The Fargo Freeze is a now-defunct arena football team from Fargo, North Dakota

Fargo, North Dakota

Fargo is the largest city in the U.S. state of North Dakota and the county seat of Cass County. In 2010, its population was 105,549, and it had an estimated metropolitan population of 208,777...

. They were a 2000 expansion team of the Indoor Football League

Indoor Football League

The Indoor Football League began in 1999 as an offshoot of the troubled Professional Indoor Football League. Keary Ecklund, the owner of the Green Bay Bombers and Madison Mad Dogs, left the PIFL after its first, financially-troubled, season to start his own league. Unlike the PIFL, the IFL was an...

. They managed to win only one game during their one-year existence, which was a Week 8 home game against the Minnesota Purple Rage

Minnesota Purple Rage

The Minnesota Purple Rage was an Indoor Football League team that played for the 2000 season. They played their home games at the Midwest Wireless Civic Center in Mankato, Minnesota. They only lasted one season and folded with the IFL after the 2000 season....

(a 43-24 final). After the 2000 season, the Freeze folded with the league. The Freeze's Leading receiver, Brian Roberson, signed with the XFL's San Francisco Demons following the season.