 The Baltimore Football Club was granted an expansion franchise for 1994 by the Canadian Football League during their American expansion of the early-mid 1990s.After the NFL's Indianapolis Colts (who had moved from Baltimore in 1983) blocked attempts to name the new team the "Baltimore CFL Colts," owner Jim Speros eventually settled on "Stallions" as a nickname.The Stallions were by far the most successful of the CFL's American teams, garnering persistent fan support in the Baltimore area and appearing in the Grey Cup in both its seasons, losing in 1994 and winning in 1995.