Nashville Dream
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The Nashville Dream was a women's professional American football
team based in Nashville, Tennessee
. They were one of the founding teams of the National Women's Football Association
. The team was active from 2000 to 2007 and last played at Glencliff High School.
. The first season consisted of six exhibition games between the Nashville Dream and the Alabama Renegades
, with each team winning three games. Masters sold the team in 2001 to team quarterback
Christie Trost. After a disappointing 2001 season, the team qualified for the league playoffs every year until 2006, although they never made it to a championship game. Despite their successful record, the franchise was plagued by low attendance and financial insolvency. In December 2005, Head Coach Ben Eakin bought the team from Trost and attempted to resuscitate attendance levels by lowering ticket prices and increasing marketing efforts. The franchise folded two years later.
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
team based in Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
. They were one of the founding teams of the National Women's Football Association
National Women's Football Association
The National Women's Football Association was a full-contact American football league for women headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. The league was founded by Catherine Masters in 2000, as the two benchmark teams, the Alabama Renegades and the Nashville Dream played each other six times in...
. The team was active from 2000 to 2007 and last played at Glencliff High School.
History
The Nashville Dream was established by Catherine Masters in 2000 as one of the two founding teams of the National Women's Football AssociationNational Women's Football Association
The National Women's Football Association was a full-contact American football league for women headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. The league was founded by Catherine Masters in 2000, as the two benchmark teams, the Alabama Renegades and the Nashville Dream played each other six times in...
. The first season consisted of six exhibition games between the Nashville Dream and the Alabama Renegades
Alabama Renegades
The Alabama Renegades was a women's full-contact American football team based in Huntsville, Alabama.-Team history:The Renegades were one of the founding teams of the National Women's Football Association back in the fall of 2000. The Renegades and the Nashville Dream played a six game exhibition...
, with each team winning three games. Masters sold the team in 2001 to team quarterback
Quarterback
Quarterback is a position in American and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line...
Christie Trost. After a disappointing 2001 season, the team qualified for the league playoffs every year until 2006, although they never made it to a championship game. Despite their successful record, the franchise was plagued by low attendance and financial insolvency. In December 2005, Head Coach Ben Eakin bought the team from Trost and attempted to resuscitate attendance levels by lowering ticket prices and increasing marketing efforts. The franchise folded two years later.
Season-by-season results
Year | Division | Reg. Season | Playoffs |
---|---|---|---|
2007 | Southern - Central | 2–6–0 | Did not qualify |
2006 | South Central | 0–8–0 | Did not qualify |
2005 | Southern | 8–0–0 | 0–1–0 |
2004 | Southern | 7–1–0 | 0–1–0 |
2003 | Southern | 5–3–0 | 0–1–0 |
2002 | Southern | 7–1–0 | 0–1–0 |
2001 | Southern | 2–7–0 | Did not qualify |