New Haven Ninjas

The New Haven Ninjas were an indoor American football team based in New Haven, Connecticut. They were an expansion team in the af2 for the 2002 season.[2] On October 24, 2001, it was announced that Ninjas had won the name-the-team contest over Cyclones, Gladiators, Hawkeyes and ShoreDawgs.[3] Along with the Ninjas, New Haven was joined by the Albany Conquest, Bakersfield Blitz, Cape Fear Wildcats, Fresno Frenzy, Hawaiian Islanders, Mobile Wizards, Mohegan Wolves, San Diego Riptide & the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers. New Haven played in the American Conference of the Northeast Division. In 2002, the Ninjas finished 6–10, third in the Northeast Division. Still, that wasn't enough to play football in August. After the 2002 season, the Ninjas folded because the New Haven Coliseum closed, and the experiment for arena football in New Haven was done.

New Haven Ninjas
Established 2001
Folded 2002
Played in New Haven Coliseum
in New Haven, Connecticut
League/conference affiliations
af2 (2002)
  • American Conference (2002)
    • Northeast Division (2002)
Current uniform
Team colorsBlack, orange-red, yellow, white
       
Personnel
Owner(s)Charles Wang
Head coachRick Buffington[1]
Team history
  • New Haven Ninjas (2002)
Championships
League championships (0)
Conference championships (0)
Division championships (0)
Home arena(s)

Roster
New Haven Ninjas roster
Quarterbacks
  •  1 Chris Boden
  • 12 Jarrod Rouanzoin

Fullbacks/Linebackers

  • 92 Ryan Brady
  • 47 Hashim Evans
  • 55 LaJhon Jones
  • 88 Kerry Taylor

Wide receivers/Defensive backs

  •  4 Ryan Bland
  •  8 Anthony Comer
  • 44 Terrance Quattlebaum
Offensive/Defensive linemen
  • 58 Eric Bouris
  • 75 Charlie Cook
  • 66 Charles Cooley
  • 79 Chad Henritzy
  • 99 Brian Watson
Wide Receivers/Linebackers
  •  7 Kazmel Minott
  •  5 Chris Ortiz

Defensive specialists

  • 45 Victor Benson
  •  2 Damon Richardson
  • 21 Allistair Sebastian

Kickers

  • 42 Dennis Wuestkamp
Reserve lists
  •  3 Cy Butler OS (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  • 50 Steve Darby OL/DL (Exempt)
  •  7 Andre Dixon DS (Exempt)
  • 95 Daniel Hayes OL/DL (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  • 77 Tom Madigan OL/DL (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  •  1 Phil Stambaugh QB (Exempt)
  • 11 Eric Wise WR/LB (IRTooltip Injured reserve)

Rookies in itlatics
Roster updated October 12, 2002
20 Active, 7 Inactive

Season-By-Season
Season records
SeasonWLTFinishPlayoff results
200261004th AC Northeast--

References
  1. Fran Stuchbury (March 18, 2002). "Ninjas ready for af2 under Buffington". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
  2. "af2 adds New Haven, Connecticut". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. June 25, 2001. Retrieved July 19, 2017.
  3. "Ninja invasion begins in New Haven". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. October 24, 2001. Retrieved July 20, 2017.
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