National Indoor Football League was a professional

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 indoor football

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 league in the United States

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. For their first six years, the league had teams in markets not covered by either the Arena Football League or its developmental league, af2

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...

, however, that changed briefly with their expansion into AFL markets such as Atlanta, Denver, and Los Angeles

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, and af2 markets such as Fort Myers and Houston.

History

The NIFL, based in Lafayette, Louisiana, was founded by Carolyn Shiver. The league started operations in 2001, with many teams coming from 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...

 being bought the previous year and folding operations. In 2002, the league added in the teams from the Indoor Professional Football League

Indoor Professional Football League

The Indoor Professional Football League was the new incarnation of the Professional Indoor Football League , which started in 1998. Two of its teams left the league and their owner, Kerry Ecklund, founded the Indoor Football League in 1999...

. 2003 was the most successful year for the league as 24 teams played a mostly complete schedule, with few cancellations. From 2004 to 2007, the NIFL would experience the ups and downs of any minor professional league. The NIFL's final season was 2007.

Teams that left the NIFL to join (or plan to join) another league

• Beaumont Drillers
  Beaumont Drillers
  The Beaumont Drillers were a professional indoor football team. They played their home games at Ford Arena in Beaumont, TX. They originally began playing as the Louisiana Rangers in the Indoor Professional Football League in 2000 when they replaced the Louisiana Bayou Beast...
  
   – joined APFL in 2008 and has since folded
• Evansville BlueCats
  Evansville BlueCats
  The Evansville BlueCats were a professional indoor football team. They were a member of the United Indoor Football Association . 2007 was the 5th and final season for the Evansville BlueCats, based in Evansville, Indiana.-Location:...
  
   – now in 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...
  
  
• 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...
  
   – joined the af2
  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...
  
   in 2007 and has since folded
• Fayetteville Guard
  Fayetteville Guard
  The Fayetteville Force is the former name of a professional indoor football team in the Southern Indoor Football League. They debuted the SIFL following the SIFL/AIFA merger and play home games at the Cumberland County Crown Coliseum....
  
   – now in American Indoor Football Association
• Fort Wayne Freedom
  Fort Wayne Freedom
  The Fort Wayne Freedom was a team in the Continental Indoor Football League, beginning play in the 2008 season. Like the original Freedom, the team retained a red, white, and blue color scheme, and played in the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum....
  
   – joined United Indoor Football
  United Indoor Football
  United Indoor Football was a United States indoor football league that started in 2005. Ten owners from the National Indoor Football League, including one expansion and two from arenafootball2 took their franchises and formed their own league...
  
  , then had assets bought out by 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...
  
   of af2
  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...
  
  
• Greenville Riverhawks
  Johnstown Riverhawks
  The Johnstown Riverhawks was a professional indoor football team based out of Johnstown, Pennsylvania. They were a charter member of the American Indoor Football Association. They played their home games at Cambria County War Memorial Arena....
  
   – now in American Indoor Football Association as Johnstown Riverhawks
  Johnstown Riverhawks
  The Johnstown Riverhawks was a professional indoor football team based out of Johnstown, Pennsylvania. They were a charter member of the American Indoor Football Association. They played their home games at Cambria County War Memorial Arena....
  
  
• Katy 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,...
  
   – now in af2
  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...
  
   as 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,...
  
  
• Lexington Horsemen
  Lexington Horsemen
  The Kentucky Horsemen were an indoor football team based in Lexington, Kentucky. The team played its home games at Rupp Arena. The organization began as a 2003 expansion member of the National Indoor Football League, where they were successful...
  
   – Joined United Indoor Football
  United Indoor Football
  United Indoor Football was a United States indoor football league that started in 2005. Ten owners from the National Indoor Football League, including one expansion and two from arenafootball2 took their franchises and formed their own league...
  
   then af2
  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...
  
   later changed to Kentucky Horsemen and finally folded
• Montgomery Maulers
  Montgomery Bears
  The Montgomery Bears were a professional indoor football team that played their home games at the Garrett Coliseum in Montgomery, Alabama. They are a member of the American Indoor Football Association. The team began play as the Montgomery Maulers of the National Indoor Football League and won the...
  
