Minnesota Monsters
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| Minnesota Monsters | |
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| Founded | 1998 |
| Arena | Minnesota State Fairgrounds |
| Based in | Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota |
| Colors | Blue, Black, and White/Gold |
| League | Professional Indoor Football League Professional Indoor Football League The Professional Indoor Football League was the second league to successfully play indoor football as a paid pro-league sport, after the Arena Football League. Since the AFL had a patent given in 1990 on the gameplay of "Arena Football" , the PIFL played with mostly the same rules, but without the... |
| Head coach | Ron Simmons Ron Simmons Ronald "Ron" Simmons is an American semi-retired professional wrestler and retired American football player. He is recognised as being the first Black world heavyweight champion in professional wrestling and the first of only two African Americans to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship,... |
The Minnesota Monsters was an indoor football team that played in the Professional Indoor Football League
Professional Indoor Football League
The Professional Indoor Football League was the second league to successfully play indoor football as a paid pro-league sport, after the Arena Football League. Since the AFL had a patent given in 1990 on the gameplay of "Arena Football" , the PIFL played with mostly the same rules, but without the...
(PIFL) in 1998. The Monsters franchise was owned by Robert and Joann Edwards. The team office was based in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
, and played their games at Warner Coliseum
Warner Coliseum
Warner Coliseum is an indoor arena in Falcon Heights, Minnesota. It hosted the Professional Indoor Football League's Minnesota Monsters. The arena holds 5,785 people. Built on the grounds of the Minnesota State Fair, it also hosts indoor events of the fair as well as high school ice hockey...
on the Minnesota State Fairgrounds. The team colors were: Blue, Black, and White/Gold. The Monsters were coached by Ron Simmons for the few PIFL games they did participate in.
The Monsters played two preseason PIFL games in '98. Both were victories at home:
- March 7 - Green Bay BombersGreen Bay BombersThe Green Bay Bombers was an indoor football team that played in the Professional Indoor Football League in 1998, and in the Indoor Football League in 1999 & 2000. The Bombers franchise was owned by Keary Ecklund. The team office was based in Neenah, Wisconsin, and played their games at the Brown...
32 at Minnesota Monsters 35 - March 28 - Madison Mad DogsMadison Mad DogsThe Madison Mad Dogs was an indoor football team that played in the Professional Indoor Football League in 1998, and in the Indoor Football League in 1999 & 2000. The Mad Dogs franchise was owned by Keary Ecklund. The team office was based in Madison, Wisconsin, and played their games at the Dane...
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Minnesota's first three PIFL regular season games were losses. Then, the Monsters forfeited a home game scheduled against the Colorado Wildcats
Colorado Wildcats
The Colorado Wildcats was a team in the Professional Indoor Football League in 1998. The Wildcats franchise was owned by Gary Kozacek, who also was head coach/owner of the same Wildcats team for the previous 9 years, as they competed in semi-pro football in and around Colorado...
on May 16, 1998. The following weekend, on May 22, 1998, a road trip game at the Honolulu Hurricanes
Honolulu Hurricanes
This article is about the defunct Professional Indoor Football League team, for the American basketball Association team, see Hawaii Hurricanes...
was on the schedule. Due to a shipping error, the Monsters had to play the first half of the game wearing the Hurricanes' road uniforms. Minnesota actually got their lone regular season victory in that game. The victory was taken away by the league president for unpaid bills. The team was officially folded on May 28, 1998.
After forfeiting another home game the following weekend against the Utah Catzz
Utah Catzz
The Utah Catzz was a team in the United States Professional Indoor Football League in 1998. The Catzz franchise was owned by Michael & Carla Curran, who also started a farm club for the Catzz, the Salt Lake Lions . The Catzz played their home games at the David O. McKay Events Center in Orem, UT.,...
, The Monsters lost to Madison 20-36. The league ruled this game as an "exhibition game" for the standing purposes. From that point on, all remaining Minnesota Monsters games were ruled to be forfeits.
Minnesota Monsters 1998 schedule
- April 11 - Minnesota Monsters 30, at Utah CatzzUtah CatzzThe Utah Catzz was a team in the United States Professional Indoor Football League in 1998. The Catzz franchise was owned by Michael & Carla Curran, who also started a farm club for the Catzz, the Salt Lake Lions . The Catzz played their home games at the David O. McKay Events Center in Orem, UT.,...
