Sioux City Bandits
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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.
The Sioux City Bandits organization has seen five different leagues as the Bandits having played in the original Indoor Football League as the Sioux City Attack, the National Indoor Football League
, the United Indoor Football Association
, the new Indoor Football League
, and now the American Professional Football League
.
Notable team feats include the signing of former Sioux City running back Fred Jackson to the 2006 Buffalo Bills
(NFL). Jackson was allocated by the Bills to play in the NFL. Upon returning for NFL training camp, Jackson was selected to be just one of 8 on the teams practice squad. Jackson is currently listed on the Buffalo Bills 53 man roster. Jackson, out of Coe College
, was the 2004 - 2005 United Indoor Football's (UIF) league leading rusher in which he set an Indoor Football record for most yards in a single season with more than 1,700.
That year the Bandits went into the championship game facing division rival Sioux Falls. Sioux City had beaten Sioux Falls 3 times during the regular season, but ended up losing the championship game. Sioux City has lost every game to Sioux Falls since that championship game.
| colspan="6" align="center" | Sioux City Attack (Indoor Football League)
|-
|2000 || 9 || 5 || 0 || 3rd WC Southern || Won Round 1 (Lincoln
)
Lost Quarterfinal (Bismarck
)
|-
| colspan="6" align="center" | Sioux City Bandits (NIFL)
|-
|2001 || 4 || 10 || 0 || 6th Pacific Central || --
|-
|2002 || 9 || 5 || 0 || 3rd Pacific Northern || --
|-
|2003 || 6 || 8 || 0 || 3rd Pacific Northern || --
|-
|2004 || 8 || 6 || 0 || 3rd Pacific North || Lost Round 1 (Omaha
)
|-
| colspan="6" align="center" | Sioux City Bandits (UIF)
|-
|2005 || 13 || 2 || 0 || 1st North || Won Round 1 (Ohio Valley
)
Won Semifinal (Tennessee Valley
)
Lost United Bowl I (Sioux Falls
)
|-
|2006 || 6 || 9 || 0 || 3rd West || Lost Round 1 (Rock River
)
|-
|2007 || 3 || 12 || 0 || 5th West || --
|-
|2008 || 4 || 10 || 0 || 3rd East || Lost Round 1 (River City
)
|-
| colspan="6" align="center" | Sioux City Bandits (IFL)
|-
|2009 || 6 || 9 || 0 || 5th United Central || --
|-
|2010 || 4 || 10 || 0 || 4th Central West || --
|-
| colspan="6" align="center" | Sioux City Bandits (APFL)
|-
|2011* || 14 || 0 || 0 || APFL Champions || --
|-
!Totals || 75 || 91 || 0
|colspan="2"| (including playoffs)
* = Current Standing
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...
. They play their home games at the Tyson Events Center.
The Sioux City Bandits organization has seen five different leagues as the Bandits having played in the original Indoor Football League as the Sioux City Attack, the National Indoor Football League
National Indoor Football League
National Indoor Football League was a professional indoor football league in the United States. For their first six years, the league had teams in markets not covered by either the Arena Football League or its developmental league, af2, however, that changed briefly with their expansion into AFL...
, the United Indoor Football Association
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...
, the new 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 now the American Professional Football League
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...
.
Notable team feats include the signing of former Sioux City running back Fred Jackson to the 2006 Buffalo Bills
Buffalo Bills
The Buffalo Bills are a professional football team based in Buffalo, New York. They are currently members of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
(NFL). Jackson was allocated by the Bills to play in the NFL. Upon returning for NFL training camp, Jackson was selected to be just one of 8 on the teams practice squad. Jackson is currently listed on the Buffalo Bills 53 man roster. Jackson, out of Coe College
Coe College
Coe College is a private, four-year, liberal arts college in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Founded in 1851, the institution is historically affiliated with the Presbyterian Church . Its current president is James R. Phifer. It is one of the smaller universities to have a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa...
, was the 2004 - 2005 United Indoor Football's (UIF) league leading rusher in which he set an Indoor Football record for most yards in a single season with more than 1,700.
That year the Bandits went into the championship game facing division rival Sioux Falls. Sioux City had beaten Sioux Falls 3 times during the regular season, but ended up losing the championship game. Sioux City has lost every game to Sioux Falls since that championship game.
Season-By-Season
|-| colspan="6" align="center" | Sioux City Attack (Indoor Football League)
|-
|2000 || 9 || 5 || 0 || 3rd WC Southern || Won Round 1 (Lincoln
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...
)
Lost Quarterfinal (Bismarck
Bismarck Blaze
The Bismarck Blaze are a now-defunct indoor football team from Bismarck, North Dakota. They were a 2000 expansion member of the Indoor Football League. During their only year of existence, the Blaze won their division and made it all the way to the Gold Cup, yet fell to the Pirates of Peoria...
)
|-
| colspan="6" align="center" | Sioux City Bandits (NIFL)
|-
|2001 || 4 || 10 || 0 || 6th Pacific Central || --
|-
|2002 || 9 || 5 || 0 || 3rd Pacific Northern || --
|-
|2003 || 6 || 8 || 0 || 3rd Pacific Northern || --
|-
|2004 || 8 || 6 || 0 || 3rd Pacific North || Lost Round 1 (Omaha
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...
)
|-
| colspan="6" align="center" | Sioux City Bandits (UIF)
|-
|2005 || 13 || 2 || 0 || 1st North || Won Round 1 (Ohio Valley
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...
)
Won Semifinal (Tennessee Valley
Rock River Raptors
This page is for the Continental Indoor Football League team, for the National Premier Soccer League team also based in Rockford, see Rockford Raptors....
)
Lost United Bowl I (Sioux Falls
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...
)
|-
|2006 || 6 || 9 || 0 || 3rd West || Lost Round 1 (Rock River
Rock River Raptors
This page is for the Continental Indoor Football League team, for the National Premier Soccer League team also based in Rockford, see Rockford Raptors....
)
|-
|2007 || 3 || 12 || 0 || 5th West || --
|-
|2008 || 4 || 10 || 0 || 3rd East || Lost Round 1 (River City
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...
)
|-
| colspan="6" align="center" | Sioux City Bandits (IFL)
|-
|2009 || 6 || 9 || 0 || 5th United Central || --
|-
|2010 || 4 || 10 || 0 || 4th Central West || --
|-
| colspan="6" align="center" | Sioux City Bandits (APFL)
|-
|2011* || 14 || 0 || 0 || APFL Champions || --
|-
!Totals || 75 || 91 || 0
|colspan="2"| (including playoffs)