   – now in American Indoor Football Association as Montgomery Bears
  Montgomery Bears
  The Montgomery Bears were a professional indoor football team that played their home games at the Garrett Coliseum in Montgomery, Alabama. They are a member of the American Indoor Football Association. The team began play as the Montgomery Maulers of the National Indoor Football League and won the...
  
  
• Odessa Roughnecks
  Odessa Roughnecks
  The West Texas Roughnecks is a professional indoor football team based in Odessa, Texas that plays in the Lone Star Football League. The team's nickname is a tribute to the oil industry, which has been the source of Odessa's wealth over the past century....
  
   – now in 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...
  
  
• Ohio Valley Greyhounds
  Ohio Valley Greyhounds
  The Ohio Valley Greyhounds were a professional indoor football team. They began play in 1999 as the Steel Valley Smash, a charter member of the IFL. After the league folded, they moved to the NIFL, became a charter member, and renamed themselves as the Ohio Valley Greyhounds...
  
   – now in 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...
  
  
• Omaha Beef
  Omaha Beef
  The Omaha Beef are a professional indoor football team. They are a member of the Indoor Football League . They play their home games at Omaha Civic Auditorium, which was also once the home of the AHL's Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights and is now the home of the Omaha Lancers of the United States Hockey...
  
   – now in 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...
  
  
• Osceola Football – now in World Indoor Football League
  World Indoor Football League (2007)
  The World Indoor Football League was an indoor football league founded by Harry Pierce, owner of the Rome Renegades and Raleigh Rebels of the American Indoor Football League...
  
   as Osceola Ghostriders
• River City Rage
  River City Rage
  The RiverCity Rage were a professional indoor football team in the Indoor Football League. They played home games at the Family Arena in Saint Charles, Missouri, part of the metropolitan area of St. Louis, Missouri, in past seasons, played in the Scottrade Center in downtown St...
  
   – now in 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...
  
  
• Rome Renegades
  Rome Renegades
  The Rome Renegades were a professional indoor football team, based out of Rome, Georgia. The Renegades played their home games at Forum Civic Center. They began as a 2002 expansion member of the National Indoor Football League, as the Oklahoma Crude. After three unsuccessful seasons, they moved...
  
   – joined American Indoor Football League, then left for World Indoor Football League
  World Indoor Football League (2007)
  The World Indoor Football League was an indoor football league founded by Harry Pierce, owner of the Rome Renegades and Raleigh Rebels of the American Indoor Football League...
  
  , but folded before playing a single game there.
• San Angelo Stampede
  San Angelo Stampede Express
  The San Angelo Stampede Express is a professional indoor football team from San Angelo, Texas. They are a member of the Lone Star Football League. They play their home games in the Foster Communications Coliseum...
  
   – now in 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...
  
  
• San Diego Shockwave
  San Diego Shockwave
  The San Diego Shockwave was a 2007 expansion team from the National Indoor Football League. They played their home games at the Cox Arena, which is also home to the San Diego State Aztecs basketball teams....
  
   – Has announced going on hiatus for 2008 but plans on joining another league for 2009
• Sarasota Knights – Moved to APFL
  American Professional Football League
  The American Professional Football League is a Midwestern United States-based indoor football league founded in 2003. The league consists of professional and semi-professional teams, with a few core teams that play a full 10 game schedule and other teams that play partial schedules. At the end of...
  
   as Florida Knights
• Sioux City Bandits
  Sioux City Bandits
  The Sioux City Bandits are a professional indoor football team, currently a member of the American Professional Football League. They play their home games at the Tyson Events Center....
  
   – now in 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...
  
  
• Sioux Falls Storm
  Sioux Falls Storm
  The Sioux Falls Storm are a professional indoor football team. They are a member of the Indoor Football League. They play their home games at Sioux Falls Arena...
  
   – now in 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...
  
  
• Southwest Louisiana Swashbucklers
  Louisiana Swashbucklers
  The Louisiana Swashbucklers is a professional indoor football team formed in 2005 as an expansion member of the National Indoor Football League as the Southwest Louisiana Swashbucklers. In 2006, they moved to the Intense Football League and shortened their name to Louisiana Swashbucklers...
  
