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The Sacramento Capitols were a professional American football team based in Sacramento, California. Formed as the Sacramento Buccaneers, the team's inclusion in the Pacific Division of the
Continental Football League The Continental Football League (COFL) was a professional American football minor league that operated in North America from 1965 through 1969. It was established following the collapse of the original United Football League, and hoped to beco ...
was announced in May 1967. The franchise's first head coach was Don McCormick, formerly of the Pacific Tigers. Less than two months into the 1967 season the Buccaneers' players threatened to quit after not receiving their pay for two games. The players agreed to stay on with a $75-per-game pay cut, but demanded more of a say in team affairs in return. McCormick and four of his assistants quit afterwards. Former
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player
Joe Barbee Joseph Adams Barbee (August 30, 1933 – August 12, 1969) was a college and professional American football defensive tackle. He played college football at Kent State, and played professionally in the American Football League for the Oakland Raider ...
was hired to coach the team on an interim basis. The financially troubled franchise was purchased in March 1968 and later renamed to the Sacramento Capitols. Under new head coach George Porter the team improved to 5–7 in 1968 and then 8–4 in 1969. The team made the COFL playoffs for the first and only time in 1969, where they lost 31–0 to the Las Vegas Cowboys. In July 1970, with the future of the COFL in doubt, the Capitols folded after selling less than half of the 3,000 season tickets needed to remain viable.


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