32 - May 2 - Minnesota Monsters 40, at Green Bay BombersGreen Bay BombersThe Green Bay Bombers was an indoor football team that played in the Professional Indoor Football League in 1998, and in the Indoor Football League in 1999 & 2000. The Bombers franchise was owned by Keary Ecklund. The team office was based in Neenah, Wisconsin, and played their games at the Brown...
55 - May 9 - Minnesota Monsters 32, at Texas BulletsTexas BulletsThe Texas Bullets were a team in the Professional Indoor Football League in 1998. The Bullets franchise was owned by Wayne Stigler, who also was the team's head coach. The Bullets played their home games at the Bell County Expo Center in Belton, TX., with the team offices located in Temple, TX....
34 (OT) - May 16 - Colorado WildcatsColorado WildcatsThe Colorado Wildcats was a team in the Professional Indoor Football League in 1998. The Wildcats franchise was owned by Gary Kozacek, who also was head coach/owner of the same Wildcats team for the previous 9 years, as they competed in semi-pro football in and around Colorado...
at Minnesota Monsters - Minnesota forfeits - May 22 - Minnesota Monsters 42‡, at Honolulu HurricanesHonolulu HurricanesThis article is about the defunct Professional Indoor Football League team, for the American basketball Association team, see Hawaii Hurricanes...
20 - Minnesota forfeits - May 30 - Utah CatzzUtah CatzzThe Utah Catzz was a team in the United States Professional Indoor Football League in 1998. The Catzz franchise was owned by Michael & Carla Curran, who also started a farm club for the Catzz, the Salt Lake Lions . The Catzz played their home games at the David O. McKay Events Center in Orem, UT.,...
at Minnesota Monsters - Minnesota forfeits - June 6 - Minnesota Monsters 20†, at Madison Mad DogsMadison Mad DogsThe Madison Mad Dogs was an indoor football team that played in the Professional Indoor Football League in 1998, and in the Indoor Football League in 1999 & 2000. The Mad Dogs franchise was owned by Keary Ecklund. The team office was based in Madison, Wisconsin, and played their games at the Dane...
36 - June 13 - Madison Mad DogsMadison Mad DogsThe Madison Mad Dogs was an indoor football team that played in the Professional Indoor Football League in 1998, and in the Indoor Football League in 1999 & 2000. The Mad Dogs franchise was owned by Keary Ecklund. The team office was based in Madison, Wisconsin, and played their games at the Dane...
at Minnesota Monsters - Minnesota forfeits - June 27 - Minnesota Monsters at Colorado WildcatsColorado WildcatsThe Colorado Wildcats was a team in the Professional Indoor Football League in 1998. The Wildcats franchise was owned by Gary Kozacek, who also was head coach/owner of the same Wildcats team for the previous 9 years, as they competed in semi-pro football in and around Colorado...
- Minnesota forfeits - July 4 - Minnesota Monsters at Louisiana Bayou BeastLouisiana Bayou BeastThe Louisiana Bayou Beast was a team in the Professional Indoor Football League in 1998, in the Indoor Professional Football League in 1999, and reincarated in 2001 in the National Indoor Football League . The Bayou Beast franchise was owned by James and Carolyn Shiver, who currently own and...
- Minnesota forfeits - July 11 - Honolulu HurricanesHonolulu HurricanesThis article is about the defunct Professional Indoor Football League team, for the American basketball Association team, see Hawaii Hurricanes...
at Minnesota Monsters - Minnesota forfeits - July 19 - Louisiana Bayou BeastLouisiana Bayou BeastThe Louisiana Bayou Beast was a team in the Professional Indoor Football League in 1998, in the Indoor Professional Football League in 1999, and reincarated in 2001 in the National Indoor Football League . The Bayou Beast franchise was owned by James and Carolyn Shiver, who currently own and...
at Minnesota Monsters - Minnesota forfeits - July 26 - Texas BulletsTexas BulletsThe Texas Bullets were a team in the Professional Indoor Football League in 1998. The Bullets franchise was owned by Wayne Stigler, who also was the team's head coach. The Bullets played their home games at the Bell County Expo Center in Belton, TX., with the team offices located in Temple, TX....
at Minnesota Monsters - both teams forfeit - July 31 - Green Bay BombersGreen Bay BombersThe Green Bay Bombers was an indoor football team that played in the Professional Indoor Football League in 1998, and in the Indoor Football League in 1999 & 2000. The Bombers franchise was owned by Keary Ecklund. The team office was based in Neenah, Wisconsin, and played their games at the Brown...
at Minnesota Monsters - Minnesota forfeits
† Exhibition Game
‡ victory was taken away by the league president for unpaid bills