Defunct af2 teams
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The following is a list of teams that, at one time, played in the AF2
. This does not include teams in AF2 when the Board of Directors formed the New AFL in 2010.
AF2
AF2 was the name of the Arena Football League's developmental league; it was founded in 1999 and played its first season in 2000. Like parent AFL, the AF2 played using the same arena football rules and style of play. League seasons ran from April through July with the postseason and ArenaCup...
. This does not include teams in AF2 when the Board of Directors formed the New AFL in 2010.
| Team | City | Arena | Founded | First AF2 season | Final AF2 season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baton Rouge Blaze Baton Rouge Blaze The Baton Rouge Blaze was an expansion team that joined the af2 in 2001. The Blaze were joined by the Bossier-Shreveport Battle Wings, Columbus Wardogs, Florida Firecats, Iowa Barnstormers , Lafayette Roughnecks, Lincoln Lightning, Louisville Fire, Macon Knights, Memphis Xplorers, Peoria Pirates,... |
Baton Rouge, LA | Riverside Centroplex | 2000 | 2001 | 2001 |
| Lafayette Roughnecks Lafayette Roughnecks The Lafayette Roughnecks is a now-defunct 2001 af2 expansion team. They played their home games at the CajunDome in Lafayette, Louisiana... |
Lafayette, LA | CajunDome Cajundome The Cajundome is a 13,500 seat multi-purpose arena in Lafayette, Louisiana. It is home to the Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns basketball teams of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette Wildcatters of the Southern Indoor Football League and the Louisiana high school basketball state... |
2000 | 2001 | 2001 |
| Lincoln Lightning | Lincoln, NE | Pershing Municipal Auditorium | 1998 | 2001 | 2001 |
| Augusta Stallions Augusta Stallions The Augusta Stallions were one of the 15 original teams to join the inaugural 2000 AF2 season. They started off in the American Conference, before switching to the Southeast Division in 2001, and then the Eastern Division in 2002. In their first year, Augusta went 13-3, made the playoffs, and... |
Augusta, GA | James Brown Arena James Brown Arena The James Brown Arena is a multi-purpose complex, in Augusta, Georgia.It features an 8,500 seat arena, renamed the James Brown Arena, in honor of musician James Brown on August 22, 2006... |
1999 | 2000 | 2002 |
| Carolina Rhinos Carolina Rhinos The Carolina Rhinos were one of the original 15 teams to join the inaugural 2000 AF2 season. They started off in the American Conference, before switching divisions in every year of their existence . In their first year, they won 7 of their first 9 games, en route to the playoffs, before losing... |
Greenville, SC | Bi-Lo Center Bi-Lo Center The BI-LO Center is an arena located in downtown Greenville, South Carolina, that is used for concerts, football, and hockey. The arena is currently used by the Greenville Force of the Southern Indoor Football League and the Greenville Road Warriors of the ECHL.- History :The BI-LO Center was... |
1999 | 2000 | 2002 |
| Jacksonville Tomcats Jacksonville Tomcats The Jacksonville Tomcats were an arena football team based in Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. They were an inaugural franchise in af2, the developmental league of the Arena Football League , and played for three seasons from 2000–2002... |
Jacksonville, FL | Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Coliseum was an 11,000-seat multi-purpose arena, in Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. Built in 1960 and known as "northern Florida's most historic concert venues", it was home to most of the city's indoor professional sports teams and hosted various concerts, circuses and... |
1999 | 2000 | 2002 |
| Pensacola Barracudas Pensacola Barracudas The Pensacola Barracudas were an AF2 team and one of the 15 original teams to join the inaugural 2000 AF2 season.Pensacola originally played in the National Conference and won its first five games en route to the playoffs before losing to the eventual undefeated champion Quad City... |
Pensacola, FL | Pensacola Civic Center Pensacola Civic Center The Pensacola Civic Center is an indoor arena located in Pensacola, Florida. It is owned by Escambia County and operated by SMG Management. The Civic Center has a capacity of 8,150 for hockey games, and as much as 12,000 for non-hockey events... |
1999 | 2000 | 2002 |
| Roanoke Steam Roanoke Steam The Roanoke Steam is a now-defunct af2 charter member franchise. They played their home games at the Roanoke Civic Center in Roanoke, Virginia. The Steam were unable to get into the playoffs during their only three years in the league... |
