Comprehensive List of Indoor/Arena Teams in 2005

[BananaCat]

These are all the Indoor/Arena Teams for the 2005 season I could come up with off the top of my head after reading multiple sites and message boards.

If I am missing anything, can someone help me out by adding it? I'm trying to figure out how many leagues we will have and teams in each league. The AFL, AF2, and UIFA look finalized, but the others have a ways to go.

I will also be doing Fantasy Leagues for AFL, AF2, UIFA, and NFLE if anyone is interested...serious players only. If interested in any of the 4 leagues, send me a E-mail at bc88cat@yahoo.com. I would do a NIFL league, but they don't post stats regularly enough. I've been assured by the UIFA that they will post stats regularly...lol...so I'm going ahead with them.

NIFL Teams (24 teams?)
Beaumont Drillers
Billings Outlaws
Show Me Believers
Lincoln Capitols
Wyoming Calvary
Tri-City Diesel
Houma Bayou Bucks
San Angelo Stampede (former IFL)
Corpus Christi Hammerheads (former (IFL)
Odessa Roughnecks (former (IFL)
Lubbock LoneStars (former IFL)
El Paso Rumble (IFL Expansion Team)
Fort Worth _______ (IFL Expansion Team)
Southwest Louisiana Swashbucklers (formerly Lake Charles Land Sharks)
New Jersey Extreme (formerly Staten Island Xtreme)
Fayetteville Heat (formerly Carolina Stingrays)
Rome Renegades (formerly Oklahoma Crude)
Miami Morays (expansion team)
Kissimmee Kreatures (expansion team)
Lakeland Thunderbolts (expansion team)
Daytona Beach Hawgs (expansion team)
Everett Hawks (expansion team)
Tri-Cities Fever (expansion team)
Montgomery Maulers (expansion team)
Possibles???
Tucson (Arizona) Monsoon (expansion???)
Cincinnati, Ohio _______ (expansion???)
Atlantic City CardSharks (looks like they folded?)

AIFL Teams (3 teams?)
Carolina Sharks
Johnstown Riverhawks
Erie Freeze
Possibles???
Charleston, West Virginia ______
Raleigh, North Carolina ______
Reading, Pennslyvania ______
Greenville, South Carolina ______

APFL (IPFL?) Teams (3 teams?)
Kansas Koyotes
Iowa Blackhawks
Missouri Minutemen
Possibles???

UIFA Teams (12 teams)
Omaha Beef (former NIFL)
Sioux Falls Storm (former NIFL)
Sioux City Bandits (former NIFL)
Black Hills Red Dogs (former NIFL)
Fort Wayne Freedom (former NIFL)
Ohio Valley Greyhounds (former NIFL)
Dayton Warbirds (expansion team)
Peoria Mutineers (former AF2)
Tennessee Valley Pythons (former AF2)
Evansville Bluecats (former NIFL)
Lexington Horsemen (former NIFL)
Tupelo Fireants (former NIFL)
Expansion:
2006 - Bloomington (MN or IL???)???


AF2 Teams (20 teams)
Albany Conquest
Arkansas Twisters
Bakersfield Blitz
Birmingham Steeldogs
Bossier-Shreveport Battle Wings
Central Valley Coyotes
Florida Firecats
Green Bay Blizzard
Louisville Fire
Macon Knights
Manchester Wolves
Memphis Xplorers
Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz
Quad City Steamwheelers
Rio Grande Valley Dorados
San Diego Riptide
Tulsa Talons
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers
South Georgia Wildcats (former Cape Fear Wildcats)
Amarillo Dusters (former IFL)

AFL Teams (17 teams)
Arizona Rattlers
Austin Wranglers
Chicago Rush
Colorado Crush
Columbus Destroyers
Dallas Desperados
Georgia Force
Grand Rapids Rampage
Las Vegas Gladiators
Los Angeles Avengers
Nashville Kats (returning/expansion team...think Cleveland Browns)
New Orleans Voodoo
New York Dragons
Orlando Predators
Philadelphia Soul
San Jose SaberCats
Tampa Bay Storm
coming in 2006 - Utah Warriors

North American Indoor Football League
(potential Canadian based league with 14 teams, debuting in 2006???)

[tony-o]

That was a pretty good list. You got a lot of them right, I think. But this should've been the list for APFL.

APFL (4 teams?)
Definite Teams: Kansas Koyotes
Iowa Blackhawks
Missouri Minutemen
Nebraska B.E.A.R.S.
Other Teams: Texas Thunder (exhibition team in NIFL/APFL)
Colorado Stars (joined league, didn't play a game, I think non-existent)
Wisconsin Locomotives (see Colorado Stars)
Nebraska Chillers (now I'm confused, APFL doesn't have them on the site anywhere but are included in the standings on Koyotes website)

That is the situation with the APFL.

[Micro67]

Tucson (Arizona) Monsoon (expansion???)
Any more information about this team (even rumors) would be greatly appreciated.

[holyfire92]

I keep hearing the NIFL will have a team in Ft. Worth, but the local reporters here are saying not until 2006. Will there be any minor league teams in the Metroplex this season? Also, what's up with San Angelo? Are they going to find a coach?

Thanks

[holyfire92]

I keep hearing the NIFL will have a team in Ft. Worth, but the local reporters here are saying not until 2006. Will there be any minor league teams in the Metroplex this season? Also, what's up with San Angelo? Are they going to find a coach?

Thanks

[straycat]

What happened to the Indiana Firebirds-AFL team?

[Football Chick]

Most probably APFL:
Topeka
Kansas City
Overland Park
Iowa
Omaha
Wichita

It's great to have the teams so close together. It will mean more road trips this season!

[Jamie]

What happened to the Indiana Firebirds-AFL team?

Sadly, the team was folded. The owner claimed to be losing money.

Reportedly, the owner tried to find a buyer, but either no one met his price, or the league would not approve the purchase...

Theoretically, the team could still be sold and play next year, but unlikely.

[Geoff]

The Firebirds were on sale and were even put up on eBay. IIRC, they never found a buyer.