 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.