Roanoke, VA | Roanoke Civic Center | 1999 | 2000 | 2002 |
| Tallahassee Thunder Tallahassee Thunder The Tallahassee Thunder is a now-defunct charter member af2 arena football team from Tallahassee, Florida. The Thunder played from 2000 until 2002, playing their home games at the Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center in Tallahassee... |
Tallahassee, FL | Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center | 1999 | 2000 | 2002 |
| Fresno Frenzy Fresno Frenzy The Fresno Frenzy were an expansion af2 team for the 2002 season. Fresno was joined by the Albany Conquest, Bakersfield Blitz, Cape Fear Wildcats, Hawaiian Islanders, Mobile Wizards, Mohegan Wolves, New Haven Ninjas, San Diego Riptide & the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers... |
Fresno, CA | Selland Arena Selland Arena The Selland Arena is a multi-purpose arena built in 1966 that makes up part of a five-venue complex of the Fresno Convention and Entertainment Center in Fresno, California. It is named after former Fresno mayor Arthur L. Selland and has had over ten million people walk through its doors in its over... |
2001 | 2002 | 2002 |
| Mobile Wizards Mobile Wizards The Mobile Wizards were an af2 arena football team that played their home games in Mobile, Alabama at the Mobile Civic Center. The team went 0-16 in 2002 and was disbanded after only one season, making them the only af2 team never to have won a game in their franchise history.- External links :*... |
Mobile, AL | Mobile Civic Center Mobile Civic Center Mobile Civic Center is a multi-purpose arena located in Mobile, Alabama. Owned by the City of Mobile and operated by SMG, the arena comprises three venues: A theater, an expo hall, and an arena. It is suitable for large indoor events; including sporting events and trade shows. The theater has... |
2001 | 2002 | 2002 |
| New Haven Ninjas New Haven Ninjas The New Haven Ninjas were an American Football team, an expansion team in the af2 for the 2002 season. Along with the Ninjas, New Haven was joined by the Albany Conquest, Bakersfield Blitz, Cape Fear Wildcats, Fresno Frenzy, Hawaiian Islanders, Mobile Wizards, Mohegan Wolves, San Diego Riptide &... |
New Haven, CT | New Haven Coliseum New Haven Coliseum The New Haven Coliseum was a sports-entertainment arena located in downtown New Haven, Connecticut. Construction began in 1968 and was completed in 1972... |
2001 | 2002 | 2002 |
| Charleston Swamp Foxes Charleston Swamp Foxes The Charleston Swamp Foxes were one of the 15 original teams to join the inaugural 2000 AF2 season. They started off in the American Conference, before switching divisions in every year of their existence . Charleston played their home games in the North Charleston Coliseum... |
North Charleston, SC | North Charleston Coliseum North Charleston Coliseum The North Charleston Coliseum is a 14,000-seat multi-purpose arena in North Charleston, South Carolina. It is part of the North Charleston Convention Center Complex, which also includes a Performing Arts Center, and is owned by the City of North Charleston and managed by SMG... |
1999 | 2000 | 2003 |
| Greensboro Prowlers Greensboro Prowlers The Greensboro Prowlers is a now-defunct af2 franchise that was one of the league's charter members. The Prowlers had three mediocre seasons before finally getting a decent winning record in their final year... |
Greensboro, NC | Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro Coliseum The Greensboro Coliseum Complex is an entertainment complex located in College Hill neighborhood of Greensboro, North Carolina. Opening in 1959, the arena was one of the largest venues in the South, with a seating capacity of over 7,000... |
1999 | 2000 | 2003 |
| Norfolk Nighthawks Norfolk Nighthawks The Norfolk Nighthawks are a now-defunct charter member of the AF2. They played their home games at The Norfolk Scope Arena in Norfolk, Virginia... |
Norfolk, VA | Norfolk Scope Norfolk Scope Norfolk Scope is a multipurpose culture, entertainment, convention and sports arena at the northern perimeter of downtown Norfolk, Virginia, designed by Italian architect/engineer Pier Luigi Nervi in conjunction with the local firm of Williams and Tazewell... |
1999 | 2000 | 2003 |
| Richmond Speed Richmond Speed The Richmond Speed were one of the original 15 teams to join the inaugural 2000 AF2 season. They started off in the American Conference in 2000, before going over to the Northeast Division in 2001, then to the Atlantic Division from 2002-2003. In 2000, Richmond went 7-9 and missed the playoffs. ... |
