The Binghamton Tiger Cats are an Independent Women's Tackle Football team based in Binghamton, New York

Binghamton, New York

Binghamton is a city in the Southern Tier of New York in the United States. It is near the Pennsylvania border, in a bowl-shaped valley at the confluence of the Susquehanna and Chenango Rivers...

 which began play for its inaugural 2009 season as a member of the Women's Football Alliance

Women's Football Alliance

The Women's Football Alliance is a full-contact Women's American football league which began play in the spring of 2009. They have now completed three full seasons and grew to over 60 teams slated for the 2011 season. The women play 11 person tackle football games with rules that basically mirror...

 and for the 2010 season as a member of the Independent Women's Football League

Independent Women's Football League

The Independent Women's Football League was founded in 2000, and began play in 2001.IWFL founders began with the goal to establish a quality women's football league that would be respected as the top level of women's tackle football in the world....

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The Tiger Cats are the first women's football team representing Binghamton and the Southern Tier

Southern Tier

The Southern Tier is a geographical term that refers to the counties of New York State west of the Catskill Mountains along the northern border of Pennsylvania. It is a loosely defined term that generally includes the counties that border Pennsylvania west of Delaware County inclusive...

 region, preceding the WFA's Southern Tier Spitfire

Southern Tier Spitfire

The Southern Tier Spitfire is a team of the Women's Football Alliance which began play in 2010. Based in Binghamton, New York, the Spitfire will play its home games at Alumni Stadium...

(Defunct) by one season.

Home games for the 2009 season were played at the Greater Binghamton Sports Complex

Greater Binghamton Sports Complex

The Greater Binghamton Sports Complex is currently the largest dome air-structure in the United States. The complex is located on Airport Road road off Route 17 near the city of Binghamton, New York. The purpose of the structure is to house its full size soccer field. The total size of the complex...

, making the Tiger Cats the first women's football team ever to have an indoor venue. For the 2010 IWFL season the Tiger Cats will played at Binghamton Alumni Stadium and will continue to do so as an Independent team in 2011.

The team is presumably named after Canadian football's Hamilton Tiger-Cats

Hamilton Tiger-Cats

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are a Canadian Football League team based in Hamilton, Ontario, founded in 1950 with the merger of the Hamilton Tigers and the Hamilton Wildcats. The Tiger-Cats play their home games at Ivor Wynne Stadium...

, or possibly due to nearby Binghamton University

Binghamton University

Binghamton University, also formally called State University of New York at Binghamton, , is a public research university in the State of New York. The University is one of the four university centers in the State University of New York system...

's mascot, the Bearcat

Bearcat

Bearcat is another name for the Binturong, a viverrine mammal from Southeast Asia. It is also a colloquial term for mountain lion or wolverine. It is a nocturnal animal with a long husky tail, tufted ears, small eyes, naked soles and palms, a small pointed face and elongated body.It is grayish in...

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The "CATS" will compete as an Independent team for the 2011 season.

Season-By-Season

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| colspan="6" align="center" | Binghamton Tiger Cats (WFA)
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|2009 || 2 || 6 || 0 || 5th National Northeast || --
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| colspan="6" align="center" | Binghamton Tiger Cats (IWFL)
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|2010 || 0 || 8 || 0 || 8th Tier II East Northeast || --
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| colspan="6" align="center" | Binghamton Tiger Cats (INDEPENDENT)
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|2011 || 6 || 4 || 0 || -- || --
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!Totals || 8 || 18 || 0
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2009

Date	Opponent	Home Home team In team sports, the term home advantage describes the advantage–usually a psychological advantage–that the home team is said to have over the visiting team as a result of playing in familiar facilities and in front of supportive fans... /Away Home team In team sports, the term home advantage describes the advantage–usually a psychological advantage–that the home team is said to have over the visiting team as a result of playing in familiar facilities and in front of supportive fans...	Result
April 18	New Jersey Titans New Jersey Titans The New Jersey Titans are a team of the Women's Spring Football League. Based in Wayne, New Jersey, the Titans play their home games on the campus of the Passaic County Technical Institute....	Away	Lost 0-21
April 25	Keystone Assault Keystone Assault The Keystone Assault is a charter member of the Women's Football Alliance which began play for its inaugural 2009 season. Based in the Pennsylvania capital of Harrisburg, the Assault plays its home games at In the Net Sports Complex in nearby Palmyra....	Home	Lost 20-34
May 9	Connecticut Cyclones Connecticut Cyclones The Connecticut Cyclones are a team of the Women's Football Alliance. Based in Hartford, the Cyclones played two seasons in the Women's Professional Football League and one in the Independent Women's Football League before joining the WFA .Originally scheduled to begin play in 2009, the Cyclones...	Home	Won 6-0**
May 16	New Jersey Titans	Home	Lost 6-26
May 30	Keystone Assault	Away	Lost 6-32
June 6	Connecticut Cyclones	Away	Won 6-0**
June 13	Baltimore Burn Baltimore Burn The Baltimore Burn is a women's American football team in the Women's Spring Football League . Formerly a member of the National Women's Football League The Baltimore Burn is a women's American football team in the Women's Spring Football League (2011). Formerly a member of the National Women's...	Home	Lost 6-56
June 20	Philadelphia Liberty Belles Philadelphia Liberty Belles The Philadelphia Liberty Belles are a team of the Women's Football Alliance which began play for its inaugural 2009 season. Home games are played on the campus of Wissahickon High School in Ambler, Pennsylvania....	Away	Lost 0-53

