IFL Announces 2017 Schedule
October 24, 2016 - Indoor Football League (IFL) News Release
The Indoor Football League (IFL) is proud to announce its 2017 regular season schedule. The 18-week, 8 0-game schedule kicks off on Thursday, February 16 and concludes on Saturday, June 17.
The 2017 season marks the IFL's ninth season of play. Two new members, the Arizona Rattlers and the Salt Lake Screaming Eagles are set to take the field next spring and join eight incumbents in a battle for the 2017 United Bowl crown. The 2017 conference alignments are as follows:
United Conference
Cedar Rapids Titans
Green Bay Blizzard
Iowa Barnstormers
Sioux Falls Storm
Wichita Falls Nighthawks
Intense Conference
Arizona Rattlers
Colorado Crush
Nebraska Danger
Salt Lake Screaming Eagles
Spokane Empire
"The 2017 IFL season is shaping up to be the most successful in league history," stated IFL Commissioner Mike Allshouse. "As we near a decade of IFL football, I am looking forward to witnessing the fast paced, action-packed excitement that the regular season schedule will provide."
The 2017 IFL season officially kicks off on Thursday, February 16 as the three-time Intense Conference Champion Nebraska Danger face off against one of the IFL's newest members in the Salt Lake Screaming Eagles. The Screaming Eagles will be looking to bring their unique fan-run philosophy to the IFL in their first -ever home game.
2017 IFL Kickoff Weekend continues on Friday, February 17 as the Arizona Rattlers, the IFL's newest member, head to Sioux Falls, SD to clash with the five-time United Bowl Champion Sioux Fall Storm. The second of a doubleheader matchup on Saturday rekindles one of the strongest rivalries in indoor football as the Green Bay Blizzard head south to face off against the Cedar Rapids Titans.
IFL Kickoff Weekend concludes on Saturday, February 18 as the Iowa Barnstormers travel to Wichita Falls, TX to take on the Wichita Falls Nighthawks.
Each of the IFL's ten teams will play a 16 game schedule (eight home/eight away) over 18 weeks. Each team will have two bye weeks, which will occur sporadically over the course of the season.
The Billings Wolves will not be active members of the IFL during the 2017 season.
2017 INDOOR FOOTBALL LEAGUE SCHEDULE
Week 1
Thursday, February 16
Nebraska Danger at Salt Lake Screaming Eagles (7:00 PM MT)
Friday, February 17
Arizona Rattlers at Sioux Falls Storm (7:00 PM CT)
Green Bay Blizzard at Cedar Rapids Titans (7:05 PM CT)
Saturday, February 18
Iowa Barnstormers at Wichita Falls Nighthawks (7:05 PM CT)
Week 2
Thursday, February 23
Green Bay Blizzard at Spokane Empire (7:00 PM PT)
Saturday, February 25
Sioux Falls Storm at Cedar Rapids Titans (7:05 PM CT)
Wichita Falls Nighthawks at Nebraska Danger (7:05 PM CT)
Sunday, February 26
Iowa Barnstormers at Arizona Rattlers (3:00 PM MST)
Salt Lake Screaming Eagles at Colorado Crush (3:00 PM MT)
Week 3
Friday, March 3
Spokane Empire at Wichita Falls Nighthawks (7:05 PM CT)
Sunday, March 5
Nebraska Danger at Colorado Crush (3:00 PM MT)
Week 4
Saturday, March 11
Colorado Crush at Arizona Rattlers (6:00 PM MST)
Wichita Falls Nighthawks at Cedar Rapids Titans (7:05 PM CT)
Sioux Falls Storm at Nebraska Danger (7:05 PM CT)
Sunday, March 12
Iowa Barnstormers at Green Bay Blizzard (3:05 PM CT)
Monday, March 13
Spokane Empire at Salt Lake Screaming Eagles (7:00 PM MT)
Week 5
Friday, March 17
Spokane Empire at Colorado Crush (6:00 PM MT)
Sunday, March 19
Green Bay Blizzard at Cedar Rapids Titans (3:05 PM CT)
Monday, March 20
Iowa Barnstormers at Sioux Falls Storm (6:05 PM CT)
Week 6
Friday, March 24
Salt Lake Screaming Eagles at Spokane Empire (7:00 PM PT)
Saturday March 25
Colorado Crush at Nebraska Danger (7:05 PM CT)
Wichita Falls Nighthawks at Sioux Falls Storm (7:05 PM CT)