   – Joined 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...
  
   and shortened their name until joining newly created Southern Indoor Football League
  Southern Indoor Football League
  The Southern Indoor Football League was an indoor football league based in the Southern and Eastern United States. The most recent incarnation of the league was a consolidation of an earlier league of the same name that was formed by Thom Hager along with Dan Blum, Robert Winfrey and Dan Ryan in...
  
   in 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...
  
  - now in 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...
  
  
• Tupelo FireAnts
  Tupelo FireAnts
  The Tupelo FireAnts were a professional indoor football team that played their home games at the BancorpSouth Center in Tupelo, Mississippi. They started off as a charter member of the National Indoor Football League . Despite two seemingly good records in 2001 and 2004, they failed to make the...
  
   – joined United Indoor Football
  United Indoor Football
  United Indoor Football was a United States indoor football league that started in 2005. Ten owners from the National Indoor Football League, including one expansion and two from arenafootball2 took their franchises and formed their own league...
  
  , then folded after one season there
• Wyoming Cavalry
  Wyoming Cavalry
  The Wyoming Cavalry are a professional indoor football team of the Indoor Football League. They play their home games in Casper, Wyoming at Casper Events Center....
  
   (Casper, WY) – now in 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...
  
  

Defunct teams/failed expansion

• Arkansas Stars
  Arkansas Stars
  The Arkansas Stars were a professional Indoor football team based out of Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States. They were planning to join the Ultimate Indoor Football League in the 2007 football season. They would play their home games at Randal Tyson Track Center on the University of Arkansas...
  
  
• Atlanta Thoroughbreds
  Atlanta Thoroughbreds
  The Atlanta Thoroughbreds are an indoor football team. They are a 2007 expansion member of the National Indoor Football League. They were scheduled to play their home games at the John H. Lewis Gymnasium in Atlanta, Georgia, but failed to play any home games...
  
  
• Atlantic City CardSharks
  Atlantic City CardSharks
  The Atlantic City CardSharks were a professional indoor football team that played in the NIFL for a single season....
  
  
• Austin Knights
• Austin Rockers
• Bay Bandits
• Big Sky Thunder
  Big Sky Thunder
  The Big Sky Thunder was a professional indoor football team based out of Bozeman, Montana. They were a member of the NIFL. They played their home games at Valley Ice Garden....
  
  
• Billings Mavericks
  Billings Outlaws
  The Billings Outlaws were a professional league indoor football team. They were a member of the Indoor Football League, of which they are the current champions. They played their home games at Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark...
  
  
• Bismarck Roughriders
• Charleston Sandsharks
• Cincinnati Marshals
• Colorado Castle Rocks
• Colorado Venom
  Colorado Venom
  The Colorado Venom were an indoor football team based in Loveland, Colorado. The franchise belonged to the National Indoor Football League. The team, established in 2004, was slated to play their home games at the Budweiser Events Center but played only one game, a road defeat against the Utah...
  
  
• Colorado Wild Riders
  Colorado Wild Riders
  The Colorado Wild Riders are a 2007 expansion team from the National Indoor Football League. They play their home games at the Colorado Sports Center in Monument, Colorado...
  
  
• Columbia Stingers
  Columbia Stingers
  The Columbia Stingers were a team in the National Indoor Football League which played for one season, in 2007. The team played their home games at the Colonial Center, home to South Carolina Gamecocks basketball....
  
  
• Dayton Bulldogs
  Dayton Bulldogs
  The Dayton Bulldogs were a team in the National Indoor Football League, the team replaced the Dayton Warbirds in the league. The team announced that they had new ownership on February 17th, 2006, and would be opperating as the Bulldogs. The team was coached by Derrick Davidson...
  
  
• Dayton Warbirds
  Dayton Warbirds
  Dayton Warbirds were an indoor football team located in Dayton, Ohio.- History :Approved as a National Indoor Football League expansion team in October 2004, the Warbirds instead joined other teams in forming the United Indoor Football Association made up of teams that came from either the National...
  
  
• Daytona Beach Hawgs
  Daytona Beach Hawgs
  The Daytona Beach Hawgs were a professional indoor football team. They were a member of the NIFL. They played their home games at Ocean Center.Bryson was replaced by Pepe Pearson, a former Ohio State standout, who commuted to Daytona Beach on gamedays only...
  