** = Won by forfeit

2010

Date	Opponent	Home Home team In team sports, the term home advantage describes the advantage–usually a psychological advantage–that the home team is said to have over the visiting team as a result of playing in familiar facilities and in front of supportive fans... /Away Home team In team sports, the term home advantage describes the advantage–usually a psychological advantage–that the home team is said to have over the visiting team as a result of playing in familiar facilities and in front of supportive fans...	Result
April 3	Montreal Blitz Montreal Blitz The Montreal Blitz is a team in the Independent Women's Football League. Based in Montreal, Quebec, the Blitz play their home games at Dalbé-Viau High School in the borough of Lachine...	Home	Lost 0-76
April 10	Erie Illusion Erie Illusion The Erie Illusion is a women's football team playing in the Women's Football Alliance and they are based in Erie, Pennsylvania. Their team colors are orange and purple; the team plays at Veterans Stadium. Mary Butler is the owner of the franchise. James Vogt is the head coach...	Away	Lost 0-57
April 17	Erie Illusion	Home	Lost 0-55
April 24	Jersey Justice Jersey Justice The Jersey Justice are an Independent Women's Tackle Football Team based in Carteret, New Jersey. The team was formed in 2008 with many former players and staff from the New Jersey Titans. Home games in 2011 are to be played on the campus of St. John Vianney High School in Holmdel, NJ. Prior to...	Away	Lost 0-40
May 8	Jersey Justice	Home	Lost 0-38
May 15	Philadelphia Firebirds	Away	Lost 0-49
May 22	Jersey Justice	Away	Lost 8-38
June 5	Southern Maine Rebels	Home	Lost 8-21

2011

Date	Opponent	Home Home team In team sports, the term home advantage describes the advantage–usually a psychological advantage–that the home team is said to have over the visiting team as a result of playing in familiar facilities and in front of supportive fans... /Away Home team In team sports, the term home advantage describes the advantage–usually a psychological advantage–that the home team is said to have over the visiting team as a result of playing in familiar facilities and in front of supportive fans...	Result
April 9	Three Rivers Xplosion	Home	Won 40-12
April 16	Baltimore Burn Baltimore Burn The Baltimore Burn is a women's American football team in the Women's Spring Football League . Formerly a member of the National Women's Football League The Baltimore Burn is a women's American football team in the Women's Spring Football League (2011). Formerly a member of the National Women's...	Home	Lost 0-22
April 23	Jersey Justice	Away	Lost 8-36
April 30	Three Rivers Xplosion	Away	Won 22-8
May 7	BYE Bye Bye may refer to:*Bye , a special type of run scored in the game of cricket*Bye , when a player or team is allowed to advance to the next round of a playoff tournament without playing*"Bye", a song by Elliott Smith from Figure 8...
May 14	Erie Illusion Erie Illusion The Erie Illusion is a women's football team playing in the Women's Football Alliance and they are based in Erie, Pennsylvania. Their team colors are orange and purple; the team plays at Veterans Stadium. Mary Butler is the owner of the franchise. James Vogt is the head coach...	Away	Lost 0-38
May 21	Jersey Justice Jersey Justice The Jersey Justice are an Independent Women's Tackle Football Team based in Carteret, New Jersey. The team was formed in 2008 with many former players and staff from the New Jersey Titans. Home games in 2011 are to be played on the campus of St. John Vianney High School in Holmdel, NJ. Prior to...	Home	Won 6-0 (Forfeit)
May 21	Three Rivers Xplosion	Home	Won 6-0 (Forfeit)
June 4	Baltimore Burn Baltimore Burn The Baltimore Burn is a women's American football team in the Women's Spring Football League . Formerly a member of the National Women's Football League The Baltimore Burn is a women's American football team in the Women's Spring Football League (2011). Formerly a member of the National Women's...	Away	Lost 0-46
June 11	New England Nightmare	Home	Won 6-0 (Forfeit)
June 18	Three Rivers Xplosion	Home	Won 6-0 (Forfeit)

External links

• Binghamton Tiger Cats official website