National Indoor Football League
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National Indoor Football League is a minor league indoor football association based in the United States. The NIFL has teams in markets not covered by either the Arena Football League or its developmental league, af2. The NIFL is based in Lafayette, Louisiana.
In 2005, nine former NIFL teams left the league and formed United Indoor Football (UIF) joined alongside two former af2 teams. That same year, the Corpus Christi Hammerheads, Lubbock Lonestars (now Lubbock Gunslingers), Odessa Roughnecks, and San Angelo Stampede joined after the Intense Football League folded. However, it is coming back in 2006, and Corpus Christi, Odessa, San Angelo, and the Southwest Louisiana Swashbucklers are joining along with the CenTex Barracudas and Laredo Lobos. This leaves the NIFL with 22 teams, and 4 expansion teams are scheduled to join in 2007. The former franchises now part of UIF are the Black Hills Red Dogs, Evansville BlueCats, Fort Wayne Freedom, Lexington Horsemen, Ohio Valley Greyhounds, Omaha Beef, Sioux City Bandits, Sioux Falls Storm, and Tupelo FireAnts.
2006 NIFL Teams
Atlantic Conference
North Division
East Division
South Division
Pacific Conference
North Division
West Division
South Division
Former Teams
- Atlantic City CardSharks
- Austin Knights
- Austin Rockers
- Billings Mavericks
- Bismarck Roughriders
- Black Hills Red Dogs
- Colorado Venom
- Corpus Christi Hammerheads
- Daytona Beach Hawgs
- Eugene Mercury
- Evansville BlueCats
- Everett Hawks
- Fayetteville Heat
- Fort Wayne Freedom
- Greenville Riverhawks
- Houma Bayou Bucks
- Johnstown J Dogs
- Kissimmee Kreatures
- Knoxville ThunderCats
- La Crosse Night Train
- Lake Charles Land Sharks
- Laredo Lobos
- Lexington Horsemen
- Louisiana Bayou Beast
- Louisiana Rangers
- Lubbock Lone Stars
- Mississippi Fire Dogs
- Mobile Seagulls
- Myrtle Beach Stingrays
- New Jersey XTreme
- Odessa Roughnecks
- Ohio Valley Greyhounds
- Oklahoma Crude
- Omaha Beef
- River Cities LocoMotives
- River City Renegades
- Rome Renegades
- San Angelo Stampede
- Show Me Believers
- Sioux City Bandits
- Sioux Falls Storm
- St. Joseph Explorers
- Southern Oregon Heat
- Southwest Louisiana Swashbucklers
- Staten Island Xtreme
- Tennessee Riverhawks
- Tennessee ThunderCats
- Tri-City Diesel
- Tupelo FireAnts
- Utah Rattlers
- Utah Warriors
- Waco Marshalls
- Washington Shockwave
- Watatch Wolverines
- Wichita Falls Thunder
- Winston-Salem Energy
- Yakima Shockwave
2007 Teams
- Charlotte Fusion
- Hammond Heroes
- Jacksonville Stallions
- Lubbock Gunslingers
- Miami Morays - Played in 2005 season but had they had scheduling problems so they did not play in the 2006 season.
Indoor Bowl games
| Year | Winner | Loser | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Mississippi Fire Dogs | Wyoming Calvary | 55-21 |
| 2002 | Ohio Valley Greyhounds | Billings Outlaws | 55-52 |
| 2003 | Ohio Valley Greyhounds | Utah Warriors | 45-37 |
| 2004 | Lexington Horsemen | Sioux Falls Storm | 59-38 |
| 2005 | Tri-Cities Fever | Rome Renegades | 47-31 |
See also
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