  
• Denver Aviators
  Denver Aviators
  The Denver Aviators was a 2007 expansion member of the National Indoor Football League. They play their home games at the Denver Coliseum in Denver, Colorado. In their first game, they had a large defeat at Wyoming Cavalry. Their second game was moved to an outdoor game the day of the game,...
  
  
• Eugene Mercury
• Florida Frenzy
  Florida Frenzy
  The Florida Frenzy are an indoor football team. They began play as a 2005 expansion member of the National Indoor Football League under the name Miami Morays...
  
  
• Fort Myers Tarpons
  Fort Myers Tarpons
  The Fort Myers Tarpons were a team of the National Indoor Football League scheduled to play in 2007. They played their home games at the Lee County Civic Center. However, they met a horrible fate of a struggling league that had a lot of games canceled. They ended up disbanded and replaced by...
  
  
• Fort Worth Sixers
• Green Cove Lions
  Green Cove Lions
  The Green Cove Lions were an indoor football team intended to be based in Green Cove Springs, Florida. They played briefly in the National Indoor Football League in 2007, but folded before ever playing a home game....
  
   – Evidently formerly the Jacksonville Stallions, they folded in 2007 before ever playing a home game.
• Greensboro Revolution
  Greensboro Revolution
  The Greensboro Revolution was a team in the National Indoor Football League that began play as a 2006 expansion team. They played their home games at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina....
  
  
• Hammond Heroes
  Hammond Heroes
  The Hammond Heroes are a team in the National Indoor Football League. They play their home games at the Southeastern Louisiana University Center on the campus of Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, Louisiana.-Links:* *...
  
  
• Houma Bayou Bucks
  Houma Bayou Bucks
  The Houma Bayou Bucks was a team in the National Indoor Football League . The Bayou Bucks were officially announced as a team on December 19, 2001...
  
  
• Jacksonville Stallions – folded before playing a game, and evidently became the Green Cove Lions
  Green Cove Lions
  The Green Cove Lions were an indoor football team intended to be based in Green Cove Springs, Florida. They played briefly in the National Indoor Football League in 2007, but folded before ever playing a home game....
  
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• Johnstown J Dogs
  Johnstown J Dogs
  The Johnstown J Dogs are a defunct indoor football team. They played their home games at the Cambria County War Memorial Arena in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. They began play as an expansion member in 2000 as the Johnstown Jackals of the Indoor Football League . After a dismal inaugural year, the...
  
  
• Kissimmee Kreatures
• La Crosse Night Train
  La Crosse Night Train
  The La Crosse Night Train were a professional indoor football team. They were a member of the NIFL. In 2004, they were going to play in the APFL as the Wisconsin Locomotives, however they folded without playing a game. They played their home games at La Crosse Center...
  
  
• Lake Charles Land Sharks
  Lake Charles Land Sharks
  The Lake Charles Land Sharks were an indoor football team. They were a charter member of the National Indoor Football League. They played their home games at the Sudduth Coliseum in Lake Charles, Louisiana...
  
  
• Lakeland Thunderbolts
  Lakeland Thunderbolts
  The Lakeland Thunderbolts are a professional indoor football team. They are a member of the American Indoor Football Association. They play their home games at the Lakeland Center.- History :...
  
   – won American Indoor Football Association 2007
• Lincoln Capitols
  Lincoln Capitols
  The Lincoln Capitols were a professional indoor football team that played their home games at Pershing Auditorium in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. They originally planned on becoming the Nebraska Knockout, but the name was scrapped. From 1999 to 2000, they were the Lincoln Lightning of the...
  
  
• Los Angeles Lynx
  Los Angeles Lynx
  The Los Angeles Lynx are a 2007 expansion team from the National Indoor Football League. They play their home games at the Industry Hills Expo Center in Industry, California ....
  
  
• Louisiana Bayou Beast
  Louisiana Bayou Beast
  The 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...
  
  
• Louisiana Rangers
  Beaumont Drillers
  The Beaumont Drillers were a professional indoor football team. They played their home games at Ford Arena in Beaumont, TX. They originally began playing as the Louisiana Rangers in the Indoor Professional Football League in 2000 when they replaced the Louisiana Bayou Beast...
  
  
• Lubbock Gunslingers
  Lubbock Gunslingers
  The Lubbock Gunslingers were a professional indoor football team. They played their home games in Lubbock, Texas at Lubbock Municipal Coliseum....
  
