Editing Las Vegas Outlaws (XFL) (section)

==Players==
Among the team's players were the XFL's most well-known, [[Rod Smart]] (later with the [[National Football League]]'s [[Philadelphia Eagles]], [[Carolina Panthers]], and the [[Oakland Raiders]]), who went by the [[nickname]] of "He Hate Me", which appeared on the back of his [[jersey (sports)|jersey]]. (He was originally going to put "'''They''' Hate Me", but there wasn't enough room.) Coached by former [[Boise State University|Boise State]] and [[Scottish Claymores]] head coach [[Jim Criner]], the Outlaws competed in the XFL's only season, held in the spring of 2001. The team encouraged their fans to come up with a nickname. They selected the "Dealers of Doom Defense".  After a strong start, the Outlaws suffered repeated injuries to their quarterbacks (by the midpoint of the season they were on their fourth-string quarterback) and lost their last three games to finish in last place in the division with a record of 4-6-0, just one game out of a playoff spot.

Despite having a two-year contract, NBC announced shortly after the season that it was getting out, as the season's later games had garnered the lowest ratings for a major American [[television network]] since the [[Nielsen ratings]] had begun tracking them, and the league folded shortly afterwards.

The team was the centerpiece of the 2003 book about the XFL, ''Long Bomb: How the XFL Became TV's Biggest Fiasco''.  It was written by Brett Forrest of ''[[Details (magazine)|Details]]'' magazine.

===Notable Las Vegas Outlaws players===
*87 Werner (Verne) Hippler, a [[Germany|German]]-born [[tight end]] who played 11 years in the [[NFL Europe]] League and has also been on the [[practice squad]]s of the [[San Diego Chargers]] and [[Detroit Lions]].
*10 [[Mike Cawley]] ([[James Madison Dukes|James Madison]]) - The [[quarterback]] played in the NFL for five seasons with four teams, a season in the CFL with two teams, a season in NFLE with the [[Amsterdam Admirals]], and one year with the [[Af2]] [[Quad City Steamwheelers]].
*81 Todd Floyd ([[UNLV Rebels football|UNLV]]) - The [[wide receiver]] played for the [[Frankfurt Galaxy (NFL Europe)|Frankfurt Galaxy]] of NFLE and was on the preseason rosters of the [[Jacksonville Jaguars]] and [[Buffalo Bills]].
*22 [[Chrys Chukwuma]]([[Arkansas Razorbacks football|Arkansas]]) -The [[running back]] was briefly on the [[Dallas Cowboys]]' roster.
*30 [[Rod Smart]] ([[Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football|Western Kentucky]]) - '''"He Hate Me"''' would go on to become the first former XFL player to appear in a Super Bowl: [[Super Bowl XXXVIII]] for the Panthers.
*82 [[Mike Furrey]] ([[Ohio State Buckeyes football|Ohio State]]/[[Northern Iowa Panthers|Northern Iowa]]) - Like Smart, the receiver has enjoyed a long NFL career.
*17 [[Paul McCallum (gridiron football)|Paul McCallum]] - Kicker who played for NFLE's [[Scottish Claymores]]. Most recently played in 2016 as a member of the [[BC Lions]] franchise, in the [[Canadian Football League]]; McCallum was the last active former XFL player in any professional league.
*92 Kelvin T.G. Kinney ([[Virginia State University|Virginia State]]) - The [[defensive end]] has spent time with the [[Detroit Lions]] and [[Washington Redskins]].
*31 [[Kelly Herndon]] ([[Toledo Rockets football|Toledo]]) - The [[cornerback]] later landed with the [[Seattle Seahawks]].  In [[Super Bowl XL]], he returned an interception for a then record of 76 yards. Since then it has been broken by [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] linebacker [[James Harrison (American football)|James Harrison]].
*16 [[Mark Grieb]] - The quarterback would go on to win two [[ArenaBowl]]s with the [[San Jose SaberCats]].  In the XFL, Grieb only got his chance when the starting quarterback [[Ryan Clement]] was injured.