Richmond, VA | Richmond Coliseum Richmond Coliseum Richmond Coliseum is an arena in Richmond, Virginia, where the SPHL Richmond Renegades played until the 2008-2009 season and the SIFL Richmond Raiders will play starting with the 2010 season. It is also the venue for various large concerts. The arena opened in 1971 and holds 13,500 people. A... |
1999 | 2000 | 2003 |
| Rochester Brigade Rochester Brigade The Rochester Brigade was a professional arena football team based in Rochester, New York. The team was a member of af2, the minor league of the Arena Football League, and played their home games at the Blue Cross Arena... |
Rochester, NY | Blue Cross Arena Blue Cross Arena The Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial is a multi-purpose indoor arena, located in Rochester, New York. Its maximum seating capacity is 13,000... |
2000 | 2001 | 2003 |
| Cincinnati Swarm Cincinnati Swarm The Cincinnati Swarm was an expansion af2 franchise, that joined the league in 2003, along with the Green Bay Blizzard. Cincinnati played for the National Conference, in the Midwest Division. In 2003, the Swarm went 7–9, second in the Midwest Division. The Swarm's first touchdown was scored by... |
Cincinnati, OH | U.S. Bank Arena U.S. Bank Arena U.S. Bank Arena is an indoor arena, located in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio, along the banks of the Ohio River, next to the Great American Ball Park. Completed in September 1975, the arena seats 17,556 people... |
2002 | 2003 | 2003 |
| Columbus Wardogs | Columbus, GA | Columbus Civic Center Columbus Civic Center Columbus Civic Center is a 10,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Columbus, Georgia, built in 1996.-History:The arena was built in 1996, along with a Softball Complex, to fully complete South Commons... |
2000 | 2001 | 2004 |
| Wichita Stealth Wichita Stealth The Wichita Stealth is a now-defunct arena football team. They played their home games at the Kansas Coliseum in Wichita, Kansas. They originally began play in the Indoor Football League as a 2000 expansion team known as the Wichita Warlords before the league folded, in which they moved to the... |
Wichita, KS | Kansas Coliseum Kansas Coliseum Kansas Coliseum was a complex, in the Wichita suburb, of Valley Center, Kansas, that hosted sporting events, concerts and shows.It consists of four pavilions, one RV park and the 9,686-seat Britt Brown Arena, named for Harry Britton Brown Jr., of Wichita, the former owner of The Wichita Eagle... |
1999 | 2001 | 2004 |
| Hawaiian Islanders Hawaiian Islanders The Hawaiian Islanders were a minor league team of the Arena Football League, the af2. Based in Honolulu, Hawaii, the Hawaiian Islanders home field was at the Neal S. Blaisdell Center Arena. It competed in the AF2 National Conference West... |
Honolulu, HI | Neal S. Blaisdell Center Neal S. Blaisdell Center The Neal S. Blaisdell Center in downtown Honolulu, Honolulu CDP is a community center for the City & County of Honolulu. Constructed in 1964 on the historic Ward Estate and originally called the Hawaii International Center, the center was renamed after Mayor of Honolulu Neal S. Blaisdell... |
2001 | 2002 | 2004 |
| Laredo Law Laredo Law The Laredo Law is a now-defunct Arena Football League's AF2 expansion team. They played their home games at the Laredo Entertainment Center in Laredo, Texas... |
Laredo, TX | Laredo Entertainment Center Laredo Entertainment Center The Laredo Energy Arena is a multi-purpose arena, in Laredo, Texas. It is home to the Laredo Bucks ice hockey team and the Laredo Rattlesnakes indoor football team... |
2003 | 2004 | 2004 |
| San Diego Riptide San Diego Riptide The San Diego Riptide is a defunct Arena Football League af2 team. The team played its home games at the San Diego Sports Arena in San Diego, California.The team was originally coached by Cree Morris, then Mouse Davis and then Sean Ponder.... |
San Diego, CA | San Diego Sports Arena | 2001 | 2002 | 2005 |
| Macon Knights Macon Knights The Macon Knights were a professional arena football team, playing in the af2 league. They were a 2001 expansion member of af2. They played their home games at Macon Coliseum. The Knights were owned and operated by Beverly Olson. The Knights were formerly coached by Derek Stingley, who was a... |
Macon, GA | Macon Coliseum Macon Coliseum The Macon Coliseum is a multi-purpose arena and convention center in Macon, Georgia, United States. It was home to the Macon Whoopee and Macon Trax ice hockey teams and also the Macon Knights arena football team until 2006. It is currently home to the Georgia Gwizzlies, a basketball team that plays... |