  
• Lubbock Lone Stars
  Lubbock Gunslingers
  The Lubbock Gunslingers were a professional indoor football team. They played their home games in Lubbock, Texas at Lubbock Municipal Coliseum....
  
  
• Miami Vice Squad
  Miami Vice Squad
  The Miami Vice Squad was an indoor football team. They are a 2007 expansion member of the National Indoor Football League. They played their home games at the BankUnited Center in Coral Gables, Florida. Florida Division Suspended In Early 2007....
  
  
• Mississippi Fire Dogs
  Mississippi Fire Dogs
  The Mississippi Fire Dogs are a now-defunct indoor football team from Biloxi, Mississippi. They played their home games at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum. They were a charter member of the Indoor Professional Football League. They Played from in the 1999-2000 IPFL seasons before joining the...
  
  
• Mobile Seagulls
  Mobile Seagulls
  The Mobile Seagulls were a professional indoor football team. They were initially a member of the Indoor Professional Football League for the 2000 season before joining the National Indoor Football League for the 2001 season, their final. They played their home games at Mobile Civic Center Arena...
  
  
• Myrtle Beach Stingrays
  Fayetteville Guard
  The Fayetteville Force is the former name of a professional indoor football team in the Southern Indoor Football League. They debuted the SIFL following the SIFL/AIFA merger and play home games at the Cumberland County Crown Coliseum....
  
  
• New Jersey XTreme
  New Jersey XTreme
  The New Jersey XTreme were a professional indoor football team that played in the National Indoor Football League. They played one home game at Mennen Arena in Morristown, New Jersey and one game at the Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey.-History:The team was originally the...
  
  
• Oklahoma Crude
  Rome Renegades
  The Rome Renegades were a professional indoor football team, based out of Rome, Georgia. The Renegades played their home games at Forum Civic Center. They began as a 2002 expansion member of the National Indoor Football League, as the Oklahoma Crude. After three unsuccessful seasons, they moved...
  
  
• Pomona Cool Riders
• Port St. Lucie Mustangs
• Pueblo Pistols
• Rapid City Flying Aces
  Rapid City Flying Aces
  The Rapid City Flying Aces is a professional indoor American football team in Rapid City, South Dakota. Like their predecessors, the Black Hills Red Dogs, they play their home games at the Don Barnett Arena in Rapid City. As of April 2007 The Flying Aces did not belong to any football league...
  
  
• River Cities LocoMotives
  River Cities LocoMotives
  The River Cities LocoMotives were a professional indoor football team based in Huntington, West Virginia in 2001. The team competed in the inaugural season of the National Indoor Football League . The "Locos" played their home games in the Huntington Civic Arena...
  
  
• River City Renegades
• San Bernardino Bucking Bulls
  San Bernardino Bucking Bulls
  The San Bernardino Bucking Bulls was a 2007 Minor League Indoor Football Team. They played their 3 home games at the Orange Pavilion in San Bernardino, California....
  
  
• St. Joseph Cyclones
• San Antonio Steers
  San Antonio Steers
  The San Antonio Steers were a team of the National Indoor Football League's Pacific South Division. The Steers would finish 2nd in the Pacific South Division, behind the Beaumont Drillers2007 Steers players of note:...
  
  
• Southern Oregon Heat
  Southern Oregon Heat
  The Southern Oregon Heat were a professional indoor football team that played in the National Indoor Football League in 2001. They played their home games at Compton Arena in Medford, Oregon. After the season, the team was to move to Eugene, Oregon and play as the Eugene Mercury, but the team...
  
  
• Staten Island Xtreme
  Staten Island Xtreme
  The Staten Island Xtreme was a professional indoor football team that played in the National Indoor Football League in 2004, going 3-11. They played their home games at Staten Island Pavilion in Staten Island, New York. After the season, the team was sold to Kevin Sisson who moved the team to New...
  
  
• Tennessee Riverhawks
  Johnstown Riverhawks
  The Johnstown Riverhawks was a professional indoor football team based out of Johnstown, Pennsylvania. They were a charter member of the American Indoor Football Association. They played their home games at Cambria County War Memorial Arena....
  
