▁Mur phy ▁Stadium . ▁ ▁The ▁Out la ws ▁opened ▁play ▁in ▁Tul sa ▁at ▁Sk elly ▁Stadium . ▁ ▁The ▁G amb lers ▁were ▁techn ically ▁not ▁an ▁expansion ▁team . ▁ ▁Found er ▁David ▁D ixon ▁had ▁reserved ▁a ▁franch ise ▁for ▁himself ▁in ▁found ing ▁the ▁league . ▁He ▁had ▁chosen ▁not ▁to ▁field ▁a ▁team ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 3 ▁to ▁help ▁guide ▁the ▁league . ▁ ▁By ▁ 1 9 8 4 , ▁D ixon ▁was ▁dis g usted ▁with ▁the ▁path ▁the ▁league ▁was ▁on ▁and ▁the ▁league ▁own ers ▁were ▁sick ▁of ▁D ixon ' s ▁constant ▁compla ints ▁about ▁them ▁o vers p ending . ▁With ▁their ▁bless ing , ▁he ▁sold ▁his ▁franch ise ▁for ▁slightly ▁less ▁than ▁the ▁$ 6 ▁million ▁expansion ▁fee . ▁ ▁D ixon ' s ▁franch ise ▁became ▁the ▁Houston ▁G amb lers . ▁After ▁seeing ▁the ▁W r ang lers ▁lose ▁ten ▁games ▁in ▁a ▁row ▁to ▁finish ▁ 4 – 1 4 ▁( t ied ▁with ▁Washington ▁for ▁the ▁league ' s ▁worst ▁record ) ▁and ▁perhaps ▁more ▁important ly ▁seeing ▁attend ance ▁w ilt ▁in ▁the ▁summer ▁heat ▁at ▁Sun ▁Dev il ▁Stadium , ▁Joseph ▁decided ▁to ▁sell ▁the ▁W r ang lers . ▁ ▁Meanwhile , ▁in ▁spite ▁of ▁having ▁the ▁league ' s ▁highest ▁profile ▁coach , ▁George ▁Allen , ▁and ▁being ▁at ▁worst ▁the ▁third ▁best ▁team ▁in ▁the ▁league , ▁the ▁Chicago ▁Bl itz ▁had ▁drawn ▁an ▁an em ic ▁