to the championship game which they lost to the Madison Radicals in Madison.[6] They experienced a similar scenario in 2019, eliminating the San Diego Growlers in the semifinal before falling to the New York Empire in the championship game with a total score of 22-26.[7]

In 2021 the Roughnecks finished 2nd in the West Division at 8-4 and lost to the San Diego Growlers in the first round. In December 2021, the Roughnecks announced that they were rebranding as the Dallas Legion.[8]

Record
Year Reg. Season Playoffs Finish
2016 14-0 (1st in South) 3-0 Won championship
2017 11-3 (2nd in South) 1-1 Lost in semifinals
2018 13-1 (1st in South) 2-1 Lost in championship final
2019 8-4 (2nd in South) 2-1 Lost in championship final
2021 8-4 (2nd in West) 0-1 Lost in quarterfinals
Total 54-12 8-4

References
  1. Eisenhood, Charlie. "AUDL To Launch Southeast Division In 2015; Add Texas Teams In 2016". Ultiworld. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  2. Eisenhood, Charlie. "Austin, Dallas Joining AUDL's South Division In 2016". Ultiworld. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  3. Lepler, Evan. "The Tuesday Toss: 2018 Preseason". American Ultimate Disc League. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  4. Kittredge, Beau. "From the Ground Up". Skyd Magazine. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  5. "Dallas Roughnecks 2017". UltiAnalytics. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  6. "Madison Radicals win first AUDL championship". WKOW. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  7. Ruffner, Adam (August 11, 2019). "Empire Stay Undefeated, Win First Title". American Ultimate Disc League. Retrieved September 12, 2019.
  8. "Dallas Announces New Branding and Staff Changes". AUDL. 2021-12-15. Retrieved 2022-01-13.


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