The Alabama Vulcans were a professional football team which were a part of the American Football Association in 1979. Though the Vulcans used a different color scheme than its predecessors did in the World Football League, the team's name was borrowed from the WFL's Birmingham Vulcans, and its logo was an amalgamation of those of the Vulcans and the Birmingham Americans to draw on the popularity of the previous league's teams. They were owned by Harry Lander, who also served as the team's head coach and the founder of the league.
The Alabama team that joined the American Football Association in 1979 was called the Alabama Warriors. Although they had a different color scheme than their predecessors in the World Football League, the team's name and logo were influenced by the Birmingham Warriors from the WFL, leveraging the popularity of those teams.