2000 | 2001 | 2006 |
| Memphis Xplorers Memphis Xplorers The Memphis Xplorers were a professional arena football team. They were a 2001 expansion member of the af2. They played their home games at DeSoto Civic Center in Southaven, Mississippi .... |
Southaven, MS | DeSoto Civic Center DeSoto Civic Center The DeSoto Civic Center is an 8,400-seat multi-purpose arena in Southaven, Mississippi. It was built in 2000. It is home to the Mississippi RiverKings, a team in the Southern Professional Hockey League.... |
2000 | 2001 | 2006 |
| Alabama Steeldogs | Birmingham, AL | Birmingham Jefferson Convention Center | 1999 | 2000 | 2007 |
| Bakersfield Blitz Bakersfield Blitz The Bakersfield Blitz were a professional arena football team based in Bakersfield, California. They are a 2004 expansion member of the af2 and play their home games at Rabobank Arena.... |
Bakersfield, CA | Rabobank Arena Rabobank Arena Rabobank Arena is a 10,000-seat multi-purpose arena, Bakersfield, California, USA. Located downtown at the corner of Truxtun Avenue and N Street, it was built in 1998, and was originally known as Centennial Garden. The city-owned arena sold naming rights to the Dutch cooperative bank Rabobank in... |
2003 | 2004 | 2007 |
| Everett Hawks Everett Hawks The Everett Hawks are a now-defunct professional and later minor-league arena football team based in Everett, Washington, USA. The team was in existence for five years in three leagues, the Northwest Football League , the National Indoor Football League , and af2 and in two cities, the Eastside... |
Everett, WA | Everett Events Center | 2001 | 2006 | 2007 |
| Cincinnati Jungle Kats Cincinnati Jungle Kats The Cincinnati Jungle Kats were an af2 team that played its home games at the U.S. Bank Arena. Their only year in existence was 2007. The team is not to be confused with the The Marshals , the NIFL club that was the arena's former tenant, who changed their name to "The Marshals" and moved to Hara... |
Cincinnati, OH | U.S. Bank Arena U.S. Bank Arena U.S. Bank Arena is an indoor arena, located in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio, along the banks of the Ohio River, next to the Great American Ball Park. Completed in September 1975, the arena seats 17,556 people... |
2006 | 2007 | 2007 |
| Fort Wayne Fusion Fort Wayne Fusion The Fort Wayne Fusion was a 2007 af2 expansion team in the Midwest Division of the American Conference. They played their home games at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana, which was the former home of the defunct National Indoor Football League/United Indoor Football... |
Fort Wayne, IN | Allen County War Memorial Coliseum Allen County War Memorial Coliseum The Allen County War Memorial Coliseum is a 13,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Fort Wayne, Indiana, initially built in 1952 for nearly $3 million in Fort Wayne's Johnny Appleseed Park. The Allen County War Memorial Coliseum was originally designed to seat 8,000 for hockey or 10,240 for basketball... |
2006 | 2007 | 2007 |
| Laredo Lobos Laredo Lobos The Laredo Lobos were a professional arena football team based out of Laredo, Texas. They were a member of the af2 league. They played their home games at the Laredo Entertainment Center... |
Laredo, TX | Laredo Entertainment Center Laredo Entertainment Center The Laredo Energy Arena is a multi-purpose arena, in Laredo, Texas. It is home to the Laredo Bucks ice hockey team and the Laredo Rattlesnakes indoor football team... |
2005 | 2007 | 2007 |
| Louisville Fire Louisville Fire The Louisville Fire was an arena football team that played its home games at the Brown-Forman Field in Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky. They were a 2001 expansion team of the af2. Their owner/operator was former Pro Bowl lineman and Louisville native Will Wolford. The team was somewhat... |
Louisville, KY | Freedom Hall Freedom Hall Freedom Hall is a multipurpose arena in Louisville, Kentucky, on the grounds of the Kentucky Exposition Center, which is owned by the Commonwealth of Kentucky... |
2000 | 2001 | 2008 |
| Lubbock Renegades Lubbock Renegades The Lubbock Renegades were an expansion member of the af2. The team played its home games at the City Bank Coliseum, which was the former home of the IFL/NIFL team, the Lubbock Lone Stars/Gunslingers. The team was owned by Doug McGregor, Rick Dykes, and Bart Reagor. It was coached by former Texas... |
Lubbock, TX | City Bank Coliseum | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
