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{{for|the New York franchise from the current incarnation of the XFL|New York Guardians}}
{{Infobox American football team
| name = New York/New Jersey Hitmen
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| founded = 1999
| folded = {{start date and age|2001}}
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| division = Eastern
| stadium = [[Giants Stadium]]
| location = [[East Rutherford, New Jersey]]
| colors = Royal blue, silver, black<ref>{{cite web|title=New York/New Jersey Hitmen Logo Sheet|url=http://ssur.org/research/XFLLogoSheets/images/NYNJHitmen_CL.jpg|website=SSUR.org|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101128160743/http://ssur.org/research/XFLLogoSheets/images/NYNJHitmen_CL.jpg|archive-date=November 28, 2010|access-date=December 4, 2019}}</ref><br />{{color box|#00338D}} {{color box|#A5ACAF}} {{color box|#000000}}
| owner = [[WWE|World Wrestling Federation]]
| manager = [[Drew Pearson (American football)|Drew Pearson]]
| coach = [[Rusty Tillman]]
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| div_champs =
}}
The '''New York/New Jersey Hitmen''' were an [[American football]] team based in [[East Rutherford, New Jersey]]. The Hitmen were the members of the Eastern Division of the [[XFL (2001)|XFL]]. The team played their home games in [[Giants Stadium]] of the [[Meadowlands Sports Complex]].
==History==
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The Hitmen were one of the teams to play in the XFL's inaugural game. Tens of millions of viewers watched the Hitmen, who displayed a stunning lack of competence against the [[Las Vegas Outlaws (XFL)|Las Vegas Outlaws]] in the contest (including a particularly ugly missed field goal and numerous miscues from starting quarterback and New York native [[Charles Puleri]]), lose 19–0. The Hitmen's poor performance in that game was a major factor in fan backlash against the league in the weeks that followed and a prime example of the league's failure to live up to expectations; the team benched Puleri in favor of [[Wally Richardson]] by Week 3 in hopes of salvaging the season.
===Revival===
{{main|New York Guardians}}
In December 2018, a [[XFL (2020)|revival of the XFL]] announced its intent to return to East Rutherford. The new team was named the [[New York Guardians]].
==Season==
{{Start NFL SBS}}
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===Schedule===
====Regular season====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
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|-style="background:#fcc"
! 1
| {{dow tooltip|February 3, 2001}}
| at [[Las Vegas Outlaws (XFL)|Las Vegas Outlaws]]
| '''L''' 0–19
| 0–1
| [[Sam Boyd Stadium]]
|-style="background:#fcc"
! 2
| February 11
| [[Birmingham Thunderbolts]]
| '''L''' 12–19
| 0–2
| [[Giants Stadium]]
|-style="background:#fcc"
! 3
| February 18
| [[Orlando Rage]]
| '''L''' 12–18
| 0–3
| Giants Stadium
|-style="background:#cfc"
! 4
| {{dow tooltip|February 24, 2001}}
| at [[Chicago Enforcers]]
| '''W''' 13–0
| 1–3
| [[Soldier Field]]
|-style="background:#fcc"
! 5
| {{dow tooltip|March 3, 2001}}
| [[Los Angeles Xtreme]]
| '''L''' 7–22
| 1–4
| Giants Stadium
|-style="background:#cfc"
! 6
| March 11
| at [[San Francisco Demons]]
| '''W''' 20–12
| 2–4
| [[Pacific Bell Park]]
|-style="background:#cfc"
! 7
| {{dow tooltip|March 17, 2001}}
| [[Memphis Maniax]]
| '''W''' 16–15
| 3–4
| Giants Stadium
|-style="background:#fcc"
! 8
| March 25
| at Orlando Rage
| '''L''' 12–17
| 3–5
| [[Florida Citrus Bowl]]
|-style="background:#fcc"
! 9
| {{dow tooltip|March 31, 2001}}
| Chicago Enforcers
| '''L''' 18–23
| 3–6
| Giants Stadium
|-style="background:#cfc"
! 10
| April 8
| at Birmingham Thunderbolts
| '''W''' 22–0
| 4–6
| [[Legion Field]]
|}
==Standings==
{{2001 XFL East standings}}
<ref>{{cite web |title=XFL Standings |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/xfl/standings.htm |work=[[USA Today]] |date=May 12, 2001 |
===Roster===
{{NFL final roster
|Year=2001
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{{NFLplayer|11|Corte McGuffey|QB}}
{{NFLplayer|46|Tawambi Settles|DB}}
{{NFLplayer|66|Greg Vettorino |G/C|link=no}}
}}
==Team leaders==
Rushing yards: 328, [[Joe Aska]].
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| valign="top"|
| style="font-size: 95%;" valign="top" | '''Front
*Vice
*Director of
*Director of
'''Head
*Head
'''Offensive
*Offensive
*Running
*Tight
|width="35"|
|valign="top"|
| style="font-size: 95%;" valign="top" | '''Defensive
*Defensive
*Defensive
*Linebackers – [[Tony Mottola (American football)|Tony Mottola]]
*Secondary – Mike Dietzel
'''Special
*Special
*Head
|}<ref>{{cite book |title=2001 New York/New Jersey Hitman Media Guide |publisher=[[XFL (2001)|XFL]] |pages=3–11}}</ref>
==References==
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