Sunday, March 26
Arizona Rattlers at Green Bay Blizzard (3:05 PM CT)
Cedar Rapids Titans at Iowa Barnstormers (3:05 PM CT)
Week 7
Friday, March 31
Colorado Crush at Salt Lake Screaming Eagles (7:00 PM MT)
Saturday, April 1
Cedar Rapids Titans at Green Bay Blizzard (7:05 PM CT)
Wichita Falls Nighthawks at Arizona Rattlers (6:00 PM PDT)
Nebraska Danger at Spokane Empire (7:00 PM PT)
Week 8
Friday, April 7
Arizona Rattlers at Nebraska Danger (7:05 PM CT)
Saturday, April 8
Sioux Falls Storm at Cedar Rapids Titans (7:05 PM CT)
Green Bay Blizzard at Iowa Barnstormers (7:05 PM CT)
Salt Lake Screaming Eagles at Wichita Falls Nighthawks (7:05 PM CT)
Week 9
Friday, April 14
Cedar Rapids Titans at Wichita Falls Nighthawks (7:05 PM CT)
Arizona Rattlers at Salt Lake Screaming Eagles (7:00 PM MT)
Colorado Crush at Spokane Empire (7:00 PM PT)
Saturday, April 15
Green Bay Blizzard at Sioux Falls Storm (7:05 PM CT)
Nebraska Danger at Iowa Barnstormers (7:05 PM CT)
Week 10
Friday, April 21
Wichita Falls Nighthawks at Colorado Crush (6:00 PM MT)
Saturday, April 22
Iowa Barnstormers at Cedar Rapids Titans (7:05 PM CT)
Sioux Falls Storm at Green Bay Blizzard (7:05 PM CT)
Salt Lake Screaming Eagles at Nebraska Danger (7:05 PM CT)
Spokane Empire at Arizona Rattlers (6:00 PM PDT)
Week 11
Friday, April 28
Cedar Rapids Titans at Nebraska Danger (7:05 PM CT)
Saturday, April 29
Colorado Crush at Iowa Barnstormers (7:05 PM CT)
Sioux Falls Storm at Wichita Falls Nighthawks (7:05 PM CT)
Green Bay Blizzard at Arizona Rattlers (6:00 PM PDT)
Sunday, April 30
Salt Lake Screaming Eagles at Spokane Empire (4:00 PM PT)
Week 12
Friday, May 5
Nebraska Danger at Wichita Falls Nighthawks (7:05 PM CT)
Arizona Rattlers at Cedar Rapids Titans (7:05 PM CT)
Saturday, May 6
Iowa Barnstormers at Green Bay Blizzard (7:05 PM CT)
Spokane Empire at Sioux Falls Storm (7:05 PM CT)
Sunday, May 7
Salt Lake Screaming Eagles at Colorado Crush (4:30 PM MT)
Week 13
Friday, May 12
Arizona Rattlers at Spokane Empire (7:00 PM PT)
Colorado Crush at Salt Lake Screaming Eagles (7:00 PM MT)
Saturday, May 13
Cedar Rapids Titans at Iowa Barnstormers (7:05 PM CT)
Sioux Falls Storm at Green Bay Blizzard (7:05 PM CT)
Week 14
Friday, May 19
Spokane Empire at Colorado Crush (6:00 PM MT)
Saturday, May 20
Green Bay Blizzard at Nebraska Danger (7:05 PM CT)
Iowa Barnstormers at Wichita Falls Nighthawks (7:05 PM CT)
Cedar Rapids Titans at Sioux Falls Storm (7:05 PM CT)
Salt Lake City Screaming Eagles at Arizona Rattlers (6:00 PM PDT)
Week 15
Friday, May 26
Green Bay Blizzard at Iowa Barnstormers (7:05 PM CT)
Colorado Crush at Spokane Empire (7:00 PM PT)
Saturday, May 27
Wichita Falls Nighthawks at Sioux Falls Storm (7:05 PM CT)
Sunday, May 28
Nebraska Danger at Arizona Rattlers (3:00 PM PDT)
Monday, May 29
Cedar Rapids Titans at Salt Lake Screaming Eagles (7:00 PM MT)
Week 16
Friday, June 2
Iowa Barnstormers at Salt Lake Screaming Eagles (7:00 PM MT)
Saturday, June 3
Nebraska Danger at Cedar Rapids Titans (7:05 PM CT)
Wichita Falls Nighthawks at Green Bay Blizzard (7:05 PM CT)
Sioux Falls Storm at Colorado Crush (5:00 PM MT)
Arizona Rattlers at Spokane Empire (7:00 PM PT)
Week 17
Friday, June 9
Spokane Empire at Iowa Barnstormers (7:05 PM CT)
Saturday, June 10
Nebraska Danger at Sioux Falls Storm (7:05 PM CT)
Salt Lake Screaming Eagles at Green Bay Blizzard (7:05 PM CT)
Colorado Crush at Wichita Falls Nighthawks (7:05 PM CT)
Sunday, June 11
Cedar Rapids Titans at Arizona Rattlers (3:00 PM PDT)
Week 18
Friday, June 16
Arizona Rattlers at Colorado Crush (6:00 PM MT)
Spokane Empire at Salt Lake Screaming Eagles (7:00 PM MT)
Saturday, June 17
Sioux Falls Storm at Iowa Barnstormers (7:05 PM CT)
Wichita Falls Nighthawks at Nebraska Danger (7:05 PM CT)
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