  
• Tennessee River Sharks
  Tennessee River Sharks
  The Tennessee River Sharks are a defunct professional indoor football team based out of East Ridge, Tennessee, a suburb of Chattanooga. They are a member of the National Indoor Football League . They played their home games at Camp Jordan Arena....
  
  
• Tennessee ThunderCats
  Johnstown Riverhawks
  The Johnstown Riverhawks was a professional indoor football team based out of Johnstown, Pennsylvania. They were a charter member of the American Indoor Football Association. They played their home games at Cambria County War Memorial Arena....
  
  
• Tri-City Diesel
• Tri-Valley Ranchers
  Tri-Valley Ranchers
  The Tri-Valley Ranchers was a 2007 expansion team from the National Indoor Football League. They play their home games at the Amador Pavilion in Pleasanton, California. Originally, there were supposed to be two different NIFL expansion teams with the Alameda Action and the Anaheim Street Boys,...
  
  
• Twin City Gators
  Twin City Gators
  The Twin City Gators were a team in the National Indoor Football League . The Gators lasted less than one season in the NIFL, ceasing operations shortly after what turned out to be the final home game on April 29, 2006. While the team had folded for all practical purposes, the league paid players...
  
  
• Utah Express
• Utah Rattlers
• Utah Warriors
• Waco Marshals
• Wichita Falls Thunder
• Winston-Salem Energy
  Winston-Salem Energy
  The Winston-Salem Energy were an arena football team, which folded following their only season in 2002. They played in the National Indoor Football League...
  
  
• Yakima Shockwave

Indoor Bowl games

Year	Winner	Loser	Score
2001	Mississippi Fire Dogs Mississippi Fire Dogs The Mississippi Fire Dogs are a now-defunct indoor football team from Biloxi, Mississippi. They played their home games at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum. They were a charter member of the Indoor Professional Football League. They Played from in the 1999-2000 IPFL seasons before joining the...	Wyoming Cavalry Wyoming Cavalry The Wyoming Cavalry are a professional indoor football team of the Indoor Football League. They play their home games in Casper, Wyoming at Casper Events Center....	55–21
2002	Ohio Valley Greyhounds Ohio Valley Greyhounds The Ohio Valley Greyhounds were a professional indoor football team. They began play in 1999 as the Steel Valley Smash, a charter member of the IFL. After the league folded, they moved to the NIFL, became a charter member, and renamed themselves as the Ohio Valley Greyhounds...	Billings Outlaws Billings Outlaws The Billings Outlaws were a professional league indoor football team. They were a member of the Indoor Football League, of which they are the current champions. They played their home games at Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark...	55–52
2003	Ohio Valley Greyhounds Ohio Valley Greyhounds The Ohio Valley Greyhounds were a professional indoor football team. They began play in 1999 as the Steel Valley Smash, a charter member of the IFL. After the league folded, they moved to the NIFL, became a charter member, and renamed themselves as the Ohio Valley Greyhounds...	Utah Warriors	45–37
2004	Lexington Horsemen Lexington Horsemen The Kentucky Horsemen were an indoor football team based in Lexington, Kentucky. The team played its home games at Rupp Arena. The organization began as a 2003 expansion member of the National Indoor Football League, where they were successful...	Sioux Falls Storm Sioux Falls Storm The Sioux Falls Storm are a professional indoor football team. They are a member of the Indoor Football League. They play their home games at Sioux Falls Arena...	59–38
2005	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...	Rome Renegades Rome Renegades The Rome Renegades were a professional indoor football team, based out of Rome, Georgia. The Renegades played their home games at Forum Civic Center. They began as a 2002 expansion member of the National Indoor Football League, as the Oklahoma Crude. After three unsuccessful seasons, they moved...	47–31
2006	Billings Outlaws Billings Outlaws The Billings Outlaws were a professional league indoor football team. They were a member of the Indoor Football League, of which they are the current champions. They played their home games at Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark...	Fayetteville Guard Fayetteville Guard The Fayetteville Force is the former name of a professional indoor football team in the Southern Indoor Football League. They debuted the SIFL following the SIFL/AIFA merger and play home games at the Cumberland County Crown Coliseum....	59–44
2007	San Diego Shockwave San Diego Shockwave The San Diego Shockwave was a 2007 expansion team from the National Indoor Football League. They played their home games at the Cox Arena, which is also home to the San Diego State Aztecs basketball teams....	No Playoff