| Texas Copperheads Texas Copperheads The Texas Copperheads were a professional arena football that played in af2, the minor league for the Arena Football League. The team was founded in 2006 as member of the National Indoor Football League . They played their home games at the Richard E. Berry Educational Support Center in Cypress,... |
Cypress, TX | Richard E. Berry Educational Support Center Richard E. Berry Educational Support Center The Richard E. Berry Educational Support Center is a multi-purpose sports complex located in Cypress, Texas. It was completed in March 2006 and consists of five separate facilities: an arena, stadium, theater, conference center and food production center. It was named after former Cy-Fair ISD... |
2005 | 2007 | 2008 |
| Austin Wranglers Austin Wranglers The Austin Wranglers were an arena football team based in Austin, Texas. They played four seasons in the Arena Football League from 2004 to 2007 and spent one season in AF2, the AFL's developmental league, in 2008. They made playoff appearances in the AFL in 2006 and in AF2 in 2008... |
Austin, TX | Frank Erwin Center Frank Erwin Center Frank C. Erwin, Jr. Special Events Center, commonly known as Frank Erwin Center or UT Erwin Center, is a multi-purpose arena on the campus of The University of Texas at Austin... |
2003 | 2008 | 2008 |
| Daytona Beach ThunderBirds | Daytona Beach, FL | Ocean Center Ocean Center The Ocean Center is a multi-purpose facility, in Daytona Beach, Florida, USA. It was built in 1985 and expanded in 2009, doubling the facility's size... |
2005 | 2008 | 2008 |
| Mahoning Valley Thunder Mahoning Valley Thunder The Mahoning Valley Thunder was a professional af2 arena football team from 2007-2009.Having entered af2 as an expansion team in 2007, the Thunder played its home games at Cortland Banks Field at the Covelli Centre in downtown Youngstown, Ohio.... |
Youngstown, OH | Covelli Centre | 2007 | 2007 | 2009 |
| Arkansas Twisters Arkansas Twisters The Allen Wranglers are a professional indoor football team based in Allen, Texas play in the Indoor Football League. The Wranglers play their home games at the Allen Event Center.-History:... |
North Little Rock, Arkansas North Little Rock, Arkansas the city was 62.55% White, 33.98% Black or African American, 0.41% Native American, 0.59% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 1.18% from other races, and 1.26% from two or more races... |
Verizon Arena | 1999 | 2000 | 2009 |
| Central Valley Coyotes Central Valley Coyotes The Central Valley Coyotes are a professional arena football team and were a charter member of Arena Football 1. The team currently is not in a league... |
Fresno, California Fresno, California Fresno is a city in central California, United States, the county seat of Fresno County. As of the 2010 census, the city's population was 510,365, making it the fifth largest city in California, the largest inland city in California, and the 34th largest in the nation... |
Selland Arena Selland Arena The Selland Arena is a multi-purpose arena built in 1966 that makes up part of a five-venue complex of the Fresno Convention and Entertainment Center in Fresno, California. It is named after former Fresno mayor Arthur L. Selland and has had over ten million people walk through its doors in its over... |
2001 | 2002 | 2009 |
| Kentucky Horsemen | Lexington, Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky Lexington is the second-largest city in Kentucky and the 63rd largest in the US. Known as the "Thoroughbred City" and the "Horse Capital of the World", it is located in the heart of Kentucky's Bluegrass region... |
Rupp Arena Rupp Arena Rupp Arena is an arena located in downtown Lexington, Kentucky, U.S. Since its opening in 1976, it has been the centerpiece of Lexington Center, a convention and shopping facility owned by an arm of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, and serves as home court to the University of... |
2002 | 2008 | 2009 |
| Tri-Cities Fever Tri-Cities Fever The Tri-Cities Fever are a professional indoor football team in the Indoor Football League. Their first season was in 2005 as an expansion member of the National Indoor Football League. Though they represent the entire Tri-Cities region, they play their home games exclusively at the Toyota Center... |
Kennewick, Washington Kennewick, Washington Kennewick is a city in Benton County in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Washington, near the Hanford nuclear site. It is the most populous of the three cities collectively referred to as the Tri-Cities... |
Toyota Center Toyota Center (Kennewick) The Toyota Center is an multi-purpose arena in Kennewick, Washington, USA.The arena opened in 1988 as the Tri-Cities Coliseum... |
2004 | 